The Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the nomination of Donald Rumsfeld to be Secretary of Defense touched on numerous subjects, including the proposed National Missile Defense (NMD) System. Among […]
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Dolores Beasley Headquarters, Washington, DC (Phone: 202/358-1753) Bill Steigerwald Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (Phone: 301/286-5017) RELEASE: 01-08 The first large-scale pictures of the hidden machinations of the Earth’s […]
AMES to Host Jason Project for 10,000-Plus California Students
John Bluck NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA Phone: 650/604-5026 or 650/604-9000 e-mail: jbluck@mail.arc.nasa.gov RELEASE: 01-05AR NOTE TO EDITORS AND NEWS DIRECTORS: You are invited to attend JASON Project […]
Orbiting Earth in search of failure: NASA experiments subject electronics to harsh radiation
It’s a mission where failure will be success — and that’s exactly what NASA engineers are hoping for. They anticipate failures in six experiments on the NASA Space Radiation Electronics […]
Virtual Rains Herald Dawn of New Climate Understanding
Caroline Harney Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. (Phone: 301/286-0040) RELEASE: 01-9 Weather prediction is hard enough. But what are the possibilities for predicting events related to weather? With new […]
Briefings and Live Feeds Set For First Asteroid Touchdown
Donald Savage Headquarters, Washington, DC (Phone: 202/358-1547) Helen Worth Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD (Phone: 240/228-5113) NOTE TO EDITORS: N01-05 On Feb. 12, NASA makes history when […]
‘NASAexplores’ Web site delivers innovative lessons to teachers courtesy of Marshall Center
A new Web site — unveiled today by NASA — will deliver innovative and engaging lessons to teachers across the country. “NASAexplores,” a new Internet resource offering lesson plans, features […]
“Europe enlarges its Space” – Conférence at ESA/ESRIN
On 1-2 February, ESA’s establishment ESRIN in Frascati, Italy, will host the Conference “Europe enlarges its Space”. The Conference is being convened by the Italian Parliamentary Space Group as a […]
Space-Based Laser Team Advances Beam Director Design with Successful Integrated Laser Test
Contact: Brooks McKinney310.814.8177www.sbl.losangeles.af.milwww.trw.com/sbl/news Data from a recent integrated ground test of the Alpha high-energy laser, its beam director telescope and the associated beam alignment and correction system have provided the […]
The right places to look for alien life
UK Contact: Claire Bowles claire.bowles@rbi.co.uk 44-207-331-2751 US Contact: New Scientist Washington office newscidc@idt.net 202-452-1178 New Scientist Far from being desolate backwaters, red dwarfs may harbour an abundance of alien life. […]