Kathleen Burton NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA (Phone: 650/604-1731, 650/604-9000) kburton@mail.arc.nasa.gov NOTE TO EDITORS: 99-73 NASA AMES TO HOST COMPUTATIONAL ASTROBIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM NASA’s new Center for Computational Astrobiology […]
Galileo Probe Results Suggest Jupiter had an Ancient, Chilly Past
Kathleen Burton NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA (Phone: 650/604-1731, 650/604-9000) kburton@mail.arc.nasa.gov Jane Platt Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA (Phone: 818/354-0880) jane.platt@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 99-75 GALILEO PROBE RESULTS SUGGEST JUPITER […]
NASA Space Science News
NASA Space Science News for November 17, 1999 TWO STORIES: Huge Fireball Dazzles Midwest — A brilliant fireball attracted stares across the eastern U.S. Tuesday night. It could be a […]
Jupiter’s atmosphere gives clues on how solar system started
batesk@umich.edu 734-647-7088 University of Michigan Jupiter’s atmosphere gives clues on how solar system started ANN ARBOR—A new analysis of data collected by the Galileo spacecraft’s suicide probe as it plunged […]
Deep Space 1 Mission Status November 17, 1999
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 Deep Space 1 Mission Status November 17, 1999 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Powerful Twin Arrives: First Images from FORS2 at VLT KUEYEN on Paranal
The first, major astronomical instrument to be installed at the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) was FORS1 (FOcal Reducer and Spectrograph) in September 1998. Immediately after being attached to the […]
NEAR Mission Status Reports
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 […]
The Marine Sector Transformed by Space Technologies
Initiative to Facilitate Development of Commercial Marine Satellite Technology Applications Launched Ottawa, November 16, 1999 – Canada’s marine sector has received a boost from a $2.5 million investment announced today […]