Fascinating Hubble Space Telescope Images Chosen For ''The Year In Space''.Business Editors 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. , N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2000 Two spiral galaxies are locking arms in an elegant but violent cosmic square dance. The Eskimo Nebula stares blankly, appropriately attired for the coldness of space. Bright filaments of hot, fluorescing gas mix with dust clouds in the Keyhole Nebula. A massive cluster of galaxies cluster of galaxies Gravitationally bound grouping of galaxies, numbering from the hundreds to the tens of thousands. Large clusters of galaxies often exhibit extensive X-ray emission from intergalactic gas heated to tens of millions of degrees. two billion light years away acts as magnifying lens, bending space and revealing hidden galaxies five times further away. These are some of the fascinating 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. images that have been selected to appear in "The Year In Space," the award-winning 168-page weekly desk calendar featuring images and information from the past, present and future of space exploration and astronomical discovery http://www.YearInSpace.com. Sponsored by seventeen of the world's leading space organizations, including Boeing (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BA), Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT LMT left mentotransverse (position of fetus). ), Space Systems/Loral (NYSE:LOR), SPACEHAB (NYSE:SPAB SPAB Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (UK) SPAB School Pupil Activity Bus SPAB Supply Priorities and Allocations Board SPAB Security Policy Advisory Board SPAB Society for the Preservation of Adolescent Behavior ), Ball Aerospace (NYSE:BLL) and SPACE.com, "The Year In Space" features a diverse selection of 53 space images from the Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle Programs, the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope, planetary missions (Viking, Voyager, Galileo, Mars Global Surveyor The Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) was a US spacecraft developed by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched November 1996. It began the United States's return to Mars after a 20-year absence. ), and world-famous observatories. An informative essay accompanies every image, and each weekly calendar page is filled with facts and anniversaries relating to the history of space exploration and astronomy. The 2001 edition of "The Year In Space" also includes articles about satellites, the International Space Station, NASA's launch schedule for 2001, and planetary exploration. "The Year In Space" can now be ordered on the web http://www.YearInSpace.com or by calling 800/736-6836. As an incentive to order early, there will be free domestic shipping on all orders placed before November 1. Calendars will ship on October 31. Discounts up to 47% are available for all NASA employees and affiliates nationwide, as well as for employees, customers, retirees and stockholders of organizations that sponsor the calendar, including SPACE.com, Boeing (NYSE:BA), Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), Space Systems/Loral (NYSE:LOR), Ball Aerospace & Technologies (NYSE:BLL), Sea Launch, SPACEHAB (NYSE:SPAB), Eagle Picher Technologies, MD Robotics, 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, Meade Instruments (NYSE:MEAD), Countdown Creations, Space Media, Inc., Sky & Telescope, Starry Night, The Planetary Society, and the Space Foundation. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion