A huge undersea chimney, laced with gold and other minerals and swarming with remarkable lifeforms has been recovered from the seabed in the Bismarck Sea, north of Papua New Guinea, […]
Norms, Guidelines and Procedures for Satellite Communications Announced by ISRO
The Government has approved a policy that envisages allocation of INSAT system capacity for non-governmental users, registration of Indian satellite systems by private Indian companies and limited use of foreign […]
Black hole research boosted by new telescope
Contact: Dr John Patterson jpatters@physics.adelaide.edu.au 0417-805-547 For fifty years, gantries, tracking dishes and other bits of apparatus from the space age have towered above the flat Woomera horizon. Now, in […]
XMM-Newton views a cluster of jewels in NGC 2516
Calibration of XMM-Newton’s science instruments is continuing at a steady pace in view of the start of the operational phase of the mission next month. Since the end of commissioning, […]
NASA Video File for May 8, 2000
Video File for May 8, 2000 10:20 a.m. All Times Eastern Item 1 – Planetary Alignment as Seen From Space (SOHO) – GSFC (replay) TRT 1:00 Contact at Headquarters: Dolores […]
Researchers hope to solve cosmic mystery
Contact: David F. Nitz dfnitz@mtu.edu 906-487-2274 Researchers at Michigan Tech are playing a major role in what many have dubbed the largest truly international scientific collaboration in history. More than […]
Boeing Inertial Upper Stage Places U.S. Air Force DSP Satellite Into Orbit
A Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite for the U.S. Air Force and Department of Defense was successfully deployed into orbit today by a Boeing Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) following launch […]
Minutes of Senior Staff and Center Directors’ Meeting May 8, 2000
The following documents the discussions addressed at the Senior Staff and Center Directors’ Meeting on May 8, 2000. Mr. Goldin attended the meeting. Action assignments have been placed in brackets […]
Space Science News from NASA HQ
From: Craig Tupper (dtupper@hq.nasa.gov) Greetings from Washington D.C., Found some time to make a few updates to http://spacescience.nasa.gov/ : ——————— For the past decade astronomers have looked for vast quantities […]
NOAA/USAF Report of Solar-Geophysical Activity 6 May 2000
Report of Solar-Geophysical Activity :Issued: 2000 May 06 2210 UT # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, #Space Environment Center and the U.S. Air Force. # JOINT […]