Lockheed Martin Corporation announced today that it intends to offer up to $850 million of floating rate convertible debentures through an offering to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A […]
NASA Selects Winning Student Design for Titan Aerial Vehicle
Flying rovers may someday explore Saturn’s moon, Titan, thanks to futuristic aerial vehicle designs submitted by top minority university students for a nationwide NASA design contest. NASA Ames Research Center, […]
NASA to help West Virginians Celebrate 100 years of powered flight
Volunteers from NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., will bring a special celebration of the Centennial of Flight to this month’s West Virginia State Fair in Lewisburg. NASA Langley […]
Launch of Canada’s Satellite SCISAT
Saint-Hubert, Quebec, August 5, 2003 – On August 12, 2003 at approximately 7 p.m. PDT, a L-1011 aircraft from the Vandenberg Air Base will release a Pegasus XL rocket. Fifteen […]
NASA working to take the guesswork out of long-term drought prediciton
It’s tricky, this weather business — predicting drought, floods, rain or snow, especially months in advance. But NASA scientists at the National Space Science and Technology Center in Huntsville, Ala., […]
The 3rd European Workshop on Exo/Astrobiology – Mars: the search for life
Centro de Astrobiologia, Madrid, 18-20 November 2003 Mars: the search for life Objectives of the workshop There is clear evidence that water existed in substantial amounts on the surface of […]
Sea Launch Starts Countdown for August 7 Launch
The Sea Launch team has initiated the countdown at the equatorial launch site at L-72 hours. All systems are proceeding on schedule for the launch of the EchoStar IX/Telstar 13 […]
SPACEHAB Subsidiary Awarded New Contract
Astrotech -Processed Missions Offer Benefits Ranging from Earth Ozone Studies to Direct-to-Home Television Broadcasts SPACEHAB, Incorporated, a leading provider of commercial space services, announced that its Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary […]
Mars Looms Big & Bright as it Nears Record-breaking Close Approach
Late in August the planet Mars — the most Earthlike world known beyond our own — will pass closer to Earth than it has done in nearly 60,000 years. Already […]
NASA Officials Brief Media About Human Space Flight
Three senior NASA officials will brief the media at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at approximately 11:00 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 5. NASA Deputy Administrator Fred Gregory, Associate Administrator for […]