Space News for April 20, 1999
Hubble Captures Images of the Moon Designed to catch light from the dimmest stars, the immense light-gathering power of the…
Space News for April 19, 1999
Astronauts Complete Partially Successful Mir Spacewalk Russian cosmonaut Viktor Afanasyev and French astronaut Jean-Pierre Heignere spent six hours "spacewalking" outside…
Space News for April 16, 1999
First Multi-Planet Star System Discovered Astronomers have discovered a group of three Jupiter-sized planets orbiting around the star Upsilon Andromedae.…
Space News for April 15, 1999
Search Begins for Mercury Capsule Undersea salvage experts are looking for the Mercury 4 space capsule that almost drowned astronaut…
Space News for April 14, 1999
Scientists Discover Medium-Sized Black Holes Astronomers have discovered several examples of medium-sized black holes located in nearby galaxies - probably…
Space News for April 13, 1999
Hypernova Remnants Discovered Considered mere supernovas until recently, astronomers have discovered the remnants of two massive hypernovas in nearby galaxy…
Space News for April 12, 1999
Military Satellite in Incorrect Orbit Military officials have confirmed that the Defense Support Program satellite entered an incorrect orbit after…
Space News for April 9, 1999
Stardust Passes Mars Probes The Stardust spacecraft has passed the slower moving Mars Climate Orbiter and Mars Polar Lander spacecraft…
Space News for April 8, 1999
Moon to Eclipse Aldebaran Astronomers are preparing for April 18th, when the moon will pass in front of Aldebaran, one…
Space News for April 7, 1999
Delta 3 Launch Scrubbed After three attempts to launch the Boeing Delta 3 rocket carrying the Orion 3 satellite, engineers…