Special Events
| COBE Satellite Marks 20th Anniversary November 18, 2009 NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) rocketed into Earth Orbit on November 18, 1989 and quickly revolutionized our understanding of the early cosmos. To learn more, please visit the special 20th anniversary website. |
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| Chandra Continues to Celebrate 10 Years in Orbit October 15, 2009 Chandra's First Decade of Discovery" symposium brought about 200 scientists to discuss and dissect the past ten years of Chandra science. |
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| 2009 Suborbital Awards September 23, 2009 NASA has selected nine scientific teams to work on future high-altitude balloon and sounding rocket payloads. The selected proposals address a wide range of astrophysical mysteries from dark matter and cosmic-ray antiprotons to studies of galaxy clusters and supernova remnants. |
