MAUNA KEA – Astronomers observing with the adaptive optics instrument on the Keck II Telescope have obtained the best pictures yet of the planet Neptune, showing an upper atmosphere rich […]
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AIP FYI News Number 128: NSF Bill Passed: FY 2001 Budget Up 13.6%
Congress has passed and sent to President Clinton the FY 2001 VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Bill. The National Science Foundation’s budget was increased by 13.6%, an amount which […]
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Yale Astronomers Find New Minor Planet Between Neptune And Pluto
CONTACT: Jacqueline Weaver 203-432-8555 #109 For Immediate Release: October 25, 2000 New Haven, Conn. — A new minor planet measuring about 400 miles in diameter and located between Neptune and […]
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Yale Astronomers Find New Minor Planet Between Neptune And Pluto
CONTACT: Jacqueline Weaver 203-432-8555 #109 For Immediate Release: October 25, 2000 New Haven, Conn. — A new minor planet measuring about 400 miles in diameter and located between Neptune and […]
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AIA-NSS Seek Attention for Space Issues in the Next Administration
The Aerospace Industries Association and the National Space Society agreed to present the next administration a set of issues that concern the U.S. space industry. AIA hosted a roundtable discussion […]
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Saturn is swarming with satellites
Saturn has again taken the lead as the planet with the greatest number of known satellites, following the discovery of at least 4 additional moons. These were observed by an […]
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MIT researcher says current estimates of near-Earth asteroids too low
CONTACTS: Deborah Halber, MIT, 617-258-9276, dhalber@mit.edu Roger Sudbury, Lincoln Lab, 781-981-7024, sudbury@LL.mit.edu PASADENA, Calif. — A Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher said today (Oct. 24) that the number of near-Earth […]
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Twin Engine Tests for X-33 Take Shape in Mississippi
Jim Cast Headquarters, Washington, DC (Phone: 202/358-1779) Dom Amatore Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL (Phone: 256/544-0031) Dan Beck Boeing Rocketdyne, Canoga Park, CA (Phone: 818/586-4572) Paul Foerman Stennis Space […]
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Spacecraft Double-Team the King of Planets
Don Savage Headquarters, Washington, DC (Phone: 202/358-1547) Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA (Phone: 818/354-6278) RELEASE: 00-168 Two NASA spacecraft are teaming up to scrutinize Jupiter during the next […]
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NASA Television to Broadcast Launch and Docking of First Space Station Resident Crew
Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington DC (Phone: 202/358-1726) Eileen Hawley Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX (Phone: 281/483-5111) NOTE TO EDITORS: N00-51 NASA Television plans extensive coverage of the launch and docking […]
