On Wednesday, May 17, Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Marc Garneau will be guest speaker at the Ottawa Canadian Club. On this occasion, Dr. Garneau will discuss life as an astronaut. […]
Venus enhances SOHO’s unique picture of planets beyond the Sun
Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and the Sun all appear in the same image sent to Earth today (15 May) by the SOHO spacecraft. The picture with four planets is another […]
New Space Awareness Alliance to Promote Space, Science and Technology Among Youth Across Canada
Charlottetown, Prince-Edward-Island, May 15, 2000 — The Canadian Council of Science Centres (CCSC) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) today announced they will work together to provide quality programs and […]
Gamma ray hide & seek
Contact: Jeff Sussman jeffrey@acwis.org 212-895-7951 Weizmann Institute Draping the earth and entire universe in a thin, ever-present veil, their origin remains one of the greatest puzzles of cosmology. However, the […]
Lockheed Martin’s New Atlas III Rocket Debut Launch Scrubbed
The launch of the Lockheed Martin Atlas III rocket was scrubbed this evening because of amalfunctioning radar at a Bermuda tracking station. The tracking station is a mandatory Eastern Range […]
The heat’s on at the Steward Mirror Lab
(EDITORS: News reporters and photographers can arrange access to the Mirror Lab during casting with Peter A. Wehinger at Steward Observatory, tel: 520-621-7662, fax: 520-621-7852, e-mail: pwehinger@as.arizona.edu) TUCSON, Ariz. — If […]
Minutes of Senior Staff and Center Directors’ Meeting May 15, 2000
The following documents the discussions addressed at the Senior Staff and Center Directors’ Meeting on May 15, 2000. Mr. Goldin attended the meeting. Action assignments have been placed in brackets […]
Clear skies for Cluster II launch campaign
This week’s 34th Cluster Science Working Team (SWT) meeting coincided with good news from the project team. Some 50 scientific principal investigators, technical managers and other members of the Cluster […]
ESA’s Planck satellite at Copenhagen’s Planetarium
The Tycho Brahe Planetarium in Copenhagen hosts from today a full-scale mock-up of ESA’s satellite Planck, as the main element of an exhibition officially opened today by the Danish Minister […]
NASA Daily News Summary 12 May 2000
NASA Daily News Summary For Release: May 12, 2000 Media Advisory m00-95 SUMMARY NEWS RELEASES NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS TO USE MARS “SOIL” TO GROW SPUDS IN SPACE VIDEO ***ALL TIMES […]