A breast cancer detection system and a personal search-and- rescue beacon represent the range of NASA’s 42 most recently commercialized products featured in the 2000 issue of Spinoff, the annual […]
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Ben Gurion International Airport, Israel — Israel Aircraft Industries/MBT Division announces the launch of its EROS A1 satellite by the Russian Start-1 launcher. Early reports indicate a successful launch into orbit. EROS-A1 […]
Twin 6.5-meter Telescopes Poised to Explore Structure of Universe
More than 300 people traveled thousands of miles to a remote mountaintop in Chile for the dedication of two of the most powerful survey instruments ever built: the Baade and […]
Science report: sedimentary rocks on Mars may suggest an ancient land of lakes
Science Cover: Regularly layered rocks such as these seen in western Candor Chasma (6.5*S, 77.2*W) are among the best examples of sedimentary rocks on Mars. This image was acquired in […]
Major Mars Discovery to be Announced Today in Press Briefing
Imaging scientists Dr. Michael Malin and Dr. Ken Edgett from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft will present what they describe as their most significant discovery yet at a press briefing […]
IMAGES from Science report: sedimentary rocks on Mars may suggest an ancient land of lakes
Article #11-Malin et al. Fig.1. Eight examples of very similar outcrops of light-toned, layered, cliff-forming material exposed in locations separated by hundreds to thousands of kilometers. Download malin1.jpg . […]
Evidence of Martian Land of Lakes Discovered
In what ultimately may be their most significant discovery yet, Mars scientists say high-resolution pictures showing layers of sedimentary rock paint a portrait of an ancient Mars that long ago […]
“Inside the Space Station” Lifts Viewers into Orbit with an Insider’s Look at Humankind’s First Permanent Residence in Space
— Third “Watch With the World” event premieres globally on December 10 — A new dawn in the space age is emerging and it is one of exploration, of enterprise […]
Do You Have the Right Stuff? Discovery Kids Finds Out in its First Global Events Broiadcast on the Same Day Worldwide
Contact: April Vara Discovery Networks International (301) 771-4518 April_Vara@discovery.com — Kids from around the world visit Space Camp© to see if they have what it takes to be an astronaut […]
The New Neighbors Just Moved In and They’ve Got a Lot to Teach Our Students
Contact: Mark J. O’Brien 301.622.7699 The day they moved in, there was no moving van. Their new home has no street address and unmanned vehicles deliver their mail. Earth’s newest […]