News from 2001
- October 2001 - New Technology with Many Potential Applications Incorporated in NASA's Swift Satellite
- Big things come in tiny packages ... 40,000 tiny packages, to be exact. The solid state detector company, eV Products, a division of II-VI Inc., has delivered 40,000 thumbtack-sized gamma-ray detectors to the scientists building the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer. The detectors may allow advances in medical and security imaging, also.
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- April 3, 2001 - NASA Exercises Delta II Contract Option for Swift Spacecraft
- NASA today announced plans to exercise a contract option with the Boeing Company for a Delta II 7320-10 expendable launch vehicle to launch the Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer spacecraft. The firm-fixed price option is covered under the NASA Launch Services contract (NAS10-00-001) officially awarded by NASA's Kennedy Space Center on June 16, 2000 to Delta Launch Services, Inc., Huntington Beach, CA.
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- February 12, 2001 - Swift is Confirmed for Hardware Development by NASA Headquarters
