Boulder, Colorado, January 19, 2000 — Scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), in collaboration with the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center in California, have successfully completed a proof-of-concept program that […]
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High School Students to Plan Community on Mars
Norman Chaffee Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX (281/483-2462) Release: J00-4 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PLAN COMMUNITY ON MARS While living at Johnson Space Center the weekend of February 11, Houston […]
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The new year starts with another eclipse
No need however to retrieve those special sunglasses left over from last August! On the night of 20-21 January, we will be offered a total lunar eclipse. The year 2000 […]
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Shuttle Radar Experts Available Online Beginning This Week
John Bluck NASA Ames Research Center, Silicon Valley, CA 650/604-5026 or 604-9000 jbluck@mail.arc.nasa.gov Diane Ainsworth NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 818/354-0850 RELEASE: 00-05AR People worldwide will be able to […]
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Launch Date Set for Shuttle Radar Mapping Mission
KSC Contact: Lisa Malone KSC Release No. 7-00 LAUNCH DATE SET FOR SHUTTLE RADAR MAPPING MISSION NASA managers today announced that Space Shuttle Endeavour will launch no earlier that Jan. […]
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TheFuturesChannel.com and Mount Wilson Observatory Take Students to the Stars
This fall, when astronomers make observations through a telescope that is powerful enough to see footprints on the moon, they could have students from all over the world looking over […]
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NASA Honors Kennedy Space Center Employees
KSC Contact: Patti Phelps KSC Release No. 6-A-00 Kennedy Space Center (KSC) honored 52 of its civil service and contractor employees at a special Honoree Event held at the space […]
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We are not alone — or are we?
The annals of science fiction are filled with advanced extraterrestrial creatures like Klingons and Wookies, Vogons and Romulans, all carrying on in a human sort of way. And while screenwriters […]
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JPL Public Lectures Zoom in on Asteroids and Comets
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 JPL PUBLIC LECTURES ZOOM […]
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Complex organic molecules form quickly in old stars
Chemical synthesis of complex organic molecules, the most basic ‘building blocks’ for life, can occur rapidly in stellar environments, according to results obtained with the European Space Agency’s infrared space […]
