Two Lowell Observatory astronomers are members of the New Horizons science team selected by NASA to lead the Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission, intended to explore our solar system’s most distant planet […]
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An Interruption to Scientific Observations by the Solar-Physics X-ray Satellite, “Yohkoh”
Yohkoh, a solar X-ray satellite of ISAS, was launched on 30 August 1991 and has been observing the solar corona and solar flares for more than ten years. Data obtained […]
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RSC Energia: Endeavor Orbiter flight together with ISS, its undocking and landing
Reusable US Orbiter Endeavor, upon completion of its mission that had as its main objective the re-supply of the International Space Station and replacing the third expedition crew ISS-3, landed […]
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Ulysses gets a new partner in the hunt for the source of gamma-ray bursts
After a lonely nine months, Ulysses has a new partner in gamma-ray burst detection. On 21 November, the ESA/NASA spacecraft in orbit high above the Sun’s poles, and Mars Odyssey, […]
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NASA Assists Government Efforts Following Sept. 11
NASA’s Earth Science Enterprise sent a remote-sensing scientist to New York following the events of Sept. 11 to aid the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the disaster recovery efforts. […]
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NASA Awards More Than $94 Million to Advance Next Generation Space Transportation Element
NASA today announced an additional $94.6 million in contract awards to advance the agency’s Space Launch Initiative (SLI) — a research and development effort to develop the technologies needed to […]
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NASA Bids Farewell to the Successful Deep Space 1 Mission
NASA’s adventurous Deep Space 1 mission, which successfully tested 12 high-risk, advanced space technologies and captured the best images ever taken of a comet, will come to an end Dec. […]
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NASA Cataract Study May Help Astronauts See Clearly
A recent NASA study that showed astronauts who have spent more time in space are more likely to have cataracts will pave the way for developing new techniques to protect […]
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NASA Technology Melts Ice, Keeping Transit System Safe
A NASA-developed, environmentally friendly anti-icing fluid that can make railroad and commuter travel safer and more reliable during snowy conditions is now available for commercial applications. Under license from NASA’s […]
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Space ImagingÊNamesÊ2001 Top TenÊImages Taken by the IKONOSÊSatellite
DENVER,ÊDec.Ê17, 2001 -ÊSpace Imaging’s IKONOS satellite, the world’s first high-resolution, commercial earth imaging satellite, just completed it second year in mission on Sept. 24. After taking more than 500,000 images […]
