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Space.com
Space.com as of 2006-10-19.png
Space.com in October 2006
URL http://www.space.com
Commercial? no
Type of site News, astronomy
Registration Not required
Available language(s) English
Owner Imaginova
Created by Lou Dobbs and Rich Zahradnik
Launched July 1999
Current status Active

this page is about space.com, a space related website, for related terms see Spacecom (disambiguation)

Space.com is a space and astronomy news website. Its stories are often syndicated to other media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, Yahoo!, and USA Today.

Space.com was founded by CNN anchor Lou Dobbs and Rich Zahradnik, in July 1999. At that time, Dobbs owned a sizeable share of the company, and, in an unexpected move, left CNN later that year to become Space.com's chief executive officer1. The move came as a surprise to many and was the source of intense media speculation.

Because of possible upcoming Y2K (Year 2000) issues on Christmas Eve of 1999, and to ensure that children and the young at heart world-wide could monitor Santa Claus activity on December 25, 1999, which was one one of the largest waves of Santa Claus sightings in the 20th century, space.com NORAD, and the NORAD Tracks Santa program prepared a special CD-ROM in advance of Santa Claus' Christmas Eve journey. This CD-ROM featured high-resolution, audio-enhanced movies and telemetry data of his journey and included all the Santa Cam videos of his 1999 visits. Space.com distributed the CD-ROMs for a nominal shipping fee, after one ordered these CD-ROMs from its website. 2 3 At this point, in the 21st century, these 1999 NORAD Tracks Santa season CD-ROMs are probably a collector's item.

The company struggled to turn a profit in its early days, and when the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, many felt that it would collapse. Co-founder Rich Zahradnik had left his position as president less than two months after the start of the company; former astronaut Sally Ride took his place but then stepped down in September 2000. As it expanded, it acquired other web sites such as Starport.com and Explorezone.com. It also acquired Sienna Software (the company which produced the Starry Night software) and Space News. Despite some growth, Space.com was never able to achieve what Dobbs had hoped for and in 2001, he returned to CNN4. He remains on its board and still owns a minority stake.

Space.com has enjoyed the participation of several key space-related public figures, Neil Armstrong, Alexei Leonov, Eugene A. Cernan, and Thomas Stafford. In 2003, for its coverage of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, it received the Online Journalism Award for Breaking News by the Online News Association.

In May 2004, Space.com's parent company changed its name from Space.com to Imaginova. It continued producing Space.com while launching other web sites such as LiveScience.com and acquiring other space- and science-related brands.

Space.com is closely connected to the Imaginova community, which has forums with a membership of thousands of members.

References

  1. ^ Auletta, Ken (2006-12-04). "MAD AS HELL: Lou Dobbs’s populist crusade.". The New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/061204fa_fact1. Retrieved 2007-01-17. 
  2. ^ "NORAD Santa Tracking Systems 'Y2K Compliant', 20 December 1999" (in en). Space.com. http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/phenomena/claus_y2k_991220.html. Retrieved 2009-12-31. 
  3. ^ "Track Santa's Journey On America Online; Log On Christmas Eve for the Latest Progress Reports On the Location of Santa and His Sleigh, December 23, 1999" (in en). Business Wire. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_Dec_23/ai_58357135/. Retrieved 2009-12-31. 
  4. ^ "Lou Dobbs to Step Down As CEO At SPACE.Com". Space.com. 2001-04-10. 

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