David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington, DC (Phone: 202/358-1730) Allen Kenitzer Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (Phone: 301/286-2806) NOTE TO EDITORS: N99-59 PRELAUNCH BRIEFING ON PREMIER EARTH SCIENCE SPACECRAFT TO […]
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Leonid meteor storm materializes around expected peak time (UPDATE)
Experienced visual observers watching near Malaga and at the Sierra Nevada Observatory in Spain and near the Gorges du Verdon in the French Provence report that Leonid meteor activity peaked […]
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International Science Team to Examine Arctic Ozone
John Bluck NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA (Phone: 650/604-5026 or 604-9000) E-mail: jbluck@mail.arc.nasa.gov RELEASE: 99-76AR INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE TEAM TO EXAMINE ARCTIC OZONE NASA scientists are joining researchers from […]
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Stormy Night for Astrobiologists Studying Leonid Meteors
Kathleen Burton NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA (Phone: 650/604-1731, 650/604-9000) kburton@mail.arc.nasa.gov Laura Lewis NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA (Phone: 650/604-2162, 650/604-9000) llewis@mail.arc.nasa.gov RELEASE: 99-77 STORMY NIGHT […]
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Join Bill Nye the Science Guy at your Computer Terminal For a Fun Webcast
NEWS RELEASE The Planetary Society 65 N. Catalina Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91106-2301 (626) 793-5100 Fax (626) 793-5528 E-mail: tps@planetary.org Web: http://planetary.org Release: November 18, 1999 Contact: Susan Lendroth Join Bill […]
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Genetic information of world’s most radiation-resistant organism decoded
Contact: Damar Hawkins dhawkins@tigr.org 301-838-3500 The Institute for Genomic Research Genetic information of world’s most radiation-resistant organism decoded Applications seen in environmental cleanup, new industrial processes, improved understanding of cancer […]
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Prediction of Leonids was Spot-on
Royal Astronomical Society Press Notice Date: 18 November 1999 For immediate release Ref. PN 99/35 ISSUED BY: Dr Jacqueline Mitton RAS Press Officer Office & home phone: Cambridge ((0)1223) 564914 […]
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ISS Status Report #99-45
2 p.m. CST, Thursday, November 18, 1999 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas Flight controllers in Moscow and Houston began the second round of deep-cycling of the batteries inside the Zarya […]
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Huge Fireball Dazzles Midwest
November 17, 1999: Tuesday night, on an Illinois highway east of Chicago, traffic slowed to a crawl as motorists peered at an extraordinary fireball blazing overhead. A brilliant fireball attracted […]
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Mars Global Surveyor Status Report November 17, 1999
Wednesday, November 17, 1999 (DOY 315/19:00:00 to DOY 321/19:00:00 UTC) Launch / Days since Launch = Nov 7, 1996 / 1106 days Start of Mapping / Days since Start of […]
