03.16.09 - NASA has selected United Launch Alliance of Littleton, Colo., for the launch of two Science Mission Directorate and two Space Operations Mission Directorate payloads under the NASA Launch Services contract.
12.05.07 - A new NASA project will use more than 40 high altitude balloons to return new scientific insights about Earth's Van Allen Belts.
07.31.06 - Four university teams will share $100 million to provide experiments and supporting hardware for a future NASA mission to study near-Earth space radiation.
05.12.06 - NASA announced Monday the Johns Hopkins University-Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md., will manage the development and operations of two satellites for the Living With a Star Radiation Belt Storm Probe mission.
03.08.05 - The safe zone is a potential haven offering reduced radiation dosages for satellites that require Middle Earth Orbits (MEOs).
12.15.04 - A NASA-funded study found a region between radiation belts surrounding the Earth is not as benign as once thought.