... The science from both these missions contributed to three of the Nobel Prizes Giacconi (2002), Mather, and Smoot (2006) - awarded for NASA-based science. ... We encourage NASA to seek new launch capabilities to fill this strategic gap in moderate lift rockets to enable the Explorer program to continue launching missions with significant science payoff but reduced costs and timescales compared to large strategic missions. ... 18 Appendix B: Explorer Missions 1989-present (From PILMSS) No . ...
THE ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL, 116 : 1009 х1038, 1998 September ( 1998. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE FROM SUPERNOVAE FOR AN ACCELERATING UNIVERSE AND A COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT ADAM G. RIESS,1 ALEXEI PETER M. GARNAVICH,2 B. LEIBUNDGUT,6 M. R. V. FILIPPENKO,1 PETER CHALLIS,2 ALEJANDRO CLOCCHIATTI,3 ALAN DIERCKS,4 RON L. GILLILAND,5 CRAIG J. HOGAN,4 SAURABH JHA,2 ROBERT P. KIRSHNER,2M. PHILLIPS,7 DAVID REISS,4 BRIAN P. SCHMIDT,8,9 ROBERT A.