Liquid carbon dioxide breakouts rather than water probably created the martian gullies discovered last summer in high-resolution images from the Mars Global Surveyor orbiter camera. Donald S. Musselwhite, Timothy D. […]
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In conjunction with Space Day activities, Tallahassee news media representatives will have a rare opportunity on April 2 to take part in an informal question-and-answer session with NASA astronauts, observe […]
ESO TIMMI2 Images the Heart of the Orion Nebula – New Vistas with Powerful Thermal Infrared Instrument at La Silla
Text with all links and the photo is available on the ESO Website at http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2001/phot-12-01.html A new astronomical instrument, TIMMI2, has just been installed on the ESO 3.6-m telescope at […]
Xeus – A New Concept in the Exploration of the Universe
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Or, in the case of the Universe, was it massive black holes or galaxies? To answer this question by studying black holes […]
NASDA: Two ISS Astronauts Newly Certified
Dr. Satoshi Furukawa, Mr. Akihiko Hoshide and Ms. Naoko Sumino were selected as astronaut candidates (ASCANs) of the International Space Station (ISS) in February 1999. They have been receiving basic […]
Looking at Space from an Imaginative Science Fiction Perspective: Interview with Yuichi Sasamoto
The pioneers of the modern space age are the authors of science fiction and other imaginary works. Science fiction has contributed greatly not only to the concept of traveling through […]
NASDA: i-Space Project toward Better Society – Commencing pilot experiments to promote satellite utilization
The February NASDA REPORT described the beginning of the i-Space Project aimed at contributing to the coming IT age through development and use of the space infrastructure. This March issue […]
Orbital Wins New Launch Contract for Pegasus Rocket
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced today that its Pegasus XL rocket, the world’s premier small space launch vehicle, has been selected by Spectrum Astro, Inc. to launch the Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting […]
First U.S. Air Force Milstar II Satellite Begins On-Orbit Testing
A combined MILSATCOM Joint Program Office/Lockheed Martin team has begun on-orbit testing of the first U.S. Air Force Milstar II communications satellite following the successful Feb. 27 launch and activation […]
Boeing and Alenia Spazio to Sign Memorandum of Agreement
In a signing ceremony to be held today at the Satellite 2001 Conference in Washington, officials from Boeing and Alenia Spazio, a Finmeccania company, will sign a Memorandum of Agreement. […]