Press Room
Press Releases from 1999
Spacecraft Target Asteroid Named in Planetary Society Contest (July 28, 1999)
The target of NASA's Deep Space 1 mission now has a name: 9969 Braille, after Louis Braille, the inventor of the language system that enables sightless people to read.
Planetary Society Turns Eyes to the Skies for ET (January 19, 1999)
The Planetary Society will turn eyes to the skies to scan for possible light signals with three new optical SETI (the search for extraterrestrial intelligence) programs.
Support our Asteroid Hunters
They are Watching the Skies for You!
Our researchers, worldwide, do absolutely critical work.
Asteroid 2012DA14 was a close one.
It missed us. But there are more out there.
Save Our Science
Become a Space Advocate
We are at a crucial turning point in the history of planetary exploration.
You can help.
Together, we can get the budget we need to support our planetary endeavors and Save our Science.
We've done it before. Let's do it again.
Connect With Us
Facebook! Twitter! Google+ and more…
Continue the conversation with our online community!
