When students from five states participated in NASA’s Earth to Orbit Engineering Design Spacecraft Structures Challenge, they tackled some of the same issues NASA engineers face when designing spacecraft. To […]
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When students from five states participated in NASA’s Earth to Orbit Engineering Design Spacecraft Structures Challenge, they tackled some of the same issues NASA engineers face when designing spacecraft. To […]
Steel Beach Productions Lands NASA / Florida Space Research Institute Learning Project
Advanced Learning Environment Will Support Growth of Space-Related Programs in Florida JACKSONVILLE, FL, April 10, 2001 — A contract signing at Kennedy Space Center launches a new initiative to promote […]
Giotto’s heritage: the past and future of comet exploration
Almost exactly 15 years ago, during the night of 13/14 March 1986, ESA’s Giotto spacecraft made history by obtaining the first close-up pictures of a comet’s black, icy nucleus. After […]
New-Found Pulsars Start to Crack Gamma-Ray Source Mystery
Jodrell Bank Observatory University of Manchester, UK. 10 April 2001 – For immediate release Astronomers from the University of Manchester and other members of an international team using the Parkes […]
House Staff Analysis Finds Uneven Support For Federal Research & Development Programs in President’s Budget
The House Science Committee Democratic staff today released its analysis of the President’s FY2002 budget request for R&D programs, which highlights substantial departures from the Clinton Administration’s overall policies for […]
NASA Ames to Mark Space Shuttle’s 20th Anniversary
NOTE TO EDITORS: NASA’s Ames Research Center will host a media opportunity from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 12, to commemorate Ames’ contributions to the space shuttle […]
NASA/JSC Special Event Features STS-102 Astronauts
The public is invited to share the flight experiences of the STS-102 Space Shuttle crew and the International Space Station Expedition One Commander Bill Shepherd Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at […]
NASA Dryden Made Major Contributions to Space Shuttle Development
On April 14, 1981, more than 300,000 aerospace aficionados assembled on the barren east shore of Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base to witness a first in aerospace […]
Back-to-School Time for Astrobiologists
When NASA’s Pathfinder mission landed on Mars in 1997, public interest soared. The space agency was nearly overwhelmed by phone calls and emails from citizens who wanted to know what […]