Bremen / Plesetsk, 30 June 2003. Eurockot Launch Services GmbH successfully launched the Multiple Orbit Mission into different orbits today at 14:15 GMT using the ROCKOT launch system from Plesetsk […]
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Boeing and NASA Scrub Delta II Launch of MER-B ‘Opportunity’
Boeing and NASA officials have scrubbed today’s launch attempt of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover-B “Opportunity” spacecraft aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The […]
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NASA’s SEASAT: At 25, Remembering a Trendsetting Seafaring Satellite
It only skippered the seas of space for a mere three months, but just as Gilligan’s "three-hour tour" has continued on in syndication for decades, a salty satellite launched to […]
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Third Graders to Present Columbia Memorial Quilt to NASA Ames
The three-foot by five-foot quilt is composed of 21 individual panels created by the students following the Feb. 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia accident. Students from Robert Dolin’s class will […]
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ATK Powers Successful Launch of Pegasus Rocket and OrbView-3 Earth-Imaging Satellite
ATK (Alliant Techsystems) solid propulsion and composite technologies supported the successful launch yesterday of an Orbital Sciences Corporation air-launched Pegasus® rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The Pegasus XL […]
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UN Holds Workshop on Remote Sensing Applications and Education
VIENNA, 27 June (UN Information Service) — Remotely-sensed data that provide a view of the Earth from space for many studies that require synoptic or periodic observations, — such as […]
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Orbital’s Pegasus Rocket Successfully Launches OrbView-3 High-Resolution Imaging Satellite
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced that earlier today, it successfully launched the company-built OrbView-3 high-resolution imaging satellite into its targeted orbit aboard the company’s Pegasus® rocket. The OrbView-3 satellite was accurately […]
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Space Foundation applauds Mars Exploration
“The ability of humans to explore Mars has never been better, and the desire to do so has never been greater,” said Space Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer Elliot […]
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Youngest Astronomers are Mostly Women
PASADENA, CA. The latest study of American Astronomical Society members reveals that almost 60 per cent of the astronomers in the youngest age bracket are women. The report was made […]
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Earth Observation Market Development Programme (EOMD) & Data User Element (DUE) Presentation
UK briefing meeting on Data User Element (DUE) and Earth Observation Market Development (EOMD) Programmes 151 Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria, London, SW1W 9SS 1st July 2003 2 p.m. Agenda: […]
