MISSION OPERATIONS: NEAR Shoemaker continued to operate nominally this past week in orbit around the asteroid 433 Eros. NEAR Shoemaker remained in Operational Mode with Flight Computer #1 and Attitude Interface […]
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New Global Surveyor Image Shows Olympus Mons
Contact: Mary Hardin IMAGE ADVISORY A new image from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft, currently orbiting Mars, shows a close-up view across the summit of Olympus Mons, the largest volcano […]
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ISS Status Report #16 20 Apr 2000
3 p.m. CDT, Thursday, April 20, 2000 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas If all goes as planned, this time next week the International Space Station will house visitors for the […]
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The Universe in its Infancy: New Findings Unveiled at News Briefing
Dolores Beasley Headquarters, Washington, DC (Phone: 202/358-1753) Amber Jones National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA (Phone: 703/306-1070) NOTE TO EDITORS: N00-17 The first detailed images of the early universe will be […]
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NASA Video File for April 20, 2000
Video File for April 20, 2000 10:35 a.m. ALL TIMES EASTERN ITEM 1 – NEW COCKPIT FOR SPACE SHUTTLES – LARC ITEM 2 – SRTM – SAN ANDREAS FAULT FLYOVER […]
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NOAA/USAF Product: Report of Solar-Geophysical Activity 20 Apr 2000
:Product: Report of Solar-Geophysical Activity :Issued: 2000 Apr 20 2200 UT # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, #Space Environment Center and the U.S. Air Force. # […]
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House and Senate Appropriations Hearings on NASA
FYI The American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Science Policy News Number 42: April 20, 2000 While there was concern, and at times criticism, about NASA during two recent appropriations […]
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Shuttle Mission STS-101 Launch Countdown to Begin
KSC Contact: Joel Wells KSC Release No. 39-00 NASA will begin the countdown for launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-101 April 21, at 7 p.m. EDT at the […]
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MirCorp Update: Mir’s pressurization stabilizes, leak search may be over
The Mir cosmonauts’ efforts to find and repair a small leak in the space station are paying off, with the internal pressure now stabilizing after a sealing plug was installed […]
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Newest Walt Disney World Attraction, Mission: SPACE, Presented by Compaq, Scheduled for Lift-Off in 2003 at Epcot
The next Walt Disney World Resort attraction will go where no thrill ride has gone before — deep space, announced Al Weiss, president of Walt Disney World Resort, and Michael […]
