A new processing system now operational in ESA ground stations will help weather forecasters to benefit once more from unique all-weather data from the ERS-2 scatterometer. Although the highly successful […]
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COM DEV Awarded Satellite Battery Contract
COM DEV International Ltd. today announced it has been awarded a Euro 2.3 million (approximately CDN $3.5 million) contract to supply lithium-ion (li-ion) batteries to a European remote sensing satellite […]
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Canadian Space Agency President Reflects on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report
Marc Garneau President of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) today addressed the press to reflect on the impacts of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) Report on the Canadian Space […]
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Romance to Reality Comes to the Mars Institute
Mountain View, CA, – August 27, 2003 – Famed author Ray Bradbury once said “It is part of the nature of man to start with romance and build to a […]
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Statement from NASA JSC Director on Release of the CAIB Report
Since the loss of the shuttle Columbia and her valiant crew, we at the Johnson Space Center have shared many difficult days as we devoted ourselves to supporting an investigation […]
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NASA Awards Chandra X-ray Observatory Follow-on Contract
NASA has awarded a contract to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Mass., to provide science and operational support for the Chandra X-ray Observatory, one of the world’s most powerful […]
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No More Excuses: Cancel The Space Shuttle
The Columbia Accident Investigation Board’s report, released August 26, is an "indictment of NASA’s ability to build and operate a space transportation system." Los Angeles, August 26, 2003 – Responding […]
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Rep. Rohrabacher Applauds Columbia Accident Investigation Board’s Findings and Conclusions
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) shares Boards’ concern for the future of U.S. human space flight: “Once more our hopes for human space flight have been dashed with the tragic […]
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Chairman of House Research Subcommittee Statement on Space Shuttle Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) Report
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Representative Nick Smith (R-MI), a member of the House Science Committee, commented on the report released this morning by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB), […]
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Reps. Hall and Gordon Comment on Release of the Gehman Report
With the release today of the report of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, the focus for setting future policy for the Nation’s civilian space program will shift to the Congress […]
