TO: All Space/Astronomy Groups, Contractors, Entrepreneurs, Politicos, NASA Field Centers, Aerospace Educators & News Media From: Jim Spellman – National Space Society/Western Spaceport Chapter RE: Space Strategic/Infrastructure Plan This is […]
NEAR Poised for Historic Valentine’s Day Eros Asteroid Encounter
Donald Savage Headquarters, Washington, DC (Phone: 202/358-1727) Helen Worth Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD (Phone: 240/228-5113) RELEASE: 00-22 The NEAR spacecraft is straightening its orbit and putting […]
Europe Gains Faster Internet Access to JPL Images
MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIF. 91109 TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 Contact: Nancy Lovato (818) 354-0474 INTERNET ADVISORY A mirror […]
NEAR Science Update 8 Feb 2000
On February 9, 2000, NEAR crosses a milestone – images of Eros from then on are at a higher resolution than has ever been achieved before. The best previous images […]
Events and Briefings set for Historic Asteroid Encounter
Don Savage Headquarters, Washington, DC (Phone: 202/358-1547) Helen Worth Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD (Phone: 240/228-5113) NOTE TO EDITORS: N00-4 On Valentine’s Day 2000, NASA’s NEAR spacecraft […]
SOHO Spacecraft Bags 102 Comets
Dolores Beasley Headquarters, Washington, DC Phone: 202/358-1753 William Steigerwald Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD Phone: 301/286-5017 RELEASE: 00-23 The record is to comet-hunting what Mark McGwire’s home-run streak is […]
What Do We Do Now About Mars?
65 N. Catalina Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91106-2301 (626) 793-5100 Fax (626) 793-5528 E-mail: tps@planetary.org Web: http://planetary.org For Immediate Release: February 8, 2000 Contact: Susan Lendroth In three months, three US […]
U.S. National Security, Civil and Commercial Space Launch: The Space Launch Initiative, speech by MSFC Director Art Stephenson
Art Stephenson’s February 8, 2000 Speech FAA 3rd Annual Commercial Space Launch Forecast Conference Pentagon City Best Western Hotel Opening Ladies and gentleman and honored guests, I am pleased to […]
Countdown Begins Today for the Second Launch Attempt of Shuttle Mission STS-99
KSC Contact: Joel Wells KSC Release No. 17-00 NASA will begin the countdown for launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-99 Feb. 8, at 5:30 p.m. EST at the […]
The Canadian Space Agency Announces Its Most Prestigious Award
Saint-Hubert, February 7, 2000 – John Manley, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), announced today the creation of the John H. Chapman Excellence Award. […]