Galileo continues to orbit around Jupiter this week, traveling away from the heart of the system after completing a close flyby of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa last week. The spacecraft […]
Stardust Status Report January 11, 2000
The Trajectory Correction Maneuver A (TCM-A) was performed nearly flawless on December 28, with less than one-sigma errors in both maneuver magnitude and pointing. The timeline was followed to the […]
H-II Launch Vehicle No.8 LE-7 engine recovery plan
The National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) will carry out the following work to recover the LE-7 engine of the H-II Launch Vehicle No.8 that crashed into the Pacific […]
SOHO is in Coarse Roll Pointing mode
January 10, 2000 SOHO is progressing smoothly with operations geared towards a return to Normal Mode late this evening or early tomorrow. The reason for the entry into Emergency Sun […]
Galileo Findings Boost Idea of Other-Worldy Ocean
Douglas Isbell Headquarters, Washington, DC (Phone: 202/358-1753) Jane Platt Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA (Phone: 818/354-5011) RELEASE: 00-7 GALILEO FINDINGS BOOST IDEA OF OTHER-WORLDLY OCEAN When NASA’s Galileo spacecraft swooped […]
NASA Daily News Summary – Media Advisory m00-006
NASA Daily News Summary For Release: Jan. 10, 2000 Media Advisory m00-006 SUMMARY: Video File for Jan. 10, 2000 NASA has issued no news releases today. ——— Video File for […]
SeaWinds Mission Status
MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 SeaWinds Mission Status January 10, 2000 NASA’s orbiting SeaWinds […]
TRW Oversees First Launch of Millennium Using Minuteman II to Boost Payloads Into Space; Student-Built Satellites to Ride Aboard
WHAT: TRW, the systems engineering and technical assistance contractor for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, will oversee the first launch of the millennium at Spaceport Systems […]
Hubble Space Telescope Returns to Science Operations
Nancy Neal Goddard Space Flight Center Office of Public Affairs Greenbelt, MD 20771 (Phone: 301/286-8955) Release No. 00-07 HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE STATUS REPORT — Hubble Space Telescope Returns […]
ESA’s Planck satellite shapes up
ESA Science News http://sci.esa.int Planck, ESA’s satellite to study the Universe as it was shortly after the Big Bang, is quickly taking shape. Its conceptual design has been settled and […]