Saint-Hubert, October 20, 1999 – The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) wishes to inform the press of the renewal of its contract with the media agency Canadian Corporate News (CCN). CCN […]
Antarctica Exposed by RADARSAT
Saint-Hubert, October 19 1999 – Canadian scientists are now better equipped than ever to carry on their Antarctic research thanks to the Canadian Space Agency’s RADARSAT Earth observation satellite. Antarctica, […]
NASA HELPS EXCAVATE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST HISTORY WITH REMOTE SENSING
John C. Stennis Space Center Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000 (228) 688-3341 Lanee Cooksey NASA News Chief (228) 688-3341 HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. – A research scientist with NASA’s Earth System […]
First Roton ATV Translational Flight Test Successful
Vehicle Flies 4,300 feet at over 50 mph MOJAVE, Calif., October 18, 1999—Rotary Rocket Company’s Roton ATV (Atmospheric Test Vehicle) approach and landing demonstrator made its first translational (forward) flight […]
Mars Polar Lander Mission Status October 11, 1999
Flight controllers for NASA’s Mars Polar Lander mission have set October 20 as the date of the next thruster firing that will fine-tune the spacecraft’s path for its December 3 […]
GALILEO SUCCEEDS IN HISTORIC FLYBY OF JUPITER’S VOLCANIC MOON
NASA’s Galileo spacecraft has successfully zipped past Jupiter’s moon Io, the most volcanic body in our solar system. Instruments onboard the spacecraft peered down at Io from an altitude of […]
THREE PLANET-HUNTERS EARN NASA’S MICHELSON FELLOWSHIPS
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 (818) 354-0880 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE […]
DR. GEORGE E. MUELLER, KISTLER AEROSPACE CORPORATION CEO, RECEIVES THE IAA’S 1999 VON KARMAN AWARD
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, October 3, 1999 – At the International Academy of Astronautics’ annual awards dinner, Dr. George E. Mueller was given a standing ovation as he received the Academy’s […]
Mars Climate Orbiter Team Finds Likely Cause of Loss
Douglas Isbell Headquarters, Washington, DC (Phone: 202/358-1753) Mary Hardin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA (Phone: 818/354-5011) Joan Underwood Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, CO (Phone: 303/971-7398) RELEASE 99-113 A failure to […]
Space Shuttle Safety: STS-93 Statement by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher
Opening Statement of Chairman Dana Rohrabacher Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Thursday, September 23, 1999 Ê Today the Subcommittee on Space & Aeronautics is holding an oversight hearing on a […]