Contact: James Hathaway hathaway@asu.edu 480-965-6375 Arizona State University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Hey, remember Mars Global Surveyor? Though the disappearance of the Mars Polar Lander has received most […]
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On February 29, 2000 NEAR recorded another first: the NEAR Laser Rangefinder (NLR) detected the first laser returns from Eros at a range of 290 km. This is the first […]
U.S. astronomers meet at Arecibo to discuss spending, siting and science for mammoth-size, next-generation radio telescope
Contact: David BrandOffice: (607) 255-3651E-mail: deb27@cornell.edu ARECIBO, P.R. — It would be one of the largest scientific instruments ever assembled, a radio telescope composed of perhaps 1,000 antennas spread out over […]
New satellite data to assess role clouds play in climate change
Contact: James E. Kloeppel, Physical Sciences Editor 217-244-1073 CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A wealth of information on the physical properties and global distribution of clouds – soon to be collected by […]
Report Transmittal Letter: NRC Task Group on the Review of Scientific Aspects of the NASA Triana Mission
National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Engineering Institute of Medicine National Research Council Space Studies Board Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Applications March 3 2000 Dr. Ghassem R. […]
Satellite Data: Role Clouds Play in Climate Change
Contact: James E. Kloeppel, Physical Sciences Editor, (217) 244-1073; kloeppel@uiuc.edu CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A wealth of information on the physical properties and global distribution of clouds — soon to be […]
Hubble takes close-up view of a reflection nebula in Orion
PHOTO NO.: STScI-PRC00-10 Just weeks after NASA astronauts repaired the Hubble Space Telescope in December 1999, the Hubble Heritage Project snapped this picture of NGC 1999, a nebula in the […]
Artificial Intelligence Impact on Humanity to be Explored
Laura Lewis NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA Phone: 650/604-2162, 650/604-9000 Email: llewis@mail.arc.nasa.gov RELEASE: 00-16AR NOTE TO EDITORS AND NEWS DIRECTORS: News media are invited to attend the first […]
Boeing Studying Air-Launched Addition to Launch Vehicle Family
A new air-launch system under development by The Boeing Company and Thiokol Propulsion could increase U.S. military tactical responsiveness and expand Boeing civil and commercial launch capabilities. Designed as a […]
For the first time in 14 years, astronomers from Arizona, Cornell and Wellesley spot two ‘shepherd’ Uranian moons
Contact: Blaine P. Friedlander Jr. Office: (607) 255-3290 E-mail: bpf2@cornell.edu ITHACA, N.Y. — One day before the space shuttle Challenger tragedy, Voyager II scientists proudly announced the discovery of two […]