NASA’s highest honor for quality and technical performance, the George M. Low Award, was presented today to three U.S. companies for outstanding commitment to innovative management, quality and customer service. […]
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has selected two research proposals to demonstrate the capabilities of uninhabited, high-altitude aircraft as aerial platforms for Earth science and commercial applications. The two […]
St. Louis University, Washington University in St. Louis researchers uncover evidence that sheds light on origins of the planet
A Saint Louis University researcher has made a discovery near the Great Wall in China that could change the science of plate tectonics and provide some clues into how life […]
Collapse of simple life forms linked to mass extinction 200 million years ago
A mass extinction about 200 million years ago, which destroyed at least half of the species on Earth, happened very quickly and is demonstrated in the fossil record by the […]
Aerojet Wins $10.4 Million Contract to Develop Peroxide Engine for Air Force Space Maneuver Vehicle
Aerojet has been awarded a $10.4 million contract to design and develop a non-toxic peroxide Advanced Reusable Rocket Engine (ARRE) for the Air Force’s Space Maneuver Vehicle (SMV) concept. Awarded […]
STS-107 crew train at ESTEC
In the ISS user centre at ESTEC (NL) Commander Rick Husband, Pilot William McCool and the other five members of the crew are being briefed by the scientists and engineers […]
The future of space travel ‘Starship 2040’ exhibit launches campaign to share NASA’s futuristic ambitions
Should NASA’s Starship 2040 touch down in coming months at a university campus or community center near you, don’t expect a thunderous descent from the heavens. This high-tech “spacecraft” hitches […]
New Radio Telescope Makes First Scientific Observations
The world’s two largest radio telescopes have combined to make detailed radar images of the cloud-shrouded surface of Venus and of a tiny asteroid that passed near the Earth. The […]
AIP FYI #61: Chairman Boehlert: The Scientific Community Has Its Work Cut Out for It
House Science Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) addressed the AAAS Colloquium on Science and Technology Policy last week. Boehlert stated at the outset that “the science budgets the Administration has […]
Statement of Dan Goldin before the Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies, Senate Committee on Appropriations
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: I am pleased to be here today to present to you NASA’s budget request for FY 2002. As I look back at the […]