Press Releases

NASA Completes Orion Spacecraft Parachute Testing In Arizona

By Andrea Gini on September 25, 2011

Test of the Orion parachute recovery system, derived from the system NASA used to recover the Apollo spacecraft (Credits: U.S.... Read more →

Space Exploration

NASA Releases ISECG Global Exploration Map

By Andrea Gini on September 25, 2011

NASA, one of the members of ISECG, released the initial version of  a Global Exploration Roadmap (GER) developed by the  International Space... Read more →

Media

NASA Documentary About UARS

By Andrea Gini on September 25, 2011

This 17-minute video, produced in 1999, discusses details of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite... Read more →

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NASA’s UARS Re-enters Earth’s Atmosphere

By Andrea Gini on September 25, 2011

Source NASA: NASA’s decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS)  fell back to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23... Read more →

Spacecraft Atmospheric Reentry

FAA Issues NOTAM for UARS Space Debris

By Andrea Gini on September 24, 2011

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) took the unusual step of issuing a NOTAM on September 24, 2011, as NASA UARS satellite was approaching... Read more →

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UARS: NASA Announces Media Telecon

By Andrea Gini on September 24, 2011

Source NASA: NASA’s decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite fell back to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23 and 1:09... Read more →