NASA has successfully tested an alternative rocket fuel that may increase operational safety and reduce costs…
Year: 2003
SCIENTISTS WITNESS END OF THE “DARK AGES”
Researchers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reported today they are seeing the conclusion of the cosmic…
FRENCH STUDENTS RENDEZVOUS WITH ASTRONAUT VIA HAM RADIO
Students at the Immaculate Conception Elementary School in Brest, France, spoke January 8 via Amateur Radio…
CHIPS READY TO OPERATE ON “THE BUBBLE”
NASA’s Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPS) satellite, scheduled for launch on Jan. 11, will study…
New Saudi satellite gets OSCAR designation
A third satellite in the SaudiSat series has earned an OSCAR designation from AMSAT, SO-50. The…
RESEARCHERS SEEK “HEART” OF BLACK HOLE MYSTERY
New research, funded by NASA and the University of Tokyo, has shown astronomers may not yet…
Kodama Moves to Operational Phase
The Data Relay Test Satellite (DRTS) “Kodama”, that the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA)…
NASA TV FEATURES SPACE STATION BRIEFING & SPACEWALK
The activities of the residents aboard the International Space Station and a preview of their next…
BIGGEST ZOOM LENS IN SPACE EXTENDS HUBBLE’S REACH
The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), aboard NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, has used a natural “zoom…
Arianespace Flight 157: Inquiry Board Submits its Findings
Paris, January 7, 2003 – The Inquiry Board appointed to investigate the failure of Flight 157…