John Bluck NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA Phone: 650/604-5026 or 604-9000 E-mail: jbluck@mail.arc.nasa.gov RELEASE: 00-19AR NOTE TO EDITORS AND NEWS DIRECTORS: You are invited to attend a mini-robot […]
Space Science News from NASA HQ
From: Craig Tupper (dtupper@hq.nasa.gov) Hey universe fans, Lots new at http://spacescience.nasa.gov : —————— An interdisciplinary study by astronomers and climatologists has found a correlation between holes in the outermost layer […]
Mars Global Surveyor Status Report March 15, 2000
Wednesday, March 15, 2000 (DOY 068/19:00:00 to DOY 075/19:00:00 UTC) Launch / Days since Launch = Nov 7, 1996 / 1227 days Start of Mapping / Days since Start of […]
Farewell to a legendary mission – ESA to hand over the IUE archive to the world scientific community
What happens with an astronomical satellite after it is switched off? Answer: it keeps producing science. That is at least the true of the legendary International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) satellite, […]
NASA Daily News Summary – 14 Mar 2000
NASA Daily News Summary For Release: Mar. 14, 2000 Media Advisory m00-49 SUMMARY NEWS RELEASES: NASA RENAMES NEAR SPACECRAFT FOR PLANETARY SCIENCE PIONEER GENE SHOEMAKER —– VIDEO: VIDEO FILE: ITEM […]
Holes in Sun’s Surface Affect Earth’s Climate
Contact:Michele Forsten or Alka Gupta718/488-1015michele.forsten@liu.edu Brooklyn, NY — An unusual interdisciplinary study by astronomers and climatologists has found a striking correlation between holes in the outermost layer of the sun […]
NASA/JSC Special Event Features STS-99 Astronauts
Doug Peterson Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX Phone: 281/483-5111 Release: J00-15 NOTE TO EDITORS: The public is invited to share in the excitement of the recently completed radar mapping mission […]
Robotics and Competition Hone Science, Teamwork Skills
John Ira pettyJohnson Space Center, Houston, TX Phone: 281/483-5111 Release: J00-16 The tasks sound simple enough ñ racing across a long playing field, scooping up balls and placing then in […]
NEAR team reports exciting first month of asteroid exploration
Contact: Helen Worth helen.worth@jhuapl.edu 240-228-5113 Dan Savage dsavage@hq.nasa.gov 202-358-1547 Johns Hopkins University After scarcely a month in orbit around asteroid Eros, NASA’s A href=”http://near.jhuapl.edu”>Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft is […]
Space Station Parafoil Unfurls Beautifully in Test
A 7,500-square-foot NASA parafoil, the size of half a football field, successfully opened in a drop test Jan. 19, paving the way for its eventual use as an emergency tool […]