Mysterious clouds of gas falling towards the Sun have been spotted with the ESA-NASA SOHO spacecraft. They go against the fast-moving streams of gas that pour out continuously into space, […]
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When, in 1996, a group of NASA researchers presented several lines of evidence for fossil bacteria in a Martian meteorite, a wave of excitement passed through the public and the […]
Le premier télescope du Canada sera lancé au moyen d’une fusée « Rockot »
Saint-Hubert (Québec), le 20 novembre 2001 – L’Agence spatiale canadienne (ASC) et la société Eurockot Launch Services de Bremen, en Allemagne, ont annoncé aujourd’hui la signature d’une entente de service […]
Canada’s First Space Telescope to Ride a “Rockot”
Saint-Hubert, Quebec, November 20, 2001 – The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and Eurockot Launch Services of Bremen, Germany, today announced the signing of a Launch Service Agreement for Canada’s MOST […]
NASA Spacecraft to Hunt for Elusive Gravity Ripples
MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 Contact: Guy Webster (818) 354-6278 Barely perceptible fluctuations in […]
NASA Marshall Center Director Stephenson receives top national engineering management award
Art Stephenson, director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has received the Engineering Manager of the Year Award from the American Society of Engineering Management (ASEM). The […]
TIMED Spacecraft to Explore Atmospheric Frontier Set for December Launch
A spacecraft destined to explore one of the last frontiers in Earth’s atmosphere is scheduled to launch Dec. 7, 2001, at 7:07 a.m. PST aboard a Delta II rocket from […]
Rosetta orbiter rolls into the Netherlands
A little more than one year from now, ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft will be speeding through space at many thousands of kilometres per hour. In comparison, the orbiter’s stately journey across […]
The Edinburgh Ministerial Council: ESA programmes and budgets
The programmes tabled for decisions at ESA’s Council meeting at ministerial level, held in Edinburgh on 14 and 15 November, covered the Level of Resources (Science and General Budget), Earth […]
NIST ‘microhotplate’ may help search for extraterrestrial life
Astronauts or unmanned space vehicles may one day detect and quantitate the gases found on other planets using tiny chemical sensors – each measuring about 100 microns, approaching the width […]