NASA Awards Florida Research Science Grant

WASHINGTON, NASA's Science Mission Directorate,
Solar System Division, Washington, selected the National High Magnetic Field
Laboratory, Tallahassee, Fla.
The program also covers cosmochemical studies concerned with the formation and
chemical development of the solar system.
The research also supports the Vision for Space Exploration, NASA's long-
term plan to return astronauts to the moon and extend exploration to Mars and
beyond. The maximum grant value is $282,000.S.

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The program supports research to conduct laboratory studies of a variety
of extraterrestrial materials such as meteorites, cosmic dust, and lunar
samples, which are cosmochemical in nature.

NASA Awards Brown University Science Research Grants

WASHINGTON, NASA's Science Mission Directorate,
Solar System Division, Washington, selected Brown University, Providence,
R. Maximum grants' value: $317 ,000.

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http:/ /www. Researchers will discuss what
causes these flashes and their impact on our surrounding solar
system at the next NASA Science Update. Andrew Fruchter, associate astronomer,
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore. Polarization is vertical, and audio
is monaural at 6.

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It also supports research aimed
toward understanding the geochemical nature of the solar system's bodies, such
as planets, Earth's moon , satellites of the outer planets, and small bodies.

NASA's Newest Observatory Detects Record-Making Gamma Rays

WASHINGTON, The following information is being
issued by NASA:

WHAT: NASA 's Swift Observatory and others have detected what could be
the brightest gamma ray flash ever.

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, for a grant to support the agency's
Cosmochemistry Research Program. It also supports research aimed
toward understanding the geochemical nature of the solar system's bodies, such
as planets , Earth's moon, satellites of the outer planets, and small bodies.
The program also covers cosmochemical studies concerned with the formation and
chemical development of the solar system.
The research also supports the Vision for Space Exploration, NASA's long-
term plan to return astronauts to the moon and extend exploration to Mars and
beyond.

WHEN: Friday, Feb.m.

WHERE: NASA Headquarters Webb Auditorium, 300 E Street S., Washington

WHO: Dr.;
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For more information about NASA and Swift on the Internet, visit:
http://www .

The update is live on NASA TV, available on the Web and via satellite in
the continental U. on AMC-6, Transponder 9C, C-Band, at 72 degrees west
longitude.80 MHz.

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, for grants to support the agency's Cosmochemistry Research Program. 18 at 2 p. Michael Salamon, Discipline Scientist, Universe Division, NASA
Headquarters; Dr. Brian Gaensler, assistant professor of
astronomy, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Mass.M.; Dr.nasa.gov.0 MHz.0 MHz, polarization is vertical; audio is monaural at 6.

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The program supports research to conduct laboratory studies of a variety
of extraterrestrial materials such as meteorites, cosmic dust, and lunar
samples , which are cosmochemical in nature.W. The frequency is 3880.80 MHz. In Alaska and Hawaii, NASA TV is on AMC-7,
Transponder 18C, C-Band, at 137 degrees west longitude. The frequency is
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EST. David Palmer, astrophysicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory,
N. Roger Blandford, professor of physics, Stanford
University, Calif.