Дата: 13 мая 1998 (1998-05-13)
От: Alexander Bondugin
Тема: WDC-A R&S Launch Announcement 12937: Echostar
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COSPAR/ISES
WORLD WARNING AGENCY FOR SATELLITES
WORLD DATA CENTER-A FOR R & S, NASA/GSFC
CODE 633, GREENBELT, MARYLAND, 20771. USA
SPACEWARN 12937
COSPAR/WWAS USSPACECOM NUMBER
SPACECRAFT INTERNATIONAL ID (CATALOG NUMBER) LAUNCH DATE,UT
ECHOSTAR 1998-028A 25331 07 MAY 1998
DR. JOSEPH H. KING, DIRECTOR, WDC-A-R&S.
[PH: (301) 286 7355.
E-MAIL: KING@NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV
08 MAY 1998, 13:30 UT]
Further details will be in the next SPACEWARN Bulletin
Dr. Edwin V. Bell, II
_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ Mail Code 633
_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ NASA Goddard Space
_/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ Flight Center
_/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Greenbelt, MD 20771
_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ +1-301-286-1187
ed.bell@gsfc.nasa.gov
SPACEWARN home page: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/
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Дата: 13 мая 1998 (1998-05-13)
От: Alexander Bondugin
Тема: WDC-A R&S Launch Announcement 12938: USA 139
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WORLD WARNING AGENCY FOR SATELLITES
WORLD DATA CENTER-A FOR R & S, NASA/GSFC
CODE 633, GREENBELT, MARYLAND, 20771. USA
SPACEWARN 12938
COSPAR/WWAS USSPACECOM NUMBER
SPACECRAFT INTERNATIONAL ID (CATALOG NUMBER) LAUNCH DATE,UT
USA 139 1998-029A 25336 09 MAY 1998
DR. JOSEPH H. KING, DIRECTOR, WDC-A-R&S.
[PH: (301) 286 7355.
E-MAIL: KING@NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV
11 MAY 1998, 12:00 UT]
Further details will be in the next SPACEWARN Bulletin
Dr. Edwin V. Bell, II
_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ Mail Code 633
_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ NASA Goddard Space
_/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ Flight Center
_/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Greenbelt, MD 20771
_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ +1-301-286-1187
ed.bell@gsfc.nasa.gov
SPACEWARN home page: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/
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Дата: 13 мая 1998 (1998-05-13)
От: Alexander Bondugin
Тема: Mathletes Compete In Washington On May 15
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Beth Schmid
Headquarters, Washington, DC May 11, 1998
(Phone: 202/358-1760)
Kelly Cunningham
MATHCOUNTS, Alexandria, VA
(Phone: 703/548-1291)
RELEASE: 98-79
MATHLETES COMPETE IN WASHINGTON ON MAY 15
The nation's top seventh- and eighth-grade mathematics
students are coming to Washington for the 15th annual MATHCOUNTS
competition, each hoping to become the number one junior high
school "mathlete," winning a gold medal, an $8,000 scholarship,
and a week at U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, AL.
The final event in the competition, the Countdown Round,
begins at noon EDT on May 15 and will be open to the press and
public beginning at 11 a.m. EDT. The round will last for
approximately 45 minutes and will be held in the Regency Ballroom
of the Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, NW, Washington, DC.
During the competition leading up to the Countdown Round, a
total of fifty-seven teams of four students will be asked to
demonstrate their computational, problem solving and reasoning
skills, competing both as part of a team and individually. The
students represent each of the 50 states, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Defense Department Schools, U.S. State
Department Schools, and the U.S. Territories of Guam, U.S. Virgin
Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Ten of the students in the national competition will qualify
to compete for the title of 1998 MATHCOUNTS National Champion.
These top ten "mathletes" will meet in the Countdown Round, a one-
on-one oral elimination event. Students must race the clock and
each other as they solve problems, hit the buzzer, and answer
correctly, all within a 45-second time limit.
In addition to the first place winner's awards, additional
awards and prizes will be given to the top teams and individual
winners. Each year, the coaches of the highest scoring teams and
individuals are awarded an all-expense-paid mathematics workshop
at a NASA field center. This year's workshop will be held at
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. During the
workshop, NASA scientists and engineers will demonstrate state-of-
the-art mathematics applications, and aerospace education
specialists will present mathematics-oriented activities.
MATHCOUNTS is the only program of its kind that promotes
mathematics at the seventh and eighth grade level by building
students' skills, strengthening their ability to do strategic
problem solving, exposing them to career options, and giving them
an opportunity to experience success in mathematics.
The MATHCOUNTS program is open to all public, private and
parochial schools. It is one of the country's largest and most
successful education partnerships that is implemented by a cadre
of volunteers, educators, and students. Sponsorship for the
program is provided by a host of industry, government, and
educational organization sponsors. NASA Headquarters has
sponsored the MATHCOUNTS program since its inception in 1983.
Presidents Bush, Reagan, and Clinton have all recognized
MATHCOUNTS students and coaches in Oval Office ceremonies, and the
program has been awarded two White House citations as an
outstanding private sector initiative.
Here are a few facts about the MATHCOUNTS program:
* In an average year, 350,000 students participate in the program;
* Nearly 7,000 schools register annually to participate in the program;
* Each year, more than 17,000 volunteers coach students and
conduct competitions;
* Over four million students have participated in the program since 1983.
For additional information on the MATHCOUNTS program, call
Kelly Cunningham at the number listed above; the MATHCOUNTS office
at 703/684-2828; or refer to the following URL:
http://mathcounts.org
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Дата: 13 мая 1998 (1998-05-13)
От: Alexander Bondugin
Тема: Alyeska and JPL To Develop Oil Spill Detection Technologies
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MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov
Contact: Mary Hardin (818) 354-0344
INTERNET ADVISORY May 12, 1998
NEW SATELLITE IMAGE SHOWS EL NINO STILL LINGERING IN PACIFIC
The most recent image from the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite shows
sea-surface height along the central equatorial Pacific has maintained a
near normal state since March 1998 and remnants of the warm water pool,
commonly referred to as El Nino, are now situated to the north of the
equator.
However, conditions in the western equatorial Pacific near Australia
have not returned to a normal state and are still well below normal sea
level. Oceanographers indicate these measurements show that the Pacific has
not yet fully recovered from this large El Nino event.
The image shows sea-surface height relative to normal ocean
conditions on May 3, 1998, and sea-surface height is an indicator of the
heat content of the ocean. These sea- surface height measurements have
provided scientists with a detailed view of how the 1997-98 El Nino warm
water pool behaves because the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite measures the
changing sea-surface height with unprecedented precision.
Sea surface temperatures, as measured by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, (NOAA), are still above normal throughout the
tropical Pacific Ocean and are expected to remain that way through the
spring.
Using satellite imagery, buoy and ship data, and a forecasting model
of the ocean-atmosphere system, NOAA has extended an advisory indicating
that the so-called El Nino weather conditions that have impacted much of the
United States and the world are expected to continue through the spring.
The May 3 image is now available online at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/elnino
The U.S./French TOPEX/Poseidon mission is managed by NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA.
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Дата: 13 мая 1998 (1998-05-13)
От: Alexander Bondugin
Тема: New TOPEX Image Shows El Nino Still Lingering In Pacific
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MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov
Contact: Mary Hardin (818) 354-0344
INTERNET ADVISORY May 12, 1998
NEW SATELLITE IMAGE SHOWS EL NINO STILL LINGERING IN PACIFIC
The most recent image from the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite shows
sea-surface height along the central equatorial Pacific has maintained a
near normal state since March 1998 and remnants of the warm water pool,
commonly referred to as El Nino, are now situated to the north of the
equator.
However, conditions in the western equatorial Pacific near Australia
have not returned to a normal state and are still well below normal sea
level. Oceanographers indicate these measurements show that the Pacific has
not yet fully recovered from this large El Nino event.
The image shows sea-surface height relative to normal ocean
conditions on May 3, 1998, and sea-surface height is an indicator of the
heat content of the ocean. These sea- surface height measurements have
provided scientists with a detailed view of how the 1997-98 El Nino warm
water pool behaves because the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite measures the
changing sea-surface height with unprecedented precision.
Sea surface temperatures, as measured by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, (NOAA), are still above normal throughout the
tropical Pacific Ocean and are expected to remain that way through the
spring.
Using satellite imagery, buoy and ship data, and a forecasting model
of the ocean-atmosphere system, NOAA has extended an advisory indicating
that the so-called El Nino weather conditions that have impacted much of the
United States and the world are expected to continue through the spring.
The May 3 image is now available online at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/elnino
The U.S./French TOPEX/Poseidon mission is managed by NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA.
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Дата: 13 мая 1998 (1998-05-13)
От: Alexander Bondugin
Тема: Alyeska and JPL To Develop Oil Spill Detection Technologies
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MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109 TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov
Contact: John G. Watson
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 1998
ALYESKA AND JPL TO DEVELOP OIL SPILL DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, the Anchorage-based operator of the
Trans Alaska Pipeline System, and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in
Pasadena, CA, have signed an agreement to study improved oil spill detection
technologies for trans-Alaska pipeline applications.
Alyeska Pipeline currently uses a variety of leak detection
technologies to identify possible spills at or below those levels required
by regulations. The agreement calls for the investigation of technologies
that can provide remote-sensing detection of oil releases below the present
leak detection threshold. New technologies may also help the company find
leaks more quickly.
The agreement was facilitated through JPL's Technology Affiliates
Program, which allows companies to fund studies or technology work at JPL. A
small first effort will identify already existing space program
technologies, if any, that hold the potential to meet Alyeska's leak
detection requirements. A larger second phase involving technology
development at JPL could follow.
The agreement is the latest twist in an Alyeska initiative launched
last summer when the company solicited both the private and public sectors
to present available technologies to detect leaks as small as ten gallons.
According to Alyeska's Conceptual Engineering Lead Claude Robinson, "None of
the systems submitted to Alyeska met the specifications desired for the
futuristic pipeline monitoring system the company envisioned. We realized we
needed to understand the breadth of technologies that exist and also to
review how we might put one or more of them together to make an operational
system."
These efforts came to the attention of JPL's Joan Horvath, who has
been working with the Alaska Technology Transfer Center in Anchorage,
Alaska, to provide Alaska businesses with access to JPL's solar system
exploration technologies.
"We realized that JPL might be able to help Alyeska understand its
options and move forward on a new system," said Joan Horvath, a business
alliance manager with JPL's Technology Affiliates Program. "In particular,
we thought that a lot of our instruments for close-up studies of Mars and
Europa, a moon of Jupiter, might have some applicability for Alyeska's
issues."
With the assistance of the Alaska Technology Transfer Center, the two
parties came together, and the new agreement is the result. "It's exciting
to be able to apply technology and knowledge that would not normally be
easily accessible to us in Alaska," said Center Director Charles Christy.
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company operates the 800-mile-long
trans-Alaska pipeline. More than 20% of the United States' domestic oil
production flows through the trans-Alaska pipeline, which stretches from
Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, Alaska. A total of 420 miles of pipe are above ground
on special horizontal supports; the remaining 380 miles are buried as much
as 49 feet underground.
For further details about the Technology Affiliates Program, visit
JPL's Commercial Technology Program Web site at
http://techtrans.jpl.nasa.gov/tu.html. JPL is managed for NASA by the
California Institute of Technology.
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Дата: 13 мая 1998 (1998-05-13)
От: Alexander Bondugin
Тема: NASA Administrator's 1998-99 Fellows Announced
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Sonja Alexander
Headquarters, Washington, DC May 12, 1998
(Phone: 202/358-1761)
RELEASE 98-80
NASA ADMINISTRATOR'S 1998-99 FELLOWS ANNOUNCED
The participants in the 1998-99 NASA Administrator's
Fellowship Program were announced recently. The program aims to
enhance the professional dvelopment of mid-career science,
mathematics and engineering faculty at Historically Black Colleges
and Universities, Hispanic-serving Institutions and Tribal
Colleges and Institutions.
The program also provides an opportunity for NASA employees
to teach and conduct research at minority colleges and
universities. This helps the universities become better-qualified
to assist NASA in its research and development mission.
The recipients are:
Waldo Rodriguez, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA
Sheila Nash-Stevenson, NASA Marshall Space Flight
Center, Huntsville, AL
Felix Miranda, NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH
Dexter Johnson, Lewis Research Center
Orlando Melendez, NASA Kennedy Space Center, FL
Diana Farrar, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
The fellowship program is a two-part competitive program,
with one fellowship being awarded this year to an individual from
outside the Agency, and five to NASA employees. Dr. Waldo
Rodriguez, the recipient from Norfolk State University, is a
professor of chemistry in the School of Health Related Professions
and Natural Sciences. He will conduct research at NASA's Langley
Research Center in Hampton, VA.
The five NASA employees who were awarded fellowships will
have the opportunity to serve as exchange teachers, scientists,
engineers and/or managers at Alabama A&M University in Huntsville;
the University of Puerto Rico at both Humacao and Mayaguez;
Florida A&M University in Tallahassee; and the Institute of
American Indian Art in Santa Fe, NM, for a period of one to three
academic semesters. They will share their knowledge of the
Agency's scientific and technical programs and lend real-world
experiences to the teaching and research process.
The program, scheduled to begin in August 1998 and run
through May 2000, will be administered by the National Research
Council. Information on the upcoming 1999-2001 competition can be
obtained by contacting Lois Hobson in the Fellowship Office of
the National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W.,
Washington, DC, 20418 (Phone: 202/ 334-2872). The National
Research Council is the principal operating agency of the National
Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering and
the Institute of Medicine. It is a private, non-profit
institution that provides science and technology advice under a
congressional charter.
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Дата: 13 мая 1998 (1998-05-13)
От: Alexander Bondugin
Тема: Europa Day Events Highlight A Possible Water World In Space
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CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov
Contact: Jane Platt
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 12, 1998
EUROPA DAY EVENTS HIGHLIGHT A POSSIBLE WATER WORLD IN SPACE
What do an Olympic skier, a science fiction writer and a
submarine volcano researcher have in common? They'll all take
part in events related to a "Day on Europa," a series of free
public and educational activities focusing on the prospect of
liquid oceans under the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa, and
its similarities to Earth's arctic regions and sea floor
volcanoes.
"A Day on Europa" will take place Wednesday, May 20 and
Thursday, May 21, since daylight on Europa lasts about two Earth
days. Scheduled activities in numerous American cities will be
transformed into global village events via the Internet.
Highlights will include new imagery of Europa taken by the
Galileo spacecraft and a free panel discussion entitled "Europa--
Another Water World?" on May 21 at Caltech's Beckman Auditorium.
The presentation, to be broadcast live on the Internet, will
feature science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, author of "2001:
A Space Odyssey" and "2010: Odyssey Two," via live telephone
hookup from Sri Lanka. Other panelists include Dr. Ron Greeley
of Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, a Galileo project imaging
team member; Dr. John Delaney, a submarine volcano researcher
with the University of Washington, Seattle; and Joan Horvath of
JPL, the Europa/Lake Vostok Initiative manager. Lake Vostok, a
frozen lake underneath the ice in Antarctica, may have features
similar to Europa. Dr. Richard Terrile of JPL will moderate the
panel and JPL Director Dr. Edward Stone will give the welcome
address.
The event is free, but tickets must be obtained from the
Caltech Ticket Office, with information available by calling
(626) 395-4652 or at the following Internet website:
http://www.caltech.edu/~tickets/to.htm. The panel discussion may
be viewed live on the Internet at the following website, which
also contains information on other A Day on Europa activities:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/europaday. Questions for the
panelists may be submitted in advance by email to:
europaday@www.jpl.nasa.gov.
The panel will also be broadcast on
GE satellite # 1, Ku band, transponder 24, vertical polarity,
downlink frequency 12.180, 103 degrees west longitude.
For those attending the May 21 panel discussion, a special
"history walk" will take visitors through the past, present and
future of our knowledge of Jupiter and Europa. Special booths
with period costumes and displays will depict the Roman Empire,
the era of astronomer Galileo Galilei, the Space Age featuring
Voyagers 1 and 2, the Galileo spacecraft, and future Europa
missions. Vendors will offer related memorabilia and Nikki
Stone, a 1998 Winter Olympics Gold Medal-winning skier, will
speculate on what it would be like to ski on Europa. The panel
discussion is scheduled from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. PDT, with
vendors and entertainment from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Door prizes
will be given away during the panel discussion.
Many other activities for "A Day on Europa" are planned
around the nation by some of the 84 Galileo ambassadors, who
bring the spacecraft's findings to their communities. Free
public events on May 21 include the Arizona Science Center,
Phoenix, AZ; Flandrau Planetarium, Tucson, AZ; University of
Arkansas, Little Rock Planetarium, Little Rock, AR; Century
Norwich cable Channel 7 live broadcast, Mystic, CT; The
Children's Museum of Indianapolis, IN; Shawnee Heights School
Planetarium, Topeka, KS; Mary Hurd Elementary, North Berwick, ME;
Norwood Science Center, Norwood, MA; KBSD-TV live broadcast,
Brownsville, TX; Vern Burton Center, Port Angeles, WA; and
Discovery World Museum, Milwaukee, WI.
Among the school events planned are those at Muncie
Community Schools Planetarium, Muncie, IN; Elm Street School,
East Machias, ME; Halifax Elementary School, Halifax, MA (on May
22); Lyme School, Lyme, NH; Rankin School for Technology, Akron,
OH; Fort Vannoy Elementary School, Grants Pass, OR; and
Charleston County Public Schools, Charleston, SC (on May 22).
Educational events will include a May 20 "electronic field
trip," a satellite video broadcast with a curriculum targeted for
grades 5 through 8. The goal is to reach 2 million students
nationwide with the theme "Outside the Envelope: Exploring Beyond
Earth's Boundaries." Teachers can sign up by calling (703) 503-
7492 or at the following website:
http://www.challenger.org/ote.html. The Los Angeles Unified
School District will carry the event live on its cable station,
KLCS.
The series represents a major activity of Space Day, which
is being observed nationally on May 21. Space Day information is
available at: http://www.spaceday.com.
"A Day on Europa" is sponsored by the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, which manages the Galileo mission for
NASA. JPL is a division of the California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, CA.
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