Space Debris Study Center's Web Site
Earns Griffith Observatory Award

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (5/28/01) -- The Web site for The Aerospace Corporation's Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies has received the Griffith Observatory Star Award for the week of May 27-June 2 "for excellence in promoting astronomy to the public through the World Wide Web."

"The Star Award is presented only once a week to a deserving site and is quite exclusive. One award is made each week, and it is permanent," stated an announcement by Griffith.

Recipients are acknowledged at the observatory's Star Awards page. The sites of other recipients can also be accessed from that location.