On Tuesday 16 October the European Astrium consortium will be ready to ship, from its Bremen establishment in Germany to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, the microgravity science […]
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74,770 results found Sort by:James Oberg’s New Book: “2001: A Mars Odyssey, Why human exploration of Mars is crucial to humanity’s future.”
The download price will be $3.95, and the release date will be October 16, 2001. The ISBN is 1-58338-376-X. The book will be available for sale on www.crossroadspub.com in October, […]
2001: Canada in Space Canadian Space Agency in Service for Canadians
Saint-Hubert (Quebec), October 12, 2001 – Representatives of the media are invited to attend a presentation by Canadian Space Agency President W. M. (Mac) Evans and Executive Vice President Marc […]
Orbital Wins $24 Million Task Order From U.S. Army for Air-Launched Missile Defense Targets
New Contract is the Second $20 Million-plus Target Vehicle Award From Army in October Orbital Sciences Corporation announced today that it was recently awarded a $24 million development task order […]
Physical and life science experiments “tested” in absence of gravity
On 16 October the Airbus A-300 “Zero-g” will take off from Bordeaux-Mèrignac airport in France for the first of three parabolic flights designed to carry out experiments in weightlessness before […]
JPL Selected To Build New Instrument For Galaxy Studies
NASA has chosen the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., to provide the Mid-Infrared Instrument on the Next Generation Space Telescope, which will look back in time more than 90 percent […]
Space Research Provides New Evidence on the Role of Gravity in Fertilization
NASA researchers have uncovered evidence that gravity, or the lack thereof, may play an important role in the development and evolution of life. The study suggests fertilization is gravity-sensitive and […]
EADS to sponsor opening of International Space Symposium
WASHINGTON (October 12, 2001) – EADS, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, and its Space Systems Division will sponsor the opening luncheon at the International Space Symposium, according to […]
ISS processing hit hight in FY 2001
Payload processing at KSC hit a record high in the past fiscal year, with eight Space Station components prepared for first flight, a feat not likely to be soon duplicated. […]
Cape’s Delta IV complex readies for first launch
By 2nd Lt. Eric Badger, 45th Space Wing Public Affairs PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — The Delta IV space launch vehicle — one of America’s newest generation of rockets […]