October 4, 1999: Center for Commercial Applications of Combustion in Space Finds A New Home While the move was just across campus, this hot new facility will, when completed, offer out of this world opportunities to the Center and its Industrial Partners.

September 27, 1999: STS-101 To Launch Two CommercialPayloads The flight of STS-101 will feature two commercial payloads when it lifts off in January of 1999.

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September 20, 1999: Telemedicine On Top Of The World Mt. Everest was the site of a telemedicine demonstration by the Medical Informatics and Technology Applications Consortium (MITAC) Commercial Space Center.

September 17, 1999: SPD to be at AgDiscovery in San Francisco
Interested in the commercial agribusiness research being done through Space Product Development? Curious about how commercial microgravity research can benefit everything from plant development to keeping produce fresh? Interested in the hardware being used, and the hardware being marketed for terrestrial applications?

September 13, 1999: An Efficient Environment Technology developed by the Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center may take power transformers to the future.

September 8, 1999: SPD to take part in Business Quest 99 This annual event, with an attendance of 5,000 - 7,000 people, brings together businesses, organizations, and other parties to highlight the resources of the region.

August 12, 1999: EAA AirVenture 99 Hot Venue For SPD More than 4,600 people stopped at the the Space Product Development display at Experimental Aircraft Associations' AirVenture 99 airshow at Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

July 26, 1999: A Brighter View Of A Hidden World Access to one of the brightest X-ray sources in the world will help illuminate the hidden world of proteins and their structures.

July 16, 1999: Two Commercial Payloads Set For STS-93 - Two commercial payloads, which include an interactive student experiment, are set to fly on the upcoming mission to launch the Chandra X-Ray Telescope.

July 16, 1999: Space Rose Makes National Geographic - Commercial research by industry partner International Flavors and Fragrances has been featured in a write-up in the July 1999 issue of National Geographic.

June 2, 1999: Thin Gets Thick Coverage - The Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center has been profiled in the March/April issue of the advanced semiconductor journal III-Vs Review. This is the second recent appearance in the magazine for this Commercial Space Center, which focuses on advanced electronic and optoelectronic materials.

April 28, 1999: Know When To Fold 'Em, Know When To Grow 'Em - Any gambler will tell you that odds of 1 in a 1,000, or worse, are not a good bet. Yet, those are the odds facing researchers trying to transfer desirable genes into food and other important crops. A commercial agribusiness experiment on STS-95, however, indicates that microgravity may dramatically change the odds in favor of the researchers and make the operation far less a gamble.

April 28, 1999: Secondary Aerogel Experiment on STS-95 to Test Microgravity Produced Aerogels - Aerogel experiments on STS-95 were primarily aimed at helping produce a clear aerogel, a goal that has been described as "the holy grail of aerogel researchers.

April 22, 1999: National Manufacturing Week A Success For SPD - The National Manufacturing Association's National Manufacturing Week trade show, the third largest trade show in the United States, proved to be an outstanding success for NASA's Space Product Development Program.

March 30, 1999: When it comes to growing plants in space, the Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics is the place to go.

March 30, 1999: CSC Director Picked As One Who Will Shape The 21st Century - The Sunday Times of London has selected Dr. Lawrence DeLucas, Director of the Center for Macromolecular Crystallography, as one of the scientists who's work will help shape the 21st century.

March 30, 1999: Businesses Will Find Space To Grow At Chicago Conference - Manufacturers and businesses attending the National Manufacturing Week in Chicago March 15-18 will be able to find out-of-this-world help for obtaining down-to-Earth results through representatives of NASA's Space Product Development Program.

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