Science News
Watching the moon's shadow
Feb. 23, 1998
Science@NASA Headline News — 1998
While most eyes turn skyward to watch Thursday's solar eclipse (with the appropriate filters to protect your eyes) one satellite will look earthward to watch the moon's shadow race across the globe.
ZBLAN continues to show promise
Feb. 5, 1998
Science@NASA Headline News — 1998
Thin fibers of an exotic glass called ZBLAN are clearer when made in near weightlessness than on Earth under gravity's effects.
Soil mechanics make clean sweep
Feb. 4, 1998
Science@NASA Headline News — 1998
All six test cells were processed in an experiment to study the movement of powders, grains, and dirt in the low-gravity conditions of space. The science team is hopeful that the success of this mission, and its anticipated data, will lead to a third mission to explore soil mechanics further.
Lecture series to cover Physicsfor the Third Millennium
Feb. 2, 1998
Science@NASA Headline News — 1998
Lectures on science in the next century will be held at Marshall Space Flight Center during February 9-12, 1998. Relativistic physics, and next generation propulsion techniques are among the topics.
Soil mechanics experiments near completion on STS-89
Jan. 28, 1998
Science@NASA Headline News — 1998
Data from this experiment will be used to better understand a variety of processes, from soil shifting during earthquakes to manufacturing processes.
Things that go bump in the night
Jan. 21, 1998
Science@NASA Headline News — 1998
New data show accreting pulsars speed up and slow down at irregular intervals.
December 1997 is Coldest Month on Record in the Stratosphere
Jan. 20, 1998
Science@NASA Headline News — 1998
Space-based measurements of the temperature of the Earth's lower stratosphere indicate that December 1997 was the coldest month on record since measurements of this type were begun in 1979.
Protein crystal growth on Mir (DCAM)
Jan. 16, 1998
STS-89 will carry five science payloads from NASA/Marshall
Jan. 16, 1998
Science@NASA Headline News — 1998
Launch scheduled for January 22, 1998, STS-89 will carry five NASA/Marshall science payloads, two for an extended stay aboard Russia's Mir space station, two for a return from Mir, and one for operations in the Spacehab module during the mission.
Protein crystal growth (Mir GN2 Dewar)
Jan. 14, 1998