Dolores Beasley Headquarters, Washington, DC (Phone: 202/358-1753) William Steigerwald Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (Phone: 301/286-5017) RELEASE: 00-33 A week’s advance warning of potential bad weather in space is […]
Asteroid devastation could even be worse than feared
By David Stauth, 541-737-0787 SOURCES: Andrew Blaustein, 541-737-5356 Charles Cockell, (international) 44-1223-221560 CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers say in a new report that if a huge asteroid were to hit the […]
Aerosol pollutants in atmosphere likely masking global warming
New observations with space-borne instruments by Daniel Rosenfeld of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem showing aerosols over land can modify clouds, suppress precipitation and reflect light is a “huge leap […]
Galileo Spacecraft to Fly with a Friend, Earn Bonus Miles
MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIF. 91109 TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 Contact: Jane Platt (818) 354-0880 NASA plans to renew […]
High Resolution Images Show Big Differences Between Mars Polar Caps
Donald Savage , Headquarters, Washington, DC (Phone: 202/358-1727) Mary Hardin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA (Phone: 818/354-0344) David Brand Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (Phone: 607/255-3651) Robert Tindol California Institute of […]
The Difference Between the Martian Poles? Its the ‘Cheese’
MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 Contact: Mary Hardin New high-resolution images from NASA’s Mars […]
NASA to host 31st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston
Ann Hutchison Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX (Phone: 281/483-5111) Release: J00-14 New evidence that an ocean may once have existed on Mars will be among this year’s topics of interest […]
Statement of Neal Lane, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, on NASA’s Triana Mission
Contact 202/456-6108 The National Academy of Sciences report, released today, on NASA’s Triana mission validates the strong scientific merit of a satellite that will transmit continuous pictures of a full […]
NASA’s Triana Mission Scientific Evaluation Completed – Mission is Declared Strong and Vital
CONTACT: Cindy Clark or Mario Aguilera 858/534-3624 A scientific task force of the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academy of Sciences released a report today validating the strong […]
Scientists Reveal Findings of Successful Microgravity Experiments Flown on Historic John Glenn Space Shuttle Mission
Steve Roy Media Relations Department (256) 544-0034 Steve.Roy@msfc.nasa.gov http://www.msfc.nasa.gov/news RELEASE: 00-049 People on Earth will benefit from numerous microgravity experiments conducted during Sen. John Glenn’s historic return to space […]