Classic Planetary Images Chosen For "The Year In Space"; 2000 Desk Calendar Highlights Solar System Exploration.ITHACA Ithaca, city, United States Ithaca (ĭth`əkə), city (1990 pop. 29,541), seat of Tompkins co., S central N.Y., at the southern end of Cayuga Lake, in the Finger Lakes region; settled 1789, inc. as a city 1888. , NY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 1999-- The footpad footpad the thick, spongy structure located on each digit, and under the metacarpal- and metatarsal-phalangeal joints, and the carpus of dogs and cats. The skin is thickened, tough, and may be hyperpigmented and the hypodermis contains large amounts of adipose tissue. of the Viking 1 lander rests firmly on a rocky patch of Martian soil in the first image ever returned from the surface of the red planet. Voyager 1 glances back at a crescent Jupiter after completing a miraculous fly-by of the gas giant. The five-mile-high Maat Mons volcano looms in the distance as seen by the Magellan spacecraft at Venus. These are some of the classic planetary images that have been chosen to appear in the 2000 edition of "The Year In Space" <http://www.YearInSpace.com>. Sponsored by Boeing (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BA), Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT LMT left mentotransverse (position of fetus). ), Ball Aerospace Technologies Corp (NYSE:BLL), Motorola (NYSE:MOT) and other industry leaders, "The Year In Space" is an award-winning desk calendar featuring weekly images from the past, present and future of space exploration. Starry Messenger Press, publisher of the calendar, today announced that these and other planetary scenes are among the 54 full-page space images that were selected for the 2000 edition of weekly desk calendar. Other weeks showcase historical images from the Gemini, Apollo, and Shuttle programs, the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the first large optical orbiting observatory. Built from 1978 to 1990 at a cost of $1.5 billion, the HST (named for astronomer E. P. Hubble) was expected to provide the clearest view yet obtained of the universe. , and world-famous observatories. "NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. has been exploring the solar system up close for nearly four decades, so there was a wealth of images to choose from," says Steve Cariddi, owner of Starry Messenger Press. "These amazing images represent some of NASA's most stunning achievements." Orders are now being taken for "The Year In Space," which will be shipped starting November 5. For more information, visit http://www.YearInSpace.com or call 800/736-6836. Discounts are available for NASA employees, as well as for employees of organizations that sponsor the calendar. Sponsors include: The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA), Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), Motorola (NYSE:MOT), Ball Aerospace & Technologies (NYSE:BLL), Rotary Rocket Company, National Space Society, Eagle Picher Technologies, MacDonald Dettwiler, ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. Space Solar Cells, Sky & Telescope, Astronomy Magazine, SpaceDaily.com, Space Camp, Sienna Software, The Planetary Society, U.S. Space Foundation, and the Space Awareness Alliance. |
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