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: 99-71 NOTE TO […]
This Week on Galileo – November 15-21, 1999
Data return continues this week as Galileo zips toward the Jupiter system and its next daring encounter with Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io. The data are stored on the spacecraft’s onboard […]
New Explanation of Solar Eruptions Ignites Debate
Scientists Present New Theory on the Origin of Inclement “Space Weather” that Disrupts Satellites, Cell Phones, Electric Power College Park, MD (November 15, 1999)–Increased danger to satellites, the threat of […]
Investment Announcement in the Development of Marine Applications from Satellite Technologies
Ottawa, November 15, 1999 – The Canadian Space Agency (CSA), in conjunction with the Communications Research Centre (CRC) and the Canadian Centre for Marine Communications (CCMC), invites all media to […]
Stardust Status Report November 12, 1999
The STARDUST spacecraft continues to perform normally in cruise. Minimal housekeeping activities were performed by the Flight Team at Lockheed Martin Astronautics (LMA). Some of the planned Deep Space Network […]
Third Interview Group Begins Astronaut Selection Process
November 12, 1999 Doug Peterson Johnson Space Center (281) 483-5914 Release: J99-47 THIRD INTERVIEW GROUP BEGINS ASTRONAUT SELECTION PROCESS The third of several groups of prospective astronauts will be at […]
Green light for XMM launch on 10 December
ESA Science News http://sci.esa.int 12 Nov 1999 BREAKING NEWS Green light for XMM launch on 10 December All lights are green to launch ESA’s X-ray Space Observatory on 10 December […]
Astronomers see shadow of planet cross distant star, proving that extrasolar planets are real
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nashville, Tenn., and Berkeley, Calif. – Astronomers have witnessed for the first time a distant planet passing in front of its star, providing direct and independent confirmation […]
Circular No. 7307 Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (planet observed around star HD 209458)
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION Mailstop 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions) BMARSDEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or DGREEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science) URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html ISSN 0081-0304 HD 209458 G. W. Henry, […]
25th anniversary of first attempt to phone E.T.
FOR RELEASE: Nov. 12, 1999 Contact: Bill Steele Office: (607) 255-7164 E-Mail: ws21@cornell.edu Compuserve: Bill Steele, 72650,565 http://www.news.cornell.edu ITHACA, N.Y. — Twenty-five years ago next week, humanity sent its first […]