Statement of Daniel S. Goldin Administrator National Aeronautics and Space Administration before the Committee on Science House of Representatives Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: I am pleased to […]
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74,726 results found Sort by:A ‘four-piston engine’ drives earth from the inside, new study shows
Credits: Alessandro Forte of the University of Western Ontario and Jerry Mitrovica of the University of Toronto. Full size image available through contact Deep beneath Earth’s surface, continent-sized plumes of […]
Warp speed
The speed of light can’t be exceeded. Everyone knows that. Yet Houshang Ardavan of Cambridge University claims that there are sources of radio waves out in space that move faster […]
Canadian “Handshake” Delayed
St. Hubert, 25 April 2001 – The maneuver dubbed as the first Canadian robotic handshake in space has been put on hold as flight controllers evaluate a computer problem onboard […]
Boeing Satellite Systems Bids on Major Weather Instrument Contract
Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc. (BSS) is leading a team of industry experts in a bid to build a new weather instrument that would provide timely, accurate and cost-effective weather data […]
More than 13,000 Turn Out for First-ever Evening Engine Test at Stennis Space Center
NASA officials were both pleased and surprised with the tremendous public interest and attendance for the first-ever evening public engine test of a Space Shuttle Main Engine at John C. […]
Safety concerns prompt NASA Langley to stand-down 6 wind tunnels
NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., has issued a “stand-down” order temporarily halting operation of six wind tunnels while a review of research test procedures is conducted. The stand-down, […]
U.S. Air Force Assigns Fifth Delta IV Launch
Boeing [NYSE: BA] officials announced today that the U.S. Air Force has called up its fifth Delta IV launch. The launch for the Defense Satellite Program, identified as DSP-23, is […]
Senator Kit Bond Slams NASA’s “Millionaire Mission” – Demands Formal Risk Assessment in Letter to NASA Administrator
Senator Kit Bond today condemned NASA’s capitulation to Russian demands to fly a millionaire tourist aboard the International Space Station and demanded that the space agency conduct a formal risk […]
Space Frontier Foundation Congratulates NASA and ISS Partners on Historic Tito Flight Agreement Calls for Setting of Visitor Standards
The Space Frontier Foundation praised NASA and its International Space Station partners today for permitting U.S. citizen Dennis Tito to board Space Station Alpha as a Citizen Explorer, when he […]