NASA’s Office of Biological and Physical Research selected 17 scientists to receive grants to conduct research…
Month: November 2002
NASA AWARDS CONTRACTS FOR FLIGHT DEMONSTRATORS
NASA today awarded contracts under the Cycle 2 Space Launch Initiative (SLI) solicitation to two companies…
NASA HELPS CREATE A PARACHUTE TO SAVE LIVES AND AIRPLANES
The pilot of a small disabled, single-engine airplane, which floated to a safe landing instead of…
NASA HELPS VISUALLY IMPAIRED TO “TOUCH THE UNIVERSE”
A new book of majestic images, taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (HST), brings the wonders…
NEVER BEFORE SEEN: TWO SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES IN SAME GALAXY
For the first time, scientists have proof two supermassive black holes exist together in the same…
NASA INNOVATIONS FEATURED IN SPINOFF 2002
Finding ways to apply cutting-edge technologies to life on Earth is one of the most important…
ASTRONAUTS CAPTURE HIGH-RESOLUTION GLACIER IMAGERY
Russian researchers are studying images taken by the crew of the International Space Station to better…
NASA’S INTEGRATED SPACE TRANSPORTATION PLAN RELEASED
On November 13, 2002, President George W. Bush submitted an amendment to his fiscal year 2003…
EXOTIC INNARDS OF A NEUTRON STAR REVEALED IN A SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS
Amid the fury of 28 thermonuclear blasts on a neutron star’s surface, scientists using the European…
NASA CAPTURES THREE “BEST OF WHAT’S NEW AWARDS” FROM POPULAR SCIENCE MAGAZINE
NASA’s unprecedented work in Space Science and Earth Science captured three of Popular Science’s “Best of…