Doug Isbell/Don Savage Headquarters, Washington, DC (Phone: 202/358-1547) Franklin O’Donnell Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA (Phone: 818/354-5011) NOTE TO EDITORS: N99-60 MARS LANDING EVENTS AND MEDIA COVERAGE INFORMATION NASA’s Mars […]
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Space Shuttle Status Report November 22, 1999
KSC Contact: Joel Wells Monday, November 22, 1999 (2:30 p.m. EST) MISSION: STS-103 – 3rd Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103 LOCATION: Pad 39B TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: December […]
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Lifting the veil on the X-ray universe
Nr. 19-99 – Paris, 22 November 1999 X-ray astronomy is a relatively young branch of astrophysics which today is one of the most competitive and popular. In the few decades […]
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Launch of ESA’s XMM telescope on Ariane 504
Practical information for the press The 4th Ariane 5 flight (Ariane 504) is currently scheduled to take place from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 10 December 1999. […]
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Science Briefing – Canadian MOPITT Instrument on Terra Satellite
Saint-Hubert, November 22, 1999 – The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will present a pre-launch briefing on its Measurements of Pollution in The Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument at noon on November 23, […]
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TWELFTH SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH COMPLETES GLOBALSTAR’S OPERATIONAL 48-SATELLITE CONSTELLATION
NEW YORK, November 22, 1999 – Globalstar (NASDAQ:GSTRF) successfully launched an additional four low-earth-orbiting (LEO) satellites today on a Soyuz rocket, bringing the total number of Globalstar satellites now in […]
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Mars Polar Lander Science to Begin Dec. 3
News Services University of Arizona Contact: Lori Stiles, UA News Services, 520-626-4402 Days from now, scientists will witness their experiments complete an 11-month, 137-million-mile space trip to Mars. On Friday, […]
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Backgrounder: Manned Spaceflights
BEIJING, November 21 (Xinhua) — Manned spaceflights refer to human beings’ flights beyond the Earth’s atmosphere by space vehicles for the missions of exploration, experiment, research and production as well […]
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Top Chinese Authorities Commend Successful Experiment of First Spaceflight
BEIJING, November 21 (Xinhua) — The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, the State Council and the Central Military Commission today sent a congratulatory telegram to the departments and […]
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China Successfully Launches First Experimental Spacecraft
BEIJING, November 21 (Xinhua) — China’s first experimental spacecraft, part of the country’s manned space flight program, touched down in the central Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in north China at […]
