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NASA's Wallops Flight Facility Virginia Historical Marker Unveiling Set

NASA's Wallops Flight Facility Virginia Historical Marker Unveiling Set

   NASA's Wallops Flight Facility will be recognized by the Commonwealth of Virginia for its contributions to aerospace research during a historical marker unveiling ceremony at 11 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 22, at the NASA Visitor Center.

Posted : Tue, Nov 18, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Restores Historic Lunar Orbiter Image

NASA Restores Historic Lunar Orbiter Image

   NASA released a newly restored 42-year-old image of Earth on Thursday. The Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft took the iconic photograph of Earth rising above the lunar surface in 1966.

Posted : Sat, Nov 15, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Launches IBEX Mission to Outer Solar System

NASA Launches IBEX Mission to Outer Solar System

   NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission, or IBEX, successfully launched from the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean at 1:47 p.m. EDT, Sunday.

Posted : Tue, Oct 21, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Spacecraft Ready to Explore Outer Solar System

NASA Spacecraft Ready to Explore Outer Solar System

   The first NASA spacecraft to image and map the dynamic interactions taking place where the hot solar wind slams into the cold expanse of space is ready for launch Oct. 19.

Posted : Tue, Oct 07, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Selects Science Teams for Astrobiology Institute

NASA Selects Science Teams for Astrobiology Institute

   NASA has awarded five-year grants, averaging $7 million each, to 10 research teams from across the country to study the origins, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe.

Posted : Fri, Oct 03, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Orbiter Reveals Rock Fracture Plumbing on Mars

NASA Orbiter Reveals Rock Fracture Plumbing on Mars

   NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed hundreds of small fractures exposed on the Martian surface that billions of years ago directed flows of water through underground Martian sandstone.

Posted : Thu, Sep 25, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA's Swift Catches Farthest-Ever Gamma-Ray Burst

NASA's Swift Catches Farthest-Ever Gamma-Ray Burst

   NASA's Swift satellite has found the most distant gamma-ray burst ever detected.

Posted : Fri, Sep 19, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Hosts International Meeting for Lunar Science Discussions

NASA Hosts International Meeting for Lunar Science Discussions

   NASA hosted a meeting of space agencies from nine countries last week to discuss the next steps in the ongoing scientific exploration of the moon.

Posted : Tue, Jul 29, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Successfully Tests Parachute for Ares Rocket

NASA Successfully Tests Parachute for Ares Rocket

   NASA and industry engineers have successfully completed the first drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket. The drogue parachute is designed to slow the rapid descent of the spent first-stage motor, cast off by the Ares I rocket during its climb to space.

Posted : Fri, Jul 25, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Responds to California Wildfire Emergency Imaging Request

NASA Responds to California Wildfire Emergency Imaging Request

   A remotely piloted aircraft carrying a NASA sensor flew over much of California earlier this week, gathering information that will be used to help fight more than 300 wildfires burning within the state.

Posted : Fri, Jul 11, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA, ATK Conduct First Launch Abort System Igniter Test for Orion

NASA, ATK Conduct First Launch Abort System Igniter Test for Orion

   NASA and Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, reached another milestone Friday with the successful test firing of a critical safety component for the Orion crew exploration vehicle, NASA's next generation of spaceships.

Posted : Mon, Jun 16, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA and Google Announce Lease at Ames Research Center

NASA and Google Announce Lease at Ames Research Center

   NASA and Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) today announced plans to develop a new high-technology campus at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif.

Posted : Sat, Jun 07, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Announces Education Research Program Award Recipients

NASA Announces Education Research Program Award Recipients

   NASA has awarded more than $8.5 million to colleges and universities nationwide to conduct research and technology development in areas of importance to NASA's mission.

Posted : Thu, Jun 05, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Lunar Art Contest Winners Announced

NASA Lunar Art Contest Winners Announced

   A fanciful vision of a lunar traffic jam won the first annual NASA Lunar Art Contest sponsored by NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.

Posted : Fri, May 30, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Invites Media to Observe Tests of Lunar Rovers and Spacesuits

NASA Invites Media to Observe Tests of Lunar Rovers and Spacesuits

   News media are invited to a trek on the moon -- or at least an earthly approximation of one.

Posted : Fri, May 30, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA's Phoenix Spacecraft Lands at Martian Arctic Site

NASA's Phoenix Spacecraft Lands at Martian Arctic Site

   NASA's Phoenix spacecraft landed in the northern polar region of Mars Sunday to begin three months of examining a site chosen for its likelihood of having frozen water within reach of the lander's robotic arm.

Posted : Mon, May 26, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Selects Goddard Program Analysis and Control Contractor

NASA Selects Goddard Program Analysis and Control Contractor

   NASA has selected SP Systems Inc. of Greenbelt, Md., to provide mission support services under the Program Analysis and Control (PAAC III) contract. The work will support NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's Flight Projects Directorate in Greenbelt.

Posted : Sat, May 17, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Offers Educational Online Gaming Opportunity to Developers

NASA Offers Educational Online Gaming Opportunity to Developers

   Educators soon may be able take the "learning can be fun" adage to another level using computer-simulation games with new technologies created by NASA and a yet-to-be-selected game developer.

Posted : Tue, Apr 22, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Completes First Full-Scale Motor Test for Orion Spacecraft

NASA Completes First Full-Scale Motor Test for Orion Spacecraft

   NASA has completed the first full-scale rocket motor test for the Constellation Program's Orion spacecraft, a test of a solid rocket that will be used to jettison the craft's launch abort system.

Posted : Wed, Apr 16, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

Sensis Wins NASA NextGen Research Contract

Sensis Wins NASA NextGen Research Contract

   Sensis Modeling and Simulation Expertise to Help Shape NextGen Concepts

Posted : Mon, Apr 07, 2008

Category : Science / Space News
 
 
 
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