It can be tough finding information about the current status of Shannon Lucid's stay aboard the Russian Mir space station. NASA's Shuttle-Mir Web helps alleviate that problem with the current status of the mission and background information on the joint American-Russian program. Hint: select the "Hot Borsht" option to get to the weekly updates and other recent news.
Galileo probe scientists will go on the net for an online chat session Wednesday, May 15 from 7pm to midnight EDT. Anyone with access to the World Wide Web can take part in the conversation on the results of Galileo Probe and related issues by visiting the URL below.
Tired of the same old NASA press releases? Looking for something a little different in your quest for shuttle mission news? You may find what you're looking for here. Created by Keith Cowing and Beth Dickey, you can find a graphically-annotated version of the official press release for the mission, links to additional flight information, and more. You can also visit the unofficial NASA RIF Watch site, with information about the planned layoffs at NASA headquarters. If it's too much for you, there are links to the official NASA materials...
Do the names of manned and unmanned spacecraft make for good domain names on the Internet? SpaceViews Update conducted a survey of InterNIC-registered domain names to see who has what names. While many of the names are directly related to the names of the businesses, there are a number of interesting choices, a sampling of which are listed below:
gemini.edu Gemini 8-m Telescopes Project
apollo.org Fellowship of Friends, Inc.; Oregon House, CA
atlantis.com Atlantis Aerospace; Brampton, Ontario
sputnik.com Sputnik Communications, Inc.; San Francisco
sputnik.net Sputnik International; Charlotte, NC
vostok.com Martin Noble; Seattle
soyuz.com 14 Productions; Richardson, TX
skylab.com Henrik Klagges Skylab Software Development; Germany
mir.com Maxiumum Impact Research; Cambridge, MA
mir.net mir.net; Westport, CT
zond.com Meyer and Johnson; Dallas
explorer.com Thermal Devices, Home Systems; Golden Valley, MN
explorer.net Explorer Net Inc., Hamilton, Ontario
explorer.org BSA Sea Explorer Ship 911; Houston
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