Press Releases
| 09/17/2009 | Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's LAMP shedding light on permanently shadowed regions of the Moon
Lyman alpha emissions will aid LAMP as it seeks water frost on the Moon's surface |
| 08/18/2009 | New Army laboratory will support next-generation ground vehicles
Facility designed, constructed using “green” building guidelines |
| 08/11/2009 | Southwest Research Institute organizes first NASTAR Suborbital Space Scientist Training course for future research astronauts
SwRI leading a program providing training for prospective scientist-astronauts |
| 08/05/2009 | SwRI-developed coatings technology earns 2009 R&D 100 Award
R&D Magazine awards Plasma Enhanced Magnetron Sputter technology top 100 recognition |
| 07/16/2009 | Primitive asteroids in the main asteroid belt may have formed far from the Sun
Research findings published in July 16 issue of Nature |
| 06/24/2009 | New instrument has potential to detect water deep underground on Mars
MTDEM uses iduction to generate and receive electromagnetic signals that detect water beneath the planet surface |
| 06/18/2009 | IBEX spacecraft detects fast neutral hydrogen coming from the moon, gives insight to particle "recycling" processes in space
IBEX-Hi instrument measures atoms at speeds of half a million to 2.5 million mph |
| 06/18/2009 | Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission enters implementation phase
MMS will investigate magnetic reconnection, launch scheduled for 2014 |
| 06/08/2009 | SwRI named among AT&T Supplier Award recipients
Award recognizes Institute for superior supplier relations, product performance |
| 05/12/2009 | SwRI-developed data fusion tool helps fight crime, terror attacks
Hydra is a prototype intelligence gathering tool |
| 05/05/2009 | SwRI among awardees of $50 billion federal IT contract
Contract is Institute's first GWAC award |
| 03/24/2009 | UTSA, SwRI Partner to Join Elite National Research Roundtables
GUIRR provides platform for science and technology leaders to discuss national, international scientific matters |
| 03/20/2009 | Joint ESA/NASA mission to use SPICE to explore the center of the Solar System
SPICE will remotely measure plasma properties at or near the Sun |
| 03/07/2009 | Innovative avionics enable search for habitable planets
SwRI system will help guide Kepler spacecraft |
| 03/05/2009 | New space show highlights IBEX spacecraft's mission of discovery
Adler Planetarium in Chicago premieres film showcasing NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission |