The Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corp. (HENAAC), Los Angeles, and Technica magazine will present their Outstanding Technical Achievement Award in Government to Dr. Jolen Flores of NASA Ames Research […]
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Duke experiments validate relativity theory’s light speed limit
Addressing a controversy first raised around 1910, two physicists have performed experiments with the aid of an engineer that validate anew the special theory of relativity’s limitations on the speed […]
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South American Glaciers Melting Faster, Changing Sea Level
The Patagonia Icefields of Chile and Argentina, the largest non-Antarctic ice masses in the Southern Hemisphere, are thinning at an accelerating pace and now account for nearly 10 percent of […]
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From Asteroids to Astronaut Gloves, Summer Students and Faculty Contribute to Science at NASA Research Center
Not many 19-year-olds can say they’ve researched methods for protecting Earth from asteroids. But thanks to a summer internship at the National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC) in Huntsville, […]
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Every Week Is “Earth Science Week” at NASA
While mid-October has been designated Earth Science Week around the world, every week is Earth Science Week at NASA. To mark its continuous dedication to studies of Earth’s land, sea […]
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Latest NASA Spinoff Publication Available Online
Spinoff 2003, NASA’s premiere publication highlighting the agency’s cutting-edge technologies, as the latest innovations in commercial products, is available on the Internet. Finding ways to apply NASA technology to improve […]
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Latest Disaster Monitoring Constellation Satellites are in Excellent Health
BILSAT-1, NigeriaSat-1 and UK-DMC, the most recent of the Disaster Monitoring Constellation satellites, are progressing extremely well after a highly successful launch on 27th September 2003 aboard a Russian Kosmos […]
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Rep. Lampson Issues Statement on Chinese Space Flight
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Nick Lampson, a member of the House Space Subcommittee and the representative of Johnson Space Center, released the following statement today on the Chinese launch […]
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Satellite broadband to boost rural economies
The so-called digital divide that excludes rural communities from the benefits of broadband access could be overcome by using a combination of wireless networks and satellite receivers. A new […]
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British Prime Minister congratulates China on successful launch
The UK’s Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has congratulated China on the successful launch of their first manned space mission. A Long March 2F rocket blasted off from the Gobi desert launch […]
