Northrop Grumman Corporation has received the first test terminal for the Department of Defense’s next-generation Advanced Extremely High Frequencies (EHF) satellite system from Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory. Northrop […]
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Students Travel from Japan to Pay Tribute to Columbia Crew
A group of outstanding high school students from Japan who had their experiments fly on Space Shuttle mission STS-107 will be at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on Aug. 20. They […]
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Infrared: Catch the Wave
When you pick up that TV remote to switch to your favorite channel, you’re riding a wave-an infrared wave. Our eyes can’t see the infrared light but our television sets […]
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US Satellite Television Subscribers Tops 20 Million Mark
1 in 5 Homes Now Receive TV Programming through Satellite Providers ALEXANDRIA, VA, August 20, 2003- TheSatellite Broadcasting and Communications Association announced today that 20.36 million U.S. households – or […]
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Artemis assists emergency services to fight Portuguese fires
Fire fighters tackling the blazes that have ravaged Portugal are doing so with the aid of a satellite data-link. For the first time, ESA’s satellite Artemis has been used to […]
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NASA Bestows Public Service Honors To Three Boeing Employees
Prestigious NASA Public Service Medals were presented to three Boeing [NYSE: BA] employees at the 2003 Honor Awards Ceremony held August 7 at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Presented […]
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NASA OIG: Individual Pleads Guilty in Illegal Campaign Contributions Scheme
On August 13, 2003, Andrew Santangelo, President, The Michigan Technic Corporation (TMTC), Holland, MI, pled guilty in U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI, to violating Title […]
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Dedicated to memory of David Schramm, report assesses research opportunities where physics, astronomy intersect
By Steve Koppes News Office During his career at the University, the late cosmologist David Schramm used to tell his associates not to let projects fall into a black hole. […]
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NASA to Use Remotely Piloted Airplane to Monitor Grapes
NOTE TO EDITORS AND NEWS DIRECTORS: You are invited to cover test flights of a small, remote-control airplane – an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) — on Aug. 19 from 9 […]
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Arianespace Flight 162: launch delayed
Evry,August 18, 2003- One of the clients for Flight 162 has requested additional verifications on its satellite payload components. As a result, Arianespace has decided to postpone the launch which […]
