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 […]
National Space Society’s Educational Supplement for Mission to Mars the new Human Space Exploration movie from Touchstone Pictures
CONTACT: Anne Pierce 202-543-1900 x 83 Washington, DC, The National Space Society has produced an educational supplement for MISSION TO MARS, about the first human missions to Mars. The new […]
Sensenbrenner Statement During House Debate on Iran Nonproliferation Act
Committee on Science F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Chairman Ralph M. Hall, Jr., Texas, Ranking Democrat www.house.gov/science/welcome.htm March 1, 2000 Press Contacts: Jeff Lungren (Jeff.Lungren@mail.house.gov) Meredith Wisor (Meredith.Wisor@mail.house.gov) (202) 225-4275 Sensenbrenner […]
A debate on the Sun’s role in global warming
Discoveries about how the Sun may affect the Earth’s climate will be discussed on the Spanish island of Tenerife, 25-30 September 2000. The leading hypothesis in climate science is that […]
Advanced Space Transportation Media Update
Experiment could lead to spacecraft design breakthrough An experiment that could lead to a breakthrough in the design of space vehicles successfully completed its final design review in February and […]
NASA Astronaut to Appear at IBM During Scout/Jason Projects
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA Phone: 650/604-5026 or 650/604-9000 E-mail: jbluck@mail.arc.nasa.gov Tara Kurzawski IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA Phone: 408-927-1289, E-mail: tkurzaw@us.ibm.com RELEASE: 00-15 NOTE TO […]
Missiles that choose their own targets
UK Contact: Claire Bowles claire.bowles@rbi.co.uk 44-0-207-331-2751 US Contact: New Scientist Washington Office newscidc@idt.net 202-452-1178 New Scientist Cruise missiles are about to get a whole lot scarier. Existing flying bombs are […]
SPACEWARN Bulletin Number 556
01 March 2000 A publication of NASA’s National Space Science Data Center/World Data Center for Satellite Information as the WWAS for ISES/COSPAR SPACEWARN Activities All information in this publication was […]
CERN, ESA and ESO Launch “Physics On Stage”
Physics is everywhere. The laws of physics govern the Universe, the Sun, the Earth and even our own lives. In today’s rapidly developing society, we are becoming increasingly dependent on […]
Mars Global Surveyor Status Report March 3, 2000
Wednesday, March 1, 2000 (DOY 054/19:00:00 to DOY 061/19:00:00 UTC) Launch / Days since Launch = Nov 7, 1996 / 1213 days Start of Mapping / Days since Start of […]