Donald Savage Headquarters, Washington, DC (Phone: 202/358-1547) Jane Platt Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA (Phone: 818/354-0880) RELEASE: 00-74 NASA astronomers have collected the first-ever radar images of a “main belt” […]
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Radar shows giant, bone-shaped asteroid
Contact: David Brand deb27@cornell.edu 607-255-3651 Cornell University News Service Astronomers using the world’s most powerful radar system, the massive Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico, have obtained radar images of a […]
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Eight New Very Low-Mass Companions to Solar-Type Stars Discovered at La Silla
The intensive and exciting hunt for planets around other stars (“exoplanets”) is continuing with great success in both hemispheres. Today, a team of astronomers of the Geneva Observatory [1] are […]
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NOAA/USAF Report of Solar-Geophysical Activity 4 May 2000
Report of Solar-Geophysical Activity :Issued: 2000 May 04 2200 UT # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, #Space Environment Center and the U.S. Air Force. # JOINT […]
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Embrace Space 2000: Across the Nation, Youth Celebrate Canadian Achievements in Space
SAINT-HUBERT, QUEBEC–Today, John Manley, Minister of Industry of Canada and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency, announced the launch of the Canadian Embrace Space 2000 campaign. Embrace Space is […]
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Students in SPACEHAB S*T*A*R*S Program Donate Butterflies to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum on Space Day
Award-winning space research by high school students about the effects of microgravity on butterflies, was honored at the opening ceremony for Space Day 2000, at the Smithsonian’s National Air and […]
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NASA Daily News Summary 4 May 2000
NASA Daily News Summary For Release: May 4, 2000 Media Advisory m00-89 SUMMARY NEWS RELEASES: SATELLITES USED TO HELP PREDICT DEADLY DISEASE OUTBREAKS ASTRONOMERS CATCH IMAGES OF GIANT METAL DOG […]
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Space Shuttle Status Report 4 May 2000
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT THURSDAY, MAY 4, 2000 (12:15 p.m. EDT) MISSION: STS-101 — 3rd ISS Flight (2A.2a) – SPACEHAB DM VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104 LOCATION: Launch Pad 39A […]
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Spacehab Announces Third Quarter Results
SPACEHAB, Inc. , a leading provider of commercial space services, today announced results for its third quarter ended March 31, 2000. Revenue for the third quarter ended March 31, 2000 […]
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Fourth satellite in NOAA GOES series successfully launched
The fourth in a series of five advanced U.S. weather satellites was successfully launched this morning from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, NOAA and NASA announced today. The Geostationary Operational […]
