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NASA Kicks Off New Summer Of Innovation Initiative

Dj, 10/06/2010 - 06:00
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden kicked off the agency's new Summer of Innovation initiative Thursday while at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calf.

NASA And DLR Sign Agreement To Continue GRACE Mission Through 2015

Dj, 10/06/2010 - 06:00
NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and German Aerospace Center (DLR) Executive Board Chairman Johann-Dietrich Wörner signed an agreement Thursday during a bilateral meeting in Berlin to extend the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission through the end of its on-orbit life, which is expected in 2015.

NASA Picks 18 Small Business Tech Transfer Projects For Continued Development

Dc, 09/06/2010 - 06:00
NASA has selected 18 innovative technology proposals for negotiation of Phase 2 contract awards in the Small Business Technology Transfer program, or "STTR." The selected projects have a total value of approximately $11 million. The contracts will be awarded to 18 high technology firms that are partnering with 15 universities in 12 states.

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract For IRIS Mission

Dm, 08/06/2010 - 06:00
NASA has selected Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Va., to launch the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph spacecraft known as IRIS.

NASA Awards Contract For Sponsored Research And Education Support Services

Dm, 08/06/2010 - 06:00
NASA awards Smart Global Solutions JV LLC of Silver Spring, Md., the Sponsored Research and Education Support Services (SRESS) contract.

“NASA Launchpad” Tv Episode Captures Emmy Award

Dm, 08/06/2010 - 06:00
A NASA video program aimed at helping high school students learn more about science, technology, engineering and mathematics(STEM) has won an Emmy, one of the best-known awards in regional television.

International Space Station Expedition 23 Crew Lands Safely

Dm, 08/06/2010 - 06:00
Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi landed their Soyuz-17 spacecraft in Kazakhstan Tuesday, June 1, wrapping up a five-and-a-half-month stay aboard the International Space Station.

NASA Icebreaker Voyage To Probe Climate Change Impact On Arctic

Dm, 08/06/2010 - 06:00
NASA's first dedicated oceanographic field campaign goes to sea June 15 to take an up-close look at how changing conditions in the Arctic are affecting the ocean's chemistry and ecosystems that play a critical role in global climate change.

NASA Invites the Public to Picture Their "Face in Space"

Dm, 08/06/2010 - 06:00
NASA is inviting members of the public to send electronic images of their faces into orbit aboard one of the final remaining space shuttle missions.

New York Students Connect With International Space Station Astronaut For Out Of This World Conversation

Dm, 08/06/2010 - 06:00
Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, orbiting 220 miles above Earth, will discuss living and working in space with students gathered at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, N.Y., on Thursday, June 10. The call between the students and International Space Station crew member will take place at about 11 a.m. EDT.

NASA Chief Technologist, Congressman Fattah Visit X-Car Team At West Philadelphia High School Monday

Dll, 07/06/2010 - 06:00
NASA Chief Technologist, Congressman Fattah Visit X-Car Team At West Philadelphia High School Monday

NASA And Commerce Present Update On Space Industry Task Force

Dll, 07/06/2010 - 06:00
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke will present an update about the Presidential Task Force on Space Industry Work Force and Economic Development at 10 a.m. EDT on Friday, June 4.

NASA Takes To The Air With New 'Earth Venture' Research Projects

Dj, 27/05/2010 - 06:00
Hurricanes, air quality, and Arctic ecosystems are among the research areas to be investigated during the next five years by new NASA airborne science missions announced today.

NASA Awards Software Engineering Support Contract

Dj, 27/05/2010 - 06:00
NASA has awarded the software engineering support contract at the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., to Columbus Technologies and Services, Inc. of Pasadena, Calif.

NASA Joins Web Consortium to Help Improve Universal Access

Dj, 27/05/2010 - 06:00
NASA announced Thursday it has joined the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

NASA Spacecraft Penetrates Mysteries Of Martian Ice Cap

Dc, 26/05/2010 - 06:00
Data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) have helped scientists solve a pair of mysteries dating back four decades and provided new information about climate change on the Red Planet.

Veteran Astronauts Gorie And Olivas Leave NASA

Dc, 26/05/2010 - 06:00
Veteran astronauts Dominic Gorie and John "Danny" Olivas are leaving NASA. Olivas' last day with the agency was Tuesday, May 25 and Gorie's is June 4.

NASA'S Swift Survey Finds 'Smoking Gun' Of Black Hole Activation

Dc, 26/05/2010 - 06:00
Data from an ongoing survey by NASA's Swift satellite have helped astronomers solve a decades-long mystery about why a small percentage of black holes emit vast amounts of energy.

Space Shuttle Atlantis Returns Home After Its Final Planned Mission

Dc, 26/05/2010 - 06:00
Space shuttle Atlantis and six astronauts ended a 12-day journey of more than 4.8 million miles with an 8:48 a.m. EDT landing Wednesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA TV Carrying Space Station Crew Landing And Next Crew's Launch

Dc, 26/05/2010 - 06:00
NASA Television will cover the June 1 return to Earth of three International Space Station crew members and the June 15 launch of the newest trio of station residents. The new crew will be the 24th to live and work on the orbiting laboratory.