The nation’s most advanced satellite to detect harmful solar flares and gather data on daily weather and severe storms in the United States is ready for launch, the Commerce Department’s […]
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On this date, 25 years ago, NASA’s Viking 1 lander did something no other space probe had ever done – successfully land on another planet. Viking’s historic mission to Mars […]
ALICE arrives in Italy
A miniaturised experiment that will help to unveil the mysteries of a comet is the latest of the instruments that will fly on ESA’s Rosetta Orbiter to be delivered to […]
Happy Anniversary, Viking Lander
On July 20, 1976, NASA’s Viking 1 lander parachuted safely to the surface of Mars, revealing an alien world that continues to puzzle scientists and tempt explorers. July 20, 2001: […]
AIP FYI #93: Appropriators Complete Work on FY 2002 National Science Foundation Bill
The Senate VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee completed its work yesterday, and this afternoon took its FY 2002 bill before the full Senate Appropriations Committee. Some information on […]
Medscape Helps NASA Create Comprehensive Digital Health Record
More Than 40 Years Of Astronaut Medical Data Stored Using Digital Health Record System Medscape , a leading provider of digital health records (DHR) and online information, announced today that […]
ESA starts recovery of Artemis
ESA’s Artemis telecommunications satellite is fully under the control of the Altel (Alenia Spazio-Telespazio) operations team and system engineers in Fucino, Italy, supported by a team of ESA specialists, after […]
Chandra Detects Halo of Hot Gas Around Milky Way-like Galaxy
The first unambiguous evidence for a giant halo of hot gas around a nearby, spiral galaxy much like our own Milky Way was found by astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray […]
NASA Rejoins Japans in X-ray Space Observatory Project
The United States and Japan will team up to rebuild and launch a powerful observatory for measuring high energy phenomena in the Universe. The Astro-E2 observatory will replace the original […]
A Propitious Alignment of Planets
In ancient times heavenly alignments foretold doom. Nowadays they set the schedule for space exploration. July 19, 2001: “Beware the Ides of March,” the crone intoned to the Roman dictator […]