Instituto de Astrofisica University of La Laguna La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain 21/12/99 IAC RESEARCHERS FIND YOUNG BLUE STARS IN A DWARF ELLIPTICAL GALAXY OF THE LOCAL GROUP Investigators David Martinez […]
XMM flying beautifully
The European Space Agency’s new X-ray space telescope has reached its operational orbit less than a week after being launched from Kourou on 10 December. The XMM spacecraft, which is […]
This Week on Galileo – December 20-26, 1999
Happy Holidays! Galileo continues to play back science data obtained by its instruments and stored on its onboard tape recorder. The data were acquired during the spacecraft’s close flyby of […]
Space Shuttle Status Report (3 p.m. EST)
MISSION: STS-103 – 3rd Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103 LOCATION: On orbit OFFICIAL LAUNCH DATE/TIME: December 19 at 7:50 p.m. EST TARGET LANDING DATE/TIME: December 27 at about […]
STS-103, Mission Control Center Status Report #02
Monday, December 20, 1999 – 10:30 a.m. CST Trailing the Hubble Space Telescope by about 3,700 nautical miles and closing, the seven Discovery astronauts were awakened at 9:50 a.m. CST […]
STS-103 Mission Status Report #03
Monday, December, 20, 1999 – 11:30 p.m. The seven members of the STS-103 crew of Discovery completed a day of preparation Monday for a Tuesday capture of the Hubble Space […]
SOHONEWS
Received today from Alan Gabriel: SYMPOSIUM Announcement and Call for Papers. A 2-day COSPAR Symposium, “Heating and Energetics of the Solar Corona and Solar Wind”, (Cospar E2.1/D2.3), to be held […]
NASA to issue status reports during Y2K transition
Brian Dunbar Headquarters, Washington, DC (Phone: 202/358-0873) NOTE TO EDITORS: n99-61 NASA TO ISSUE STATUS REPORTS DURING Y2K TRANSITION Reporters covering the transition of U.S. information systems and infrastructure into […]
Kennedy Space Center Realigns for the Future
KSC Contact: Joe Gordon KSC Release No. 152-99 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER REALIGNS FOR THE FUTURE Center Director Roy Bridges today will present a top-level look at the new KSC 2000 […]
Space Shuttle Statsu Report (11:30 a.m. EST)
MISSION: STS-103 – 3rd Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103 LOCATION: Pad 39B TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Dec. 19 at 7:50 p.m. EST TARGET LANDING DATE/TIME: Dec. 27 at […]