Space News for July 5, 1999
Hubble Views Globular Star Cluster The Hubble Space Telescope was recently directed at the M80 globular star cluster, located 28,000…
Space News for July 2, 1999
ESA Unveils Comet Landing Mission As NASA cancels one comet landing mission, the European Space Agency announces another - the…
Space News for July 1, 1999
Images of Mars Captured by Hubble Thanks to Mars' closest approach to the Earth in over 8 years, the Hubble…
Space News for June 30, 1999
Galileo Begins Encounter with Callisto Galileo is about to begin the tenth encounter of its Europa Mission - a close…
Space News for June 29, 1999
Chandra Loaded Onto Columbia The Chandra X-Ray Observatory was loaded onto the Space Shuttle Columbia on Sunday, in preparation for…
Space News for June 28, 1999
Gemini Continues to Impress The Gemini North telescope has lived up to the high expectations of its builders. New images…
Space News for June 25, 1999
First Female Mission Commander Prepares for Launch Air Force Col. Eileen Collins will be the first woman to command a…
Space News for June 24, 1999
Cassini Gets a Boost From Venus Although it's bound for Saturn, Cassini will pass within 1,600 kilometers of Venus' surface…
Space News for June 23, 1999
Surveyor Landing Spot to Be Selected A group of planetary geologists are meeting at a conference in Buffalo to determine…
Space News for June 22, 1999
QuikScat Successfully Deploys NASA's QuikScat weather satellite has successful reached its initial elliptical orbit of 800km above the Earth's surface,…