NASA Invites Media to Preview Test of New Launch Abort System
NASA has set a launch date and a media preview day for its next flight test, called Pad Abort 1. |
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Space Available: NASA Embraces Open Government Initiative
Whether using social networks to allow students to interact directly with astronauts, or creating a cloud computing platform to give unprecedented access to scientific data, NASA's embrace of Open Government has made it a leader among federal agencies. |
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NASA Awards Business Operations and Technical Services Contract
ASA has selected Deltha-Critique NSS Joint Venture of New Orleans to receive a contract for business operations and technical services at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif. |
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NASA Extends Contract with Russian Federal Space Agency
NASA has signed a $335 million modification to the current International Space Station contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency for crew transportation, rescue and related services in 2013 and 2014. |
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Monterey Students Set to Receive Call from Orbiting Space Shuttle Astronauts -- Including Former Teacher
Eighth grade students and children of the military community in California's Monterey Peninsula area will speak with astronauts orbiting 220 miles above Earth on Saturday, April 10. |
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NASA'S Shuttle Discovery Heads to Station After Predawn Launch
Space shuttle Discovery lit up Florida's Space Coast sky 30 minutes before sunrise Monday with a 6:21 a.m. EDT launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. |
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NASA Invites Educators to Webcasts Supporting National Lab Day
In preparation for National Lab Day on May 12, NASA will host a series of weekly live webcasts during the month of April through the agency's Digital Learning Network. |
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NASA Sets Media Credential Deadlines for Next Space Shuttle Flight
NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for the May space shuttle flight to the International Space Station. |
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Crew Lifts Off from Kazakhstan to Join Crewmates aboard the International Space Station
NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko safely launched to the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on Friday. |
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NASA Funds Initiative to Develop One Stop Shopping for Students Seeking Agency Internships
Undergraduate and graduate students who want to apply for a NASA internship or fellowship soon will have access to all of NASA's opportunities at one Web site. |
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NASA Plans Earth Day Tweetup on the National Mall in Washington
NASA will host its first Earth Day Tweetup on the National Mall in Washington with @NASA Twitter followers and NASA scientists on April 18 at 1 p.m. EDT. |
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NASA And NOAA Mark 50 Years Of Weather Watching From Space
Fifty years ago, the world's first weather satellite lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., opening a new and exciting dimension in weather forecasting. Leaders from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, hailed the milestone as an example of a strong agency partnership and commitment to flying the best Earth observation satellites today and in the future. |
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NASA Awards Contract to Jacobs Technology Inc.
NASA will exercise the second of two one-year options on a five-year contract to Jacobs Technology Inc., of Tullahoma, Tenn., for test and evaluation support at NASA's White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, N.M. |
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NASA Selects Earth Science Data and Information Contractor
has selected Raytheon Company of Riverdale, Md., for the Earth Observing System Data and Information System Evolution and Development contract. |
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NASA Releases Stunning Hubble Telescope 20th Anniversary Book
NASA set out on a monumental journey with the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope in April 1990. Since then, it has captured the minds and imaginations of people around the world. |
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NASA Awards Contract to Enterprise Advisory Services
NASA will exercise the second of two one-year options on a three-year, $182.6 million contract to Enterprise Advisory Services Inc., of Houston for facility operations and support at NASA's White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, N.M. |
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NASA Mars Spacecraft Snaps Photos Chosen by Public
The most powerful camera aboard a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars has returned the first pictures of locations on the Red Planet suggested by the public. |
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NASA Selects Rapid III Contractors for Spacecraft Systems and Services
NASA has awarded contracts to eight aerospace firms for Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition III spacecraft and related services. |
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NASA Extends Contract for Supercomputing Support Services
NASA will exercise a one-year extension option on a contract with Computer Sciences Corporation in Lanham, Md., to provide supercomputing support services at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif. |
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NASA Awards Space Propulsion Research Contracts To Five Firms
NASA has awarded contracts to five companies to provide space propulsion systems technologies in support of research and technology development activities at the agency's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. |
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