:Product: Report of Solar-Geophysical Activity :Issued: 2000 Mar 03 2210 UT # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, #Space Environment Center and the U.S. Air Force. # […]
Rosetta’s Deep Space Link Down Under
ESA Science News http://sci.esa.int The European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission to Comet Wirtanen is one of the most ambitious scientific missions to be launched during the next decade. A particular […]
NASA Daily News Summary – Media Advisory m00-42
NASA Daily News Summary For Release: Mar. 3, 2000 Media Advisory m00-42 SUMMARY NEWS RELEASES: NEW LAB READY TO TEST SUDDEN IMPACTS VIDEO: Video File: ITEM 1 – NASA GLENN […]
Mars global surveyor provides a geologist’s survey of Mars
Contact: James Hathaway hathaway@asu.edu 480-965-6375 Arizona State University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Hey, remember Mars Global Surveyor? Though the disappearance of the Mars Polar Lander has received most […]
U.S. astronomers meet at Arecibo to discuss spending, siting and science for mammoth-size, next-generation radio telescope
Contact: David BrandOffice: (607) 255-3651E-mail: deb27@cornell.edu ARECIBO, P.R. — It would be one of the largest scientific instruments ever assembled, a radio telescope composed of perhaps 1,000 antennas spread out over […]
Report Transmittal Letter: NRC Task Group on the Review of Scientific Aspects of the NASA Triana Mission
National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Engineering Institute of Medicine National Research Council Space Studies Board Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Applications March 3 2000 Dr. Ghassem R. […]
Boeing Studying Air-Launched Addition to Launch Vehicle Family
A new air-launch system under development by The Boeing Company and Thiokol Propulsion could increase U.S. military tactical responsiveness and expand Boeing civil and commercial launch capabilities. Designed as a […]
TRW Integrates Science Instruments Onto NASA’s Aqua Spacecraft
TRW Inc. has completed the complex task of integrating all six science instruments onto the Aqua spacecraft, the second in NASA’s series of Earth Observing System (EOS) satellites. TRW is […]
INTELSAT Board Voices Concern Regarding Pending U.S. Legislation; Buys Another Satellite; and Continues Progress on Privatization
The INTELSAT Board, meeting this week, responded to pending U.S. legislation by taking steps to convene an emergency meeting of the 143 INTELSAT member nations, and the convening of an […]
Busy Science Orbit Begins for NEAR
Now the fun starts. A 15-second engine burn at 1 p.m. EST on March 3 will nudge NEAR into a 124-mile (200-kilometer) orbit around Eros, giving the spacecraft its best […]