News Releases
1993 News Release
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1/4/93
+ MYSTERIOUS CONCENTRATION OF DARK MATTER DISCOVERED
+ NASA INVENTION YIELDS BETTER, FASTER STRESS MEASUREMENTS
+ NASA SELECTS PHASE II SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROJECTS
+ FIRST 1993 SHUTTLE MISSION DEMONSTRATES UNIQUE CAPABILITIES
1/7/93
+ BIG BANG THEORY PASSES TOUGHEST TEST
+ HUBBLE DISCOVERS A DOUBLE NUCLEUS IN CORE OF ACTIVE GALAXY
+ SPACE STATION FREEDOM PROPULSION FIRING TESTS UNDERWAY
1/8/93
+ UNIVERSITIES FLY OZONE RESEARCH BALLOON FROM TEXAS TO FLA.
+ GOLDIN CALLS FOR IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO INDUSTRY
1/12/93
+ SPACE STATION PRECURSOR WORK CONTINUES ON SHUTTLE IN 1993
+ LEE NAMED NASA PROCUREMENT CHIEF
1/15/93
+ EARTH'S ROTATION RATE MAY BE DUE TO EARLY COLLISIONS
1/19/93
+ 1992 ANTARCTIC OZONE DEPLETION AS SEVERE AS ANY PREVIOUS YEAR
+ STAFFORD RECEIVES CONGRESSIONAL SPACE MEDAL OF HONOR
1/25/93
+ VINCENT NAMED ACTING PUBLIC AFFAIRS HEAD
1/27/93
+ CROSSFIELD AWARDED NASA DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL
1/28/93
+ NEW ADVISORY GROUP EYES MINORITY BUSINESSES
1/29/93
+ KSC BASE OPERATIONS CONTRACT AWARD PROTESTS SETTLED
2/1/93
+ NASA PRESENTS PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL TO GENE RODDENBERRY
2/3/93
+ SPACEWALK ADDED TO JULY SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT
2/4/93
+ CONSORT 6 LAUNCH DATE SET
2/5/93
+ NASA RESEARCHER TAPPED FOR OHIO SCIENCE HALL OF FAME
2/8/93
+ ASTROPHYSICIST NAMED 1992 NASA INVENTOR OF THE YEAR
2/9/93
+ NASA SCIENTISTS SOLVE LONG-STANDINGS STELLAR MYSTERY
2/11/93
+ AAAS TO HONOR NASA SCIENTIST FOR OZONE RESEARCH
+ NASA SELECTS 11 DISCOVERY MISSION CONCEPTS FOR STUDY
+ ASTRO-D MISSION TO LAUNCH TONIGHT IN JAPAN
2/16/93
+ NASA CO-SPONSORS HIGH-TECH SMALL BUSINESS CONFERENCE
2/17/93
+ NASA STUDY MAY HELP REDUCE LIGHTHEADEDNESS AFTER SPACE FLIGHT
+ SPACEWALK ADDED TO APRIL SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT
2/18/93
+ NASA BUDGET BOOSTS TECHNOLOGY, PROMISES IMPROVED SPACE STATION PROGRAM
2/19/93
+ NASA SELECTS SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROJECTS
2/22/93
+ NASA SAVES $1 MILLION ON AERONAUTICS RESEARCH PROJECT
2/25/93
+ SUPERNOVA MAY HAVE CAUSED HUGE VOID AROUND SOLAR SYSTEM
+ NASA FUNDS EXPERIMENT TO HELP COMMERCIALIZE TECHNOLOGY
+ GOLDIN ANNOUNCES KEY SPACE STATION POSTS, SPENDING MEASURES
2/26/93
+ SCIENTISTS FORESEE STRENGTHENING ELNINO EVENT
3/4/93
+ NASA SELECTS CENTER FOR LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH
+ MT. PINATUBO ERUPTION CAUSES TEMPORARY COOLING OF EARTH
3/5/93
+ STS-63 AND STS-59 SPACE SHUTTLE CREW ASSIGNMENTS ANNOUNCED
+ ASTRONAUT JEMISON TO LEAVE NASA
3/11/93
+ ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES TO ENHANCE PROGRAMS RELATIONS
3/15/93
+ CATARACT SUFFERERS COULD BENEFIT FROM SPACE TECHNOLOGY
3/16/93
+ NASA, LEARJET JOIN TO CREATE NEW BUSINESS JET TECHNOLOGIES
+ NASA AND CENTRAL AMERICA WILL EXPAND RAIN FOREST STUDIES
3/17/93
+ THREE SPACECRAFT TO ONDUCT 3-WEEK GRAVITATIONAL WAVE SEARCH
3/19/93
+ PEARSON ANNOUNCES SHUTTLE PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS
3/22/93
+ NASA/OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE TO HOST CYBERSPACE CONFERENCE
3/24/93
+ EVIDENCE POINTS TO OCEANS, LIGHTNING ON EARLY VENUS
+ DIAZ NAMED TO SPACE SCIENCE
3/25/93
+ NASA TO DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY FOR FUTURE HIGH-SPEED TRANSPORTS
+ EXPLORATION EFFORT SHIFTED TO OFFICE OF SPACE SCIENCE
3/30/93
+ NASA AND CALIFORNIA WINE GROWERS JOINTLY BATTLE PEST DAMAGE
+ NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR EOSDIS CORE SYSTEM
+ NEW TECHNOLOGY REINVESTMENT PROJECT SEMINAR SET FOR APRIL
4/1/93
+ DIAMONDS IN THE SKY CHALLENGE GALAXY EVOLUTION THEORIES
+ SPACE STATION REDESIGN ADVISORY MEMBERS NAMED
4/2/93
+ NASA TDRSS NETWORK MARKS 10 YEARS OF OPERATION
+ PRIME AND BACKUP COSMONAUTS NAMED FOR SHUTTLE STS-60 MISSION
+ NASA AND THE RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY SIGN MARS '94 CONTRACT
4/6/93
+ SCIENTISTS REVEAL NAUTRE OF EXPLORING, RED SUPERGIANT STAR
+ GIBBONS OUTLINES SPACE STATION REDESIGN GUIDANCE
4/8/93
+ NASA, OTHER AGENCIES TO EXPLAIN TECHNOLOGY REINVESTMENT
4/9/93
+ CLEMENTINE MISSION SCIENCE TEAM SELECTED
4/13/93
+ COMPUTER PROGRAM WILL CATALOG ASTRONOMICAL SKY SURVEY
4/14/93
+ OZONE DESTROYING CHLORINE EXISTED LONGER IN 1992-93 WINTER
4/15/93
+ NASA SPACE SUIT AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES HONORED
4/19/93
+ JEFF LAWRENCE APPOINTED TO HEAD LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS FOR NASA
4/20/93
+ NASA SR-71 NOW A FLYING OBSERVATORY
4/22/93
+ NASA SATELLITE DATA SHAKE THEORIES ON GAMMA-RAY BURSTS
+ 1992-93 GLOBAL OZONE LEVELS LOWER THAN ANY PREVIOUS YEAR
+ NASA F-15 MAKES FIRST ENGINE-CONTROLLED TOUCHDOWN
4/23/93
+ NASA ENGINEER RECEIVES TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AWARD
+ HUBBLE TELESCOPE SERVICING MISSION SCHEDULED FOR ELEVEN DAYS
4/29/93
+ TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CENTER TO WORK WITH SDIO TO AID INDUSTRY
5/6/93
+ COLUMBIA'S RETURN MARKS SIGNIFICANT SPACE SHUTTLE MILESTONES
5/7/93
+ FASTEST SUPERCOMPUTER CAN BOOST U.S. AEROSPACE INDUSTRY
5/10/93
+ WORLD'S LARGEST WIND TUNNEL WILL BE WORLD'S QUIETEST
5/11/93
+ NASA AND NATIONAL INDUSTRY RESEARCH GROUP SIGN AGREEMENT
5/13/93
+ NASA GROUND TERMINALS RECEIVE NATIVE AMERICAN NAMES
5/14/93
+ NASA AMES TO DRIVE RUSSIAN ROBOT VIA SATELLITE
+ SOLICITATION ISSUED FOR TECHNOLOGY REINVESTMENT PROPOSALS
5/17/93
+ LEWIS SPACE RESEARCH SPAWN'd5S WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEM
+ INTERNATIONAL MARS EXPLORATION GROUP FORMED
+ NASA JOINS FORCES WITH INDUSTRY IN AIDS RESEARCH
5/18/93
+ MAGELLAN TO TEST AEROBRAKING MANEUVER IN VENUS ATMOSPHERE
5/19/93
+ INDUSTRY TESTS NASA COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR EFFICIENT DESIGNING
+ LEWIS, CASE, BATTELLE TO COMMERCIALIZE NASA INVENTIONS
5/20/93
+ NASA TO FEATURE VIDEOWALL AT PARIS AIR SHOW
+ METABOLIC SPACEWALK STUDIES SUBJECT OF AMES RESEARCH
5/24/93
+ NASA SYSTEM RESEARCH AIRCRAFT MAKES FIRST TEST FLIGHT
5/25/93
+ SCIENTISTS LOCATE NEW RADIATION BELT AROUND EARTH
+ HUBBLE SERVICING MISSION STUDY COMPLETED
+ HUBBLE LOOKS AT THE HEART OF A GALAXY COLLISION
5/26/93
+ MAGELLAN AEROBRAKING GRAVITY STUDIES UNDERWAY
+ VOYAGER SPACECRAFT FIND CLUE TO ANOTHER SOLAR SYSTEM MYSTERY
6/1/93
+ NASA TO COMMERCIALIZE REMOTE-SENSING TECHNOLOGY
+ BIENNIAL ASTRONAUT RECRUITING BEGINS
6/2/93
+ SHUTTLE TILE MATERIAL 5/ HELP IN BONE TRANSPLANT
6/3/93
+ NASA TESTING NEW, POWERFUL "DUCTED FAN" ENGINE FOR CIVIL JETS
6/4/93
+ STATION REDESIGN TEAM TO SUBMIT FINAL REPORT
6/7/93
+ NEW DISCOVERIES BY NASA'd5S EUV EXPLORER PRESENTED
6/8/93
+ NASA USES NEW METHOD TO DETECT NEW STARS AND PLANETS
+ EVIDENCE FOR SOLID WATER FOUND ON JUPITER'S MOON IO
6/9/93
+ HUBBLE CLOSINGS IN ON AGE OF THE UNIVERSE
+ HUBBLE FINDS EVIDENCE OF STELLAR CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
6/11/93
+ PIONEER CELEBRATES 10 YEAR BEYOND THE SOLAR PLANETS
6/14/93
+ MALCOLM PETERSON APPOINTED NASA COMPTROLLER
6/15/93
+ ASTRONAUT BLUFORD LEAVES NASA
6/16/93
+ ASTRONAUT MARK BROWN TO JOIN GENERAL RESEARCH CORP.
+ NASA F-15 BEING READIED FOR ADVANCED MANEUVERING FLIGHT
6/18/93
+ MINORITY STUDENTS APPRENTICE ON SPACE RESEARCH
6/21/93
+ NASA AND NIDCD SELECT VESTIBULAR RESEARCH CENTER
+ STUDENTS BEGIN NASA LIFE SCIENCES TRAINING PROGRAM
6/23/93
+ SHUTTLE OZONE DATA RETRIEVED FROM ATMOS RECORDER
6/24/93
+ NASA STUDY RERFINES ESTIMATES OF AMAZON DEFORESTATION
+ TWO ASTRONAUTS APPOINTED TO HEADQUARTERS POSITIONS
6/28/93
+ TOPEX POSEIDON MAPS PRECISE GLOBAL SEA LEVEL
July 1993
+ ACTS DEPLOYMENT HIGHLIGHTS STS-51 MISSION (JULY 1993 PRESS KIT)
7/1/93
+ NASA SELECTS UPPER ATMOSPHERE INVESTIGATORS
7/7/93
+ NASA AWARDS HIGH-SPEED AIR TRANSPORT MATERIALS STUDY CONTRACTS
7/12/93
+ NASA AND SUPRA MEDICAL CORP. TO DEVELOP ULTRASOUND DETECTOR
7/13/93
+ TDRSS C-BAND AGREEMENT RESTRUCTURED
7/15/93
+ NASA, FAA PROGRAM COULD SAVE AIRLINES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
+ NASA OSHKOSH EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS U.S. "LEADERSHIP IN AERONAUTICS"
7/16/93
+ NASA AND GERMAN SPACE AGENCY SIGN SPACE AGREEMENT
+ HUBBLE SUPPORTS BLACK HOLE MODEL FOR ACTIVE GALAXIES
+ JSC DIRECTOR COHEN ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
7/19/93
+ FINARELLI APPOINTED HEAD OF STRATEGIC PLANNING
+ HUBBLE FINDS A DOUBLE NUCLEUS IN THE ANDROMEDA GALAXY
7/22/93
+ NASA PROVIDING MIDWEST FLOODING INFORMATION
7/27/93
+ SPACE STATION ORGANIZATION CHANGES ANNOUNCED
7/28/93
+ NASA ADAPTING UNIQUE X-RAY SYSTEM TO INSPECT AIRCRAFT
7/30/93
+ ARKANSAS, NASA SIGN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACCORD
8/3/93
+ ASTRONAUT BAGIAN TAKES LEAVE OF ABSENCE
+ PAYLOAD COMMANDERS NAMED FOR FUTURE SHUTTLE MISSIONS
+ COMPTON OBSERVATORY DISCOVERS INTENSE, NEW X-RAY PULSAR
8/6/93
+ NITROGEN ICE DISCOVERED ON PLUTO
8/9/93
+ UNIQUE CHEMICAL PROCESS COULD IMPROVE CERAMIC MATERIALS
8/10/93
+ MAGELLAN AEROBRAKING AT VENUS A SUCCESS
+ COBE "BIG BANG" DATA MADE AVAILABLE TO SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
8/12/93
+ NASA NAMES IMAGING PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR FOR MESUR PATHFINDER
8/13/93
+ NASA TESTS HELICOPTER MODEL IN ICING CONDITIONS
8/17/93
+ SPACE STATION HOST CENTER AND PRIME CONTRACTOR ANNOUNCED
8/23/93
+ HEADING FOR JUPITER, GALILEO TO ENCOUNTER ITS SECOND ASTEROID
+ NASA EDUCATION TELECASTS SCHEDULED FOR 1993-94 SCHOOL YEAR
+ CONTROLLERS LOSE CONTACT WITH NOAA-13 SATELLITE
8/25/93
+ NASA BOOSTS HYPERSONIC RESEARCH WITH UNIVERSITY GRANTS
8/26/93
+ NASA NAMES HEAD OF MARS OBSERVER INVESTIGATION BOARD
+ NASA/NOAA PANEL TO INVESTIGATE NOAA-13 FAILURE
8/27/93
+ NASA, STATE OF FLORIDA, SIGN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ACCORD
+ HUBBLE IDENTIFIES A SOURCE OF MYSTERIOUS X-RAY BURSTS
9/1/93
+ NASA NAMES TEAM TO STUDY RETURN TRIP TO MARS
9/3/93
+ NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES LAUNCHED
+ MARS OBSERVER INVESTIGATION BOARD MEMBERS NAMED
+ NASA SPACE STATION DIRECTOR RICHARD KOHRS TO RETIRE
9/8/93
+ CREW MEMBERS SELECTED FOR STS-63 SHUTTLE SPACEHAB-3 FLIGHT
9/10/93
+ CORDOVA NAMED NASA CHIEF SCIENTIST
9/17/93
+ NASA TESTS NEW LASER AIR DATA SYSTEM ON SR-71 BLACKBIRD
9/22/93
+ SATELLITE DATA GET NEW LEASE ON LIFE FROM SOFTWARE BOOST
9/23/93
+ FLIGHT TESTS PROVE SIMPLER SATELLITE-GUIDED AUTOLAND METHOD
+ PROTEIN CRYSTAL GROWTH RESEARCH TAKES STEP TOWARD NEW DRUGS
+ NASA RESEARCHED RECORD UNUSUAL FLASHES IN UPPER ATMOSPHERE
9/24/93
+ NASA SELECTS SECOND SET OF SMALL EXPLORER MISSIONS
+ HUBBLE INSTRUMENT MAY RECEIVE FURTHER TESTING
9/28/93
+ NEW WINDSHEAR SENSORS A GOVERNMENT-INDUSTRY "SUCCESS STORY"
+ SHUTTLE MISSION TO CONDUCT SCIENTIFIC FIRST
9/29/93
+ NASA, FAA CONSIDER REVISED WINDSHEAR PILOTING PROCEDURES
9/30/93
+ NASA/FAA RESEARCH AIMS AT MORE EFFICIENT AIRSPACE OPERATIONS
+ HUBBLE SEES GAS SHELL AROUND NOVA CYGNI 1992
+ TWENTY NATIONAL STUDENT WINNERS HONORED IN WASHINGTON
10/4/93
+ MINORITY CONTRACTORS OF THE YEAR ANNOUNCED
+ ANTARCTIC TO BECOME LABORATORY FOR FUTURE MARS MISSIONS
+ COMPTON GAMMA-RAY OBSERVATORY TO GET ORBIT BOOST
10/5/93
+ PORTABLE COMPUTER TO HELP ASTRONAUTS CONDUCT SCIENCE
10/8/93
+ SHUTTLE RAT EXPERIMENT YIELDS UNEXPECTED RESULTS
10/12/93
+ GAMMA-RAY OBSERVATORY PRODUCES THREE MAJOR DISCOVERIES
+ NASA PROGRAM TO HELP VICTIMS OF RUSSIAN EMERGENCY
10/13/93
+ NASA BOARD TO INVESTIGATE STS-51 HARDWARE PROBLEM
10/15/93
+ DIRECTOR OF AMES TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION CENTER NAMED
+ NASA SELECTS FLIGHT TECHNOLOGY PROPOSALS
+ FROZEN MOLECULAR HYDROGEN DISCOVERED IN STELLAR NURSERY
10/18/93
+ HUBBLE INVESTIGATES COMET ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH JUPITER
+ NASA LIMITS EXPENDITURES ON THE ASRM PROGRAM
+ 1993 ANTARCTIC OZONE HOLE REACHES RECORD LOWS
10/19/93
+ NASA FLIES FIBER OPTICS ON AIRCRAFT CONTROL SYSTEMS TEST
10/20/93
+ GOLDIN ANNOUNCES KEY SPACE STATION MANAGEMENT MOVES
+ MYSTERY OF "FASTEST FLICKERING" GALAXY SOLVED
10/22/93
+ GALILEO DETECTS MAGNETIC FIELD AROUND ASTEROID IDA
10/25/93
+ COCKPIT SYSTEM MAY SAVE AIRLINE $6 MILLION PER YEAR
10/26/93
+ DANTE ROBOT TO EXPLORE ACTIVE ALASKA VOLCANO IN SPRING
10/29/93
+ U.S./RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCIES HOOKING SCIENCE NETWORKS
+ NASA-RUSSIAN MISSION EXPLORES KAMCHATKAN VOLCANOES
10/30/93
+ NASA FOSTERS AEROSPACE ENGINEERING AT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
11/1/93
+ NASA ANNOUNCES NEW SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH PROCESS
11/5/93
+ NASA SPONSORING SMALL BUSINESS CONFERENCE ON DEC. 12
11/8/93
+ NASA STARTS PHASE II OF SUPERSONIC AIRLINER EFFORT
+ HUBBLE DEEP-SKY SURVEY FINDS INTERACTING GALAXIES IN A CLUSTER
11/9/93
+ TOPEX/POSEIDON DATA CONFIRMS EL NINO PREDICTIONS
+ NASA SMALL BUSINESS OUTREACH OFFICE TO OPEN IN NASHUA, N.H.
11/10/93
+ IO'S "GHOST" DETECTED ON JUPITER
11/12/93
+ NASA ANNOUNCES 1993 SBIR PHASE I SELECTIONS
11/15/93
+ JPL TEAM DEVELOPS SPECIAL POLLUTION DETECTION GLASS
+ NASA TAPS 20 SCHOOL DAYS FOR AERONAUTICS ENGINEERING GRANTS
11/19/93
+ NASA TO DEVELOP AND BUILD SPACE STATION FURNACE FACILITY
11/29/93
+ TECHNOLOGY 2003 TO HIGHLIGHT NEW TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERIES
+ NASA HELPS PROVIDE FAMINE EARLY WARNING FOR AFRICA
11/30/93
+ NASA EXCEEDS MINORITY SMALL BUSINESS GOAL AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
December 1993
+ FIVE SPACEWALKS TO SERVICE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE HIGHLIGHTS SHUTTLE MISSION STS-61 (STS-61 PRESS KIT)
12/2/93
+ YELLOW CREEK FACILITIES TARGETED FOR SHUTTLE NOZZLE WORK
12/6/93
+ NASA ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL 1993 SMALL BUSINESS SELECTIONS
+ ULYSSES REACHES UNEXPLORED REGIONS OF SUN
+ NASA-INDUSTRY EFFORT BOOSTS AUTOMATED PARTS ID SYSTEM
12/15/93
+ NASA SELECTS PHASE II SMALL BUSINESS PROJECTS
+ NASA BEGINS DEVELOPMENT OF FIRST ASTEROID-ORBITING MISSION
12/16/93
+ NASA AND RUSSIA SIGN AERONAUTICS AGREEMENT IN MOSCOW
+ NASA AND RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY SIGN AGREEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL SPACE SHUTTLE/MIR MISSIONS
12/20/93
+ NASA SCIENTISTS CREATE EARTH BREATHING IMAGE
+ NASA SUCCEEDS WITH GAMMA-RAY OBSERVATORY REBOOST
+ NASA MODIFIES FUNDING SUPPORT FOR CENTERS FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
12/21/93
+ PERSEUS RESEARCH AIRCRAFT MAKES FIRST TEST FLIGHT
12/22/93
+ HST SERVICING MISSION HIGHLIGHTS 1993 NASA ACCOMPLISHMENTS
12/23/93
+ JANUARY NASA ENDS COSMIC BACKGROUND EXPLORER SCIENCE OPERATIONS