NASA launches Swift, to track gamma rays
440431
WASHINGTON, Nov 20  - NASA launched Saturday its Swift satellite, which will track huge explosions of gamma rays, the US space agency said.
763753
In a series of landmark observations gathered over a period of four months, NASA's Swift satellite has challenged some of astronomers' fundamental ideas about gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), which are among the most extreme events in our universe.
441555
Detailed, real-time data Scientists have, for the first time, been able to watch a star go supernova in real time, thanks to NASA's Swift satellite.â¦
227340
Official pens seeing plenty of action It's all go this week for the European Space Agency, ESA. The agency has ordered the first satellites for its Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme, and finalised details of how it will work with NASA on two massive projects: the James Webb Space Telescope and the LISA Pathfinder mission.â¦
58370
Los Angeles - In March, Nasa launched an experimental jet that reached a record-setting speed of about 8 050km/h. Now researchers want to leave that milestone in the dust.
274302
It has the technology to land men on the moon and send probes into the darkest reaches of space. But Nasa&#39;s newest project has more in common with school science lessons than Star Wars.
95476
TUSTIN, Calif., Sept. 13  /PRNewswire/ -- In an apparent vote of confidence for development of Photon Thruster Formation Flight (PTFF) Spacecraft in ultra precise formations, the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) awarded a Phase II $400,000 grant to the Bae Institute.
59320
Robotic Telescope Measures Speed of Material Ejected in Cosmic DeathUsing a robotic telescope at the ESO La Silla Observatory, astronomers have for the first time measured the velocity of the explosions known as gamma-ray bursts.
508717
Launch of NASA&#39;s Swift spacecraft aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket is scheduled for Saturday Nov. 20 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station complex 17.
10122
The launch of a Nasa mission to study the phenomenon known as the northern lights is set to launch on Friday.
470288
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA is watching the weather for Tuesday's planned launch of the space shuttle Discovery.
7336
Summary - (Nov 4, 2004) European astronomers have produced the first image of an object using high energy gamma rays - the most penetrating form of radiation known.
235756
The US space agency NASA on Thursday launched the space probe Dawn on an eight-year mission to unlock the secrets of the solar system and how it was born.
31913
WASHINGTON  - A technical glitch has forced a minimum 24-hour delay in the launch of the Swift satellite that will study gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful and elusive explosions detected in the cosmos.
193538
AUSTIN, Texas &mdash; The orbiting space telescope that just won't quit collecting gobs of celestial data well beyond its expected twilight is set for a major tune-up and upgrade, NASA scientists announced today here at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society.
108996
NASA is launching satellites Friday to determine what's behind destructive energy pulses.
423000
It's the year 2020, and space has never been so busy. Picture this:In Earth orbit, a robotic maintenance ship skitters from one weather satellite to another, upgrading powerful optics that help meteorologists track dangerous storms.