Space Foundation officials today announced additional speakers for the International Space Symposium scheduled for October 24-26, 2000 at the Reagan Center in Washington, DC. The event focuses on business aspects […]
Water discovery gives new impetus to Mars Express
“The latest evidence that liquid water has flowed on Mars very recently, makes Mars Express even more relevant,” says Agustin Chicarro, Mars Express Project Scientist. “Water may have flowed tens […]
Mastering gravity: Making liquids dance
For more information, contact Susan Griffith, 216-368-1004 or sbg4@po.cwru.edu. What do Penn and Teller and Charles Rosenblatt’s group in Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Physics have in common? They […]
Planetary Society statement regarding the NASA announcement about possible liquid water on the surface of Mars
The Planetary Society 65 N. Catalina Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91106-2301 (626) 793-5100 Fax (626) 793-5528 E-mail: tps@planetary.org Web: http://planetary.org Louis Friedman, Executive Director of The Planetary Society, issued the following […]
Potentially hazardous asteroids mapped
Contact: David Brand deb27@cornell.edu 607-255-3651 Cornell University News Service ITHACA, N.Y. — A new study portrays the paths of asteroids in the inner solar system as a vast Los Angeles-style […]
Lockheed Martin Space Systems awarded one of four study contracts for NASA’s NPOESS Preparatory Project
Contact: Buddy Nelson (510) 797-0349Pager: (888) 916-1797buddy1@home.com 00-96 Lockheed Martin Space Systems has been awarded one of four study contracts by the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) for the […]
New Images Suggest Present-Day Sources of Liquid Water on Mars
In what could turn out to be a landmark discovery in the history of Mars exploration, imaging scientists using data from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft have recently observed features […]
Meteorite research indicates Mars had Earth-like oceans
Contact: James Hathaway hathaway@asu.edu 480-965-6375 Arizona State University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Thanks to NASA’s unmanned planetary exploration program, evidence of the existence of past oceans on Mars […]
Evidence of recent water flow on Mars, reported in Science
Contact: Heather Singmaster hsingmas@aaas.org 202-326-6414 American Association for the Advancement of Science Washington, D.C.-Steep-sided gullies, sinuous channels, and deltas of debris captured by the high-resolution “eye” of the Mars Global […]
European space systems support management of natural and technological disasters
Press Release Nr. 40-2000Paris, France The European Space Agency, ESA, and the French Space Agency, CNES, signed a charter on 20 June 2000 to promote cooperation among space system operators […]