An unexpected spin-off from the XMM-Newton commissioning phase, the spacecraft has snapped a picture of mother Earth. The image was taken with one of the two Small Visual Monitoring Cameras […]
WDC SI Launch Announcement 13076: Superbird 4
COSPAR/ISES WORLD WARNING AGENCY FOR SATELLITES WORLD DATA CENTER FOR SATELLITE INFORMATION CODE 633, NASA/GSFC, GREENBELT, MARYLAND, 20771. USA SPACEWARN 13076 COSPAR/WWAS USSPACECOM NUMBER SPACECRAFT INTERNATIONAL ID (CATALOG NUMBER) LAUNCH […]
NASA GRC: Students and Robot Ready for the Challenge
Sally V. Harrington Media/Community Relations Office (216) 433-2037 s.harrington@grc.nasa.gov A kit of parts, a set of rules, a look at the playing field and a deadline of six weeks in […]
MirCorp Signs Agreement with Russia’s RSC Energia For Commercial Lease of the Mir Manned Space Station
First-of its-kind accord opens the space station to users and individuals worldwide London, England (17 February, 2000) – A new era of space commercialization began today with a private company’s […]
Eros in color
Eros in color This color image of Eros was acquired by NEAR’s multispectral imager on February 12, 2000, at a range of 1100 miles (1800 kilometers). It is part of […]
STS-99 Status Report # 14
Thursday, February 17, 2000 – 6 p.m. CST Propellant conservation measures have paid off and Endeavourís crew was notified this morning that the mapping operations will continue for the full […]
NASA Awards Faculty Research Grants
Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington, DC (Phone: 202/358-1761) Media Advisory: m00-30 The NASA Office of Equal Opportunity Programs has awarded 15 research grants to 11 minority colleges and universities for faculty […]
IKONOS satellite presented industry innovation award by Society Space Professionals International
Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space Contact: Pat Cooper (408) 742-7531 Pager: (888) 916-1791 E-mail: pat.cooper@lmco.com http://lmms.external.lmco.com 00-008 The IKONOS commercial remote sensing satellite was awarded one of the most coveted […]
MirCorp Names Andrew Eddy to Top Management Post
London, England (17 February, 2000) – MirCorp is expanding its management team with the appointment of Andrew Eddy as Senior Vice President-Business Development, effective March 1. Eddy comes to MirCorp […]
Research and Education Leader to Head NCAR
Contact: Anatta 303-497-8604 Fax: 303-497-8610 anatta@ucar.edu BOULDER–Timothy Killeen, an upper-atmosphere expert and education innovator at the University of Michigan, has been named director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research […]