The first qualification flight of the new Fregat (‘Frigate’ in English) upper stage on the Russian Soyuz rocket was completed today. This is the first time that the Fregat has […]
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Contact: Blaine P. Friedlander Jr. bpf2@cornell.edu 607-255-3290 Cornell University News Service ITHACA, N.Y. — Anvil clouds tower more than 30 miles high, casting a pall over a hazy sky. Amid […]
NASA’s Space Place Welcomes its 100th partner
MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIF. 91109 TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 Contact: Nancy Lovato (818) 354-0474 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NASA’s […]
Space Science News from NASA Headquarters
From: Craig Tupper (dtupper@hq.nasa.gov) Greetings, universe fiends, Here’s what’s new in the last week or so at http://spacescience.nasa.gov/ : —————— In perhaps the best news, our Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous […]
NRL Instrument Makes First UV Observation of Meteor in Space
Public Affairs Office Naval Research Laboratory Washington, D.C. NRL Press Release 9-00r Scientists from the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) report that the first ever far-ultraviolet (UV) image of a meteor […]
California Space Strategic/Infrastructure Plan
TO: All Space/Astronomy Groups, Contractors, Entrepreneurs, Politicos, NASA Field Centers, Aerospace Educators & News Media From: Jim Spellman – National Space Society/Western Spaceport Chapter RE: Space Strategic/Infrastructure Plan This is […]
100 and counting: SOHO’s score as the world’s top comet finder
Calculations completed today confirm that a comet spotted by a Lithuanian astronomer on 4 February is a previously unknown object, making it the 100th comet discovered with the SOHO spacecraft. […]
NEAR Poised for Historic Valentine’s Day Eros Asteroid Encounter
Donald Savage Headquarters, Washington, DC (Phone: 202/358-1727) Helen Worth Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD (Phone: 240/228-5113) RELEASE: 00-22 The NEAR spacecraft is straightening its orbit and putting […]
Space Shuttle Status Report 8 Feb 2000
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2000 (2:30 PM EST) MISSION: STS-99 — Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105 LOCATION: Pad 39A TARGET KSC LAUNCH […]
Europe Gains Faster Internet Access to JPL Images
MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIF. 91109 TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 Contact: Nancy Lovato (818) 354-0474 INTERNET ADVISORY A mirror […]