MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov Contact: Jane Platt JUPITER’S MOON IO: A FLASHBACK […]
Mars Polar Lander Mission Status November 19, 1999
NASA’s Mars Polar Lander team has spent this week testing and training for the entry, descent and landing operations of the mission that will take place two weeks from today. […]
First Notice: First Annual Astrobiology Science Conference
FIRST NOTICE FIRST ANNUAL ASTROBIOLOGY SCIENCE CONFERENCE NASA will host an international conference on astrobiology science to be held this spring at NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California, on […]
Stardust Status Report November 19, 1999
The STARDUST spacecraft continues to perform normally in cruise. Minimal housekeeping activities were performed by the Flight Team at Lockheed Martin Astronautics, with some of the planned Deep Space Network […]
Cassini Significant Events for Friday, 11/12/99 through Thursday, 11/18/99
The most recent spacecraft telemetry data was acquired from the Canberra tracking station on Tuesday, 11/16. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally. […]
Space Shuttle Status Report November 19, 1999
Friday, November 19, 1999 (8:30 p.m. EST) MISSION: STS-103 – 3rd Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103 LOCATION: Pad 39B TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: No earlier than Dec. 6 […]
Leonids meteor storm
Air Force Space Command News Service 50th Space Wing Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 19, 1999 Leonids meteor storm SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Initial indications show that […]
Search for the First Stage Rocket of the H-II Launch Vehicle No. 8
The Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC, Takuya Hirano, President) and the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA, Isao Uchida, President) will search for the first-stage rocket of […]
NEAR Status Report
NEAR Mission Status Reports – http://near.jhuapl.edu MISSION OPERATIONS: The NEAR spacecraft continued to operate nominally in Operational Mode with Flight Computer #1 and Attitude Interface Unit #2 in control. NEAR […]
SPACEHAB MAKES MAJOR INVESTMENT IN COMMERCIAL SPACE; ASTROTECH EXPANSION AIDS FLORIDA SPACE COAST GROWTH
Washington, DC, November 19, 1999 — SPACEHAB, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAB) is strengthening its position as a supplier of commercial space services by expanding the Titusville, Florida, facilities of its wholly […]