THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release June 29, 2000 TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON […]
AIP FYI# 77: A Closer Look: FY 2001 NSF, NASA, and NIST Appropriations Bills
FYI The American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Science Policy News Number 77: June 29, 2000 The Clinton Administration has recently released two Statements of Administration Policy on H.R. 4635, […]
SpaceDev Names Dave Smith as Chief Technical Officer and Vice President
SpaceDev, Inc., the world’s first publicly traded commercial space exploration and development company, today announced that Mr. David B. Smith has been named to the newly created position of Chief […]
Devirian Appointed as Manager of Origins and Fundamental Physics
Contact: Gabrielle Birchak-Birkman Michael Devirian, former manager of Space Science and Microgravity Flight Experiments, has been appointed as manager of the Origins and Fundamental Physics program at NASA’s Jet Propulsion […]
TRW Wins Contract To Study Spacecraft Designs For NASA’s NPOESS Preparatory Project
TRW Inc. has been awarded a three-month study contract by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) for the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP). Scheduled for […]
Hubble uncovers the first high-resolution details in a gamma-ray burst host galaxy
A group of European astronomers have obtained the first detailed images of a galaxy in which a gamma-ray burst has occurred. The image was taken with one of the NASA/ESA […]
ESA/ESTEC Capital of the Moon on 10-15 July
From 10 to 15 July, Noordwijk (NL) will be the “Capital of the Moon” when ESA’s establishment ESTEC hosts the 4th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon […]
Three “Wise Men” for ESA
Today in Paris, Carl Bildt, Jean Peyrelevade and Lothar Späth meet Antonio Rodotà, ESA Director General, to start deliberations on ESA’s evolution and enlargement. ESA is at the point of […]
NASA Daily News Summary 27 June 2000
NASA Daily News Summary For Release: June 27, 2000 Media Advisory m00-127 SUMMARY NEWS RELEASES NASA and Representative McKinney Dedicate Aeronautics Classroom VIDEO ***ALL TIMES EASTERN*** VIDEO FILE FOR JUNE […]
Mars may hold twice as much water as previously thought
Contact: Harvey Leifert hleifert@agu.org 202-777-7507 American Geophysical Union WASHINGTON — The crust of the planet Mars may hold two to three times more water than scientists had previously believed. This […]