MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSE: MDA) has been asked by the Canadian Space Agency to evaluate the options for a Canadian Hyperspectral mission in space. Hyperspectral sensors look at […]
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July 7, 2001 Dear NSS member, The human spaceflight program needs your help. Although the White House proposed a $14.5 billion NASA budget for 2002, a 2% rise over last […]
Medical research on the International Space Station might have won Philippoussis Wimbledon
Persistent knee problems cropping up at the most inconvenient times, such the one that has prevented Mark Philippoussis playing at Wimbledon this year, may become a thing of the past […]
New Chandra image suggests ‘ordering forces’ follow chaos of supernova explosion
IMAGE CAPTION: [http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/cycle1/velawv/index.html] In this wide-angle view, the Vela pulsar and its pulsar wind nebula are seen against a background of clouds, or filaments, of multi-million degree Celsius gas. These […]
Next Space Science Update: A Stellar Apocalypse Aids The Hunt For Life On Other Worlds
What can a dying Sun tell us about the possibility for life on other worlds? As a nearby star burns through the last of its fuel and vaporizes its surroundings, […]
Mission STS-104 Events, News Center Operating Hours Set
News conferences, events and operating hours for KSC’s News Center have been set for the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-104, the 105th launch in the Shuttle […]
Launch of GOES-M Weather Satellite Scheduled for July 15
The launch of the GOES-M weather satellite for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) aboard a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA rocket (AC-142) is scheduled for Sunday, July […]
Lockheed Martin scientist awarded Hale Prize for solar research
Dr. Alan M. Title, Principal Scientist at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto has received the Hale Prize from the American Astronomical Society. The […]
Physicists find a new, striking difference between matter and antimatter
By Michael Riordan An international collaboration of physicists conducting experiments at the Department of Energy’s Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) has discovered a second fundamental difference between the behavior of […]
TRW Completes Critical Design Review on AstroMesh Reflectors for INMARSAT I-4
TRW Inc. has completed the Critical Design Review (CDR), a major milestone in its contract with Astrium to build deployable AstroMesh(TM) reflectors for the INMARSAT I-4. The CDR covered all […]