SPACE.COM to Cover NASA Endeavour Earth Mapping Mission Live; Site to Feature Japanese Language Section.Business/Space/Science/Entertainment/Education &High-Tech Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2000 SPACE.COM will feature minute-by-minute coverage of NASA's Endeavour STS-99 Shuttle Radar Topography Mission The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) is an international research effort that obtained digital elevation models on a near-global scale from 56 °S to 60 °N, to generate the most complete high-resolution digital topographic database of Earth to date. (SRTM SRTM Shuttle Radar Topography Mission SRTM Security Requirements Traceability Matrix SRTM Software Requirements Traceability Matrix SRTM System Requirements Traceability Matrix SRTM Security Requirements Tractability Matrix SRTM Static Root of Trust for Measurement ). www.space.com coverage of the 11-day mission includes live video Webcasts of pre-launch, ascent and orbit activities; a special Japanese language Japanese language Language spoken by about 125 million people on the islands of Japan, including the Ryukyus. The only other language of the Japanese archipelago is Ainu (see Ainu), now spoken by only a handful of people on Hokkaido, though once much more widespread. section; live countdown and launch reports, EarthKAM photos; live chats; SPACE.COM's SkyWatcher's Guide; mission milestone countdown clocks; breaking news stories and daily feature articles. &uot;Our team of veteran aerospace and science reporters, industry insiders, Web specialists and designers will be working around the clock to provide the most comprehensive and unique shuttle mission coverage available,&uot; said Dr. Sally Ride Sally Kristen Ride (born May 26 1951) is an American former astronaut who in 1983 became the first American woman to reach outer space.[1][2] She was preceded by two Soviet women, Valentina Tereshkova (1963) and Svetlana Savitskaya (1982). , President of SPACE.COM. &uot;In addition to our regular coverage, we are especially proud to offer a Japanese language 'mini-site' in honor of Japanese astronaut Mamoru Mohri and to support the Japanese schools involved in the EarthKAM project on this mission.&uot; The shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to blast off from the Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center (Cape Canaveral) U.S. launch site for manned space missions. [U.S. Hist.: WB, So:562] See : Astronautics on Monday, January 31 at 12:47 p.m. Eastern Standard Time and land at 4:55 p.m. on February 11. The goal of Endeavour's international crew -- which includes Commander Kevin Kregel; Pilot Dom Gorie; and Mission Specialist's Janet Kavandi, Janice Voss, Japanese Space Agency astronaut Mamoru Mohri, Ph.D., and European Space Agency's Gerhard P.J. Thiele -- is to generate the most precise 3-D map of Earth that has ever been created. SPACE.COM Mission Control Center STS-99 highlights: - Multimedia Center - features 24-hour live video monitoring of shuttle and mission control activities - Live Chats - covering topics ranging from spaceflight to the future of business in space will be hosted by Lou Dobbs, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of SPACE.COM; Dr. Sally Ride, Andy Chaikin, SPACE.COM's Executive Editor, Space and Science; and Dr. Ronald Blom, Lead Scientist, Terrestrial Sciences Research Element, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20. . - EarthKAM Image Gallery - on SPACE.COM and www.spaceKids.com (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. . SPACE.COM President Dr. Sally Ride manages EarthKAM, an education project that enables students around the world to take digital pictures of the Earth from a camera on board the Space Shuttle. Dr. Ride is a professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego. - Mission Milestones - running checklist of key activities, such as deployment of the longest mast to operate in space. - SkyWatcher's Guide - provides information on where to see the shuttle in the night sky. Past events covered live on SPACE.COM include the world's first commercial satellite launch from sea; NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter The Mars Climate Orbiter (formerly the Mars Surveyor '98 Orbiter) was one of two spacecraft in the Mars Surveyor '98 program, the other being the Mars Polar Lander (formerly the Mars Surveyor '98 Lander). Investigation Board Report; NASA's Discovery STS-103 Hubble Telescope Repair Mission and the JAWsat rocket launch. About SPACE.COM SPACE.COM is the definitive space site on the web, offering the richest, most compelling, entertaining and educational content for everyone from astronauts and backyard stargazers to educators and science fiction buffs. SPACE.COM also features the ultimate space news and entertainment web site for kids - spaceKids.com. SPACE.COM is headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. with news bureaus in Cape Canaveral, Houston, Pasadena and Washington, D.C. CONTACT: Toni DiMartino, 212/703-5828, tdimartino@space.com |
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