A simple computer that marries the mind-boggling computing power of quantum mechanics with the ease of manipulating light has been built by researchers at the University of Rochester. The device […]
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By Lt. Col. K.E. Warren, 920th Rescue Group Public Affairs PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFPN) — A rocket is about to launch, so two HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters from […]
First Flight Centennial Federal Advisory Board Chartered
NASA has chartered the First Flight Centennial Federal Advisory Board to advise the U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission. The Advisory Board will offer counsel to the Commission as the Commission […]
AIP FYI Number 63: May 17, 2001 Goldin Testifies Before Three House Panels
Before members of the House Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics on May 2, NASA head Dan Goldin acknowledged that the quantity of human-tended science on the space station “will […]
Comments by Rep. Dave Weldon on NASA’s Human Spaceflight Program
SUPPORT THE MANNED SPACE FLIGHT PROGRAM — (House of Representatives – May 17, 2001) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. […]
Time Twister
Before your children are born, their children could turn up at your door. Michael Brooks discovers how to turn the future into the past Ronald Mallett thinks he has found […]
Lockheed Martin selects Saab Ericsson Space for Atlas V
Lockheed Martin Austronotics has selected a new Low Shock Separation System from Saab Ericsson Space for their Atlas V launch vehicle. The low shock separation system will reduce the launcher […]
Young Star May Be Belching Spheres of Gas, Astronomers Say
A young star more than 2,000 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus may be belching out spheres of gas, say astronomers who observed it with the National Science Foundation’s Very […]
ESA takes first step to a new era in environmental monitoring
The gestation period was ten years, and the preparations were intense. Now the waiting is nearly over, and the European Space Agency’s ambitious new Earth-observing satellite Envisat is en route […]
Former Astronaut Sally Ride to be at Moffett Field/Space Camp
NOTE TO EDITORS AND NEWS DIRECTORS: You are invited to a question-and-answer session with former astronaut Sally Ride following her appearance at U.S. Space Camp California, Moffett Field, CA on […]