NSF PR 00-46 Media contact: Amber Jones (703) 306-1070/aljones@nsf.gov Program contact: Thomas Gergely (703) 306-1823/tgergely@nsf.gov Astronomers using the millimeter-wave region of the radio spectrum have won crucial protection for their […]
ESA approves funding to extend Ulysses
The European Space Agency has agreed to fund the Ulysses mission for an extra 2 years 9 months. At its meeting in Paris on 5-6 June, ESA’s Science Programme Committee […]
Argon find bodes well for Rosetta’s noble mission
A group of American and French astronomers, including several who are playing a leading role in the Rosetta mission, has announced the discovery of the noble gas argon in Comet […]
Back to the Garden: NASA Goes From Plants to Planets
Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington, DC (Phone: 202/358-1979) Nancy Lovato Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA (Phone: 818/354-6278) RELEASE: 00-92 NASA scientists have gone back to the garden, “planting” wireless webs of […]
NRL Develops Critical Components for Next Generation Gamma-ray Mission
Press Release: 17-00r The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is a member of an international consortium that was recently selected by NASA to develop the primary instrument for the Gamma Ray […]
New Rocket Technology Could Cut Mars Travel Time
Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington, DC (Phone: 202/358-1979) John Ira Petty Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX (Phone: 281/483-5111) Dave Micheletti MSE Technology Applications, Inc., Butte, MT (Phone: 406/494-7289) RELEASE: 00-91 An […]
NASA Daily News Summary 13 June 2000
NASA Daily News Summary For Release: June 13, 2000 Media Advisory m00-116 SUMMARY NEWS RELEASES NEW ROCKET TECHNOLOGY COULD CUT MARS TRAVEL TIME BACK TO THE GARDEN: NASA GOES FROM […]
Discovery Channel Kicks Off Nationwide Tour of Liberty Bell 7 Space Capsule Exhibit At Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
“The Lost Spacecraft: Liberty Bell 7 Recovered,” a new interactive 6,000-square-foot traveling exhibit of the 1961 Mercury space capsule recovered in July 1999 during a Discovery Channel expedition, begins its […]
Press Briefing Invitation – Cluster – Europe’s mission to study space weather
Mr Mark Wells Particle Physics & Astronomy Research Council 01793 442100 mark_wells@pparc.ac.uk Europe’s Cluster II mission will be the first mission to fly four spacecraft in formation. The spacecraft will […]
Weizmann Institute particle detectors used to explore primordial matter in international collider project
The first collisions of particles that will allow scientists to study matter as it existed just after the Big Bang were observed today with the help of unique particle detectors […]