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New York
Times
The
Times Looks Back-Sputnik
The
Times recalls the launch of Sputnik. Links to other related articles from
1957, with audio, video, and transcripts.
December
6, 1998, Event Transcript: Astronaut Jerry Ross, Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev,
Times Reporter Warren Leary
Transcript
of NYTimes conversation with astronauts.
February
2, 1999, In Search of Star Dust and Clues to Life, By William J. Broad
On
Saturday, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is to launch
a probe meant to capture interplanetary and interstellar dust....
John
Glenn Returns to Space
Page has several articles
about John Glenn's return to space
October
8, 1998, Aid to Russia for Space Station Is Defended
Members of Congress
expressed doubts Wednesday about Russia's continued role in the international
space station as NASA officials defended plans to help Russia finish important
components of the program....
February
3, 1998, NASA Still Dreams of Building an Outpost for People on Mars
As it has through
the ages, Mars, the nearest planetary neighbor to the Earth, maintains
a strange fascination for people....
April
24, 1990, Shuttle Ready to Carry Telescope Aloft Today
After a two-week delay
costing more than half a million dollars, the space shuttle Discovery was
declared ready today.... Page links to Hubble images.
Washington Post
February
1, 1999, On the Tail of a Comet's Clues
...NASA's Stardust
mission, scheduled for launch on Saturday, will mark a revival in the business
of sending out emissaries to grab up bits and pieces of the solar system
and bring them back for study....
January
30, 1999, Russia 2 Months Behind On Space Station Module
Russia will be two
months late with the launch of the crew's quarters for the $50 billion
international space station....
January
24, 1999, SCIENCE FICTION: The Stars Our Destination, By Martin Morse
Wooster
CNN
February
2, 1999, From Kitty Hawk to the red planet: NASA seeks funding to fly an
airplane on Mars
It's an idea that's
been tossed around at NASA for decades: an unpiloted airplane sails through
the Martian atmosphere....
January
3, 1999, Exploring Mars: NASA rockets to Mars with Polar Lander
NASA's Mars Polar
Lander spacecraft lifted off on schedule Sunday....
February
4, 1999, Russia's space mirror test called off after glitch
An ambitious experiment
in orbit -- using a giant mirror to reflect the sun's light to darkcorners
of the Earth -- was called off for the day Thursday....
January
19, 1999, Space station lifeboat
NASA draws on familiar
technology to create spaceship for the future.
February
3, 1999, It's official: no 'demotion' for planet Pluto
Finally, after weeks
of controversy, it's official. There will be no "demotion" for Pluto.
January
9, 1999, Two new planets found outside solar system
Two additional planets
orbiting distant stars have been discovered by astronomers
Publications
Sky & Telescope: Special
Reports
Welcome
to Mars!
ON JULY 4, 1997, NASA's
Mars Pathfinder landed safely on the surface of the red planet
Messenger
from Mars
...The Viking landers
found no trace of life during their 1976 explorations of Mars (left). But
the 1.9-kilogram meteorite dubbed ALH 84001 (center) has raised the question
of whether life once existed....
Once
in a Blue Moon
The year 1999 has
two blue Moons.
Up
in the Sky! It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Znamya!
Update to story (2/5/99):
Znamya Deployment Fails.... Related story.
Scientific American
SOHO
Reveals the Secrets of the Sun
Vibrations reverberating
through the sun have sketched its complex anatomy.
Planetary
Tour
A pictorial
guide to the diverse, myriad worlds of our solar system--from gas giants
to wandering pebbles--and their many peculiarities. (Note: Great
site for exploring the planets, comets, and asteroids!!)
Giant
Planets Orbiting Faraway Stars
Awed by the majesty
of a star-studded night, human beings often grapple with the ancient question:
Are we alone?
Searching
for Life in Our Solar System
The more that is learned
about our neighboring planets and moons, the more hospitable some
of them look as havens for life, today or in the distant past.
The
Evolution of the Universe
Cosmologists have
pieced together much about how the universe as we know it grew from a fireball
instants after the big bang. Yet unanswered questions remain.
A
Scientific Armada
A guide to upcoming
space missions.
Missed
Deadlines
Will Russia's latest
failure to deliver a key component derail the International Space Station?
The Atlantic Monthly
Warm
- Blooded Plants and Freeze - Dried Fish
"When emigration from
Earth to a planet or a comet becomes cheap enough for ordinary people to
afford, people will emigrate...."
NASA
Today
@ NASA
Daily NASA news and
press releases.
Nasa
- Spinoff: BEATING BACK BACTERIA
MRLB International
Incorporated, River Falls, Wisconsin, has designed
DentaPure®, a
dental waterline purification cartridge that relies on water purification
technology developed for NASA.
NASA
- Spinoff: On The Wing A Business--Class Jet
It is the fastest,
most efficient business jet ever to race across the sky. Capable of flying
at near supersonic speeds....
NASA
- Spinoff: It's A Clean Machine
Cleaner running, environmentally
friendly auto engines and gas turbines, as well as improved fuel efficiency--that
is a nice sounding combination.
NASA
- Spinoff: Identification
The parts count for
a Space Shuttle is a whopping number in the millions...To identify, track,
and record keep these tiles, digital data matrix technologies were developed
at the Marshall Space Flight Center.
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