Browse Archive

  • NASA Targets GLAST launch for June 7

    06.02.08 - The launch team found additional time was needed to resolve open engineering issues.

  • NASA Targets GLAST Launch for June 5

    05.29.08 - The launch of NASA’s GLAST spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is scheduled for Thursday, June 5. The launch window extends from 11:45 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. EDT and remains unchanged through Aug. 7.

  • NASA'S GLAST Space Telescope to Launch Aboard Delta II on June 3

    05.22.08 - -- Launch of NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is targeted for Tuesday, June 3, from Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The launch window extends from 11:45 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. EDT.

  • NASA to Hold GLAST Pre-Launch News Briefing

    05.20.08 - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center will hold a teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, May 27, for a science and mission status briefing on NASA's upcoming Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope mission.

  • Discovery of Most Recent Supernova in Our Galaxy

    05.14.08 - The most recent supernova in our galaxy has been discovered by tracking the rapid expansion of its remains, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Large Array.

  • NASA to Announce Success of Long Galactic Hunt

    05.07.08 - NASA has scheduled a media teleconference Wednesday, May 14, at 1 p.m. EDT, to announce the discovery of an object in our Galaxy astronomers have been hunting for more than 50 years.

  • Astronauts to Make Virtual Connection With Students

    04.25.08 - Astronauts flying on a space shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope for a final time will speak to middle school students across America simultaneously at 1:15 p.m. EDT, April 30, from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

  • International Media Accreditation Required Early for GLAST Launch

    04.01.08 - The launch of NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. EDT on May 16 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

  • NASA Nobel Prize Recipient to Focus on Telescope Science Activities

    04.01.08 - NASA scientist and 2006 Nobel Prize recipient John Mather will devote more of his time to providing focus and support as senior project scientist and chair of the Science Working Group for the JWST at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

  • NASA Administrator Announces Science Mission Directorate Leadership Changes

    03.26.08 - Dr. S. Alan Stern, NASA associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, has decided to leave the agency. Dr. Edward J. Weiler, director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., will serve as interim associate administrator.