A diverse team of world-renowned experts, including two Nobel laureates and the world’s most famous heart surgeon, make up an independent task force created by NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin […]
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The 2001 Perseid meteor shower peaks on August 12th. Will it be an extraordinary sky show like last year — or a moonlit disappointment? Wake up early and find out. […]
Approach to an Asteroid – New NEAR Movie Features Final Footage from a Landing Spacecraft
Stunning close-up views of asteroid 433 Eros from the descending NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft get top billing in a new movie from NASAís Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission. The minute-long […]
New ESA web site for Human Spaceflight
Do you want to know how to be an astronaut, what is going on at the International Space Station or how to carry out research in space? ESA’s new site […]
Revolutionary X-ray telescope rockets into record books
Using a revolutionary new X-ray telescope, a team of American and British astronomers has obtained the most detailed X-ray spectrum of a celestial body ever — and at a fraction […]
Studies Focus On Spacecraft Sterilization
The Aerospace Corporation has landed a follow-on effort with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to continue researching the effectiveness of spacecraft cleaning methods used by NASA in missions to planets […]
AIP FYI #99: Appropriations Report Language on NSF: Education and Human Resources
As noted in FYIs #97 and 98, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees have released their reports accompanying the FY 2002 VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Bills. Below is […]
X-ray emission from the jets of infant stars
Studying distant stars and their planets in different states of evolution is of great interest to astronomers and of immense importance for astronomy. XMM-Newton has added its contribution with an […]
Lockheed Martin’s CSOC Set to Open First Storefront At Texas Prairie View A&M
Officials at Lockheed Martin Space Operations announced that its Consolidated Space Operations Contract (CSOC) is scheduled to open the first in a series of CSOC-sponsored storefronts at Prairie View A […]
Scientists’ Innovation Leads to U.S. Patent Award and a Competitive Boost for Boeing Satellite Systems
Star-Tracker Breakthrough Helped Company Capture Major NASA Contract A deceptively simple innovation has led to a U.S. patent award as well as significant business benefits for Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), […]