Space
NASA Launches IBEX Mission to Outer Solar System
IBEX will build an image of the outer boundary of the solar system from impacts on the spacecraft by high-speed particles called energetic neutral atoms. Read more…
NASA Increases Value of Engineering and Technology Contract
NASA has increased the maximum ordering value of a contract with Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (SGT) Inc., by $49.2 million to support the Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Read more…
Hubble Telescope Media Teleconference Today at 4 P.M. EDT
NASA will host a media teleconference today beginning at approximately 4 p.m. EDT, to discuss issues recently experienced with the Hubble Space Telescope. Read more…
Lunar Lander Teams To Compete For $2 Million NASA Prize
Nine teams with rocket-powered vehicles will compete during the 2008 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. Read more…
Schmitt Completes NASA Advisory Council Service; Ford Named Chairman
NASA Advisory Council Chairman Harrison "Jack" H. Schmitt announced Thursday he was leaving the council. Fellow council member Kenneth Ford will succeed him as chairman effective immediately. Read more…
NASA Invites Reporters to Observe Lunar Rover Tests in Arizona
NASA is practicing for future lunar road trips, and reporters are invited to observe the activities. The annual Desert RATS, or Research and Technology Studies, field test will be held in Arizona during October, and NASA will host a media day on Oct. 24. Read more…
NASA to Webcast IBEX Spacecraft Launch on Pegasus Rocket Oct. 19
The first NASA spacecraft to image and map the dynamic interactions taking place where the hot solar wind slams into the cold expanse of space will be launched on Sunday, Oct. 19, at 1:48 p.m. EDT, during a launch window that extends from 1:44 p.m. to 1:52 p.m. Called the Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, the spacecraft will conduct extremely high-altitude orbits above Earth to investigate and capture images of processes taking place at the farthest reaches of the solar system. Read more…
NASA ARC Solicitation: Partnership Opportunity Document for Lunar Dust Analysis Mission
STATUS REPORT Date Released: Saturday, September 20, 2008 Source: Ames Research Center NASA ARC Solicitation: Partnership Opportunity Document for Lunar Dust Analysis Mission Synopsis - Sep 19, 2008 Partnership Opportunity Document - Posted on Sep 19, 2008 New! Read more…
NASA Ames Celebration to Share Excitement of 2009 Moon Mission
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Tuesday, September 2, 2008 Source: Ames Research Center NASA Ames Celebration to Share Excitement of 2009 Moon Mission What: On Saturday, Sept. Read more…
MESSENGER Mission News September 12, 2008
STATUS REPORT Date Released: Friday, September 12, 2008 Source: Cranfield University MESSENGER Mission News September 12, 2008 MESSENGER Finalizes Plans for Its Second Look at Mercury It is now only slightly more than three weeks before the MESSENGER spacecraft flies by Mercury for the second... Read more…
