Norine E. Noonan has been named executive director of the National Space Science and Technology Center in Huntsville, Ala., officials said today. She will begin her duties in August. Dr. […]
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Students’ hands-on biology experiment bound for International Space Station this week
Students and teachers from elementary, middle and high schools in Alabama, California and Tennessee have prepared biological samples for an experiment astronauts will place aboard the International Space Station this […]
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Medical research on the International Space Station might have won Philippoussis Wimbledon
Persistent knee problems cropping up at the most inconvenient times, such the one that has prevented Mark Philippoussis playing at Wimbledon this year, may become a thing of the past […]
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Space-bound coatings from NASA Marshall Center paint possibility of improved earthly products
Researchers from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., examine colorful coatings destined for the International Space Station. Engineered to better withstand the punishing effects of the Sun, extreme […]
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Wheels Within Wheels: Rare Orbital Anomaly May Have Caused Global Cooling 23 Million Years Ago
A rare coincidence of orbital cycles may have caused sudden global cooling 23 million years (Ma) ago, according to scientists, who used high resolution records and new techniques that allow […]
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Congress Holds Hearings on Tito Space Flight and Citizen Space Travel: Foundation President Rick Tumlinson to Testify
The House Subcommittee on Space is holding a hearing Tuesday to discuss the future of citizen space travel. Space Frontier Foundation President Rick Tumlinson, Apollo 11 astronaut “Buzz” Aldrin, Michael […]
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LES TECHNIQUES SPATIALES DESORMAIS UTILISEES POUR LE SUIVI EPIDEMIOLOGIQUE
M. Alain Bensoussan, Président du Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Mme Marion Guillou, Directrice Générale de l’Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), M. André Koier, Directeur de l’Enseignement et […]
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Live from solar eclipse in Africa, media can interview NASA Marshall astronomer Thursday
What: Live via telephone Thursday, June 21, during the first solar eclipse of the new millennium, news media will have the opportunity to interview a NASA astronomer who will witness […]
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Arianespace signs letter of intent to launch next generation Inmarsat 4 satellites
At the Paris Air Show today, Jean-Marie Luton, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Michael Storey, CEO and President of Inmarsat Ventures plc., signed a letter of intent for a […]
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First Results from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Explain the Missing Solar Neutrinos and Reveal New Neutrino Properties
Read the full paper download a PostScript or PDF copy Physicists from Canada, the UK and the US are today announcing that their first results provide a solution to a […]
