Archive for June 26, 2008

Woodstock, Ala., Native Robert Champion Selected for NASA Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program

Woodstock, Ala., Native Robert Champion Selected for NASA Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program

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Shuttle Retirement Rough for Florida’s ‘Space Coast’

End of shuttle launches in 2010 means at least 5 years of lean times for area around Cape Canaveral.

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ATK Conducts First of a Series of Tests for the Ares I-X First Stage Separation System

ATK Conducts First of a Series of Tests for the Ares I-X First Stage Separation System

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NASA Internal Email From NASA Constellation Program Manager Jeff Hanley

“So there is a lot going on. You are making it happen. Through the spring we’ve had the chance to interact with agency leadership on a number of occassions, and they have been uniformly complimentary of the work you have done.”

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NASA takes step forward for establishing a lunar outpost

Washington, June 24 : NASA engineers and scientists have completed a milestone review that will help determine the systems needed to return humans to the moon and establish a lunar outpost.

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NASA Study Provides Next Step to Establishing Lunar Outpost

NASA engineers and scientists completed a milestone review June 20 that will help determine the systems needed to return humans to the moon and establish a lunar outpost.

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Have a blast touring NASA’s big two

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — I am on my back in a space capsule, rocketing into space, my body vibrating violently as the skin on my face pulls back with the force of gravity.

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House Defies Bush, Gives NASA Additional Funds

NASA will receive an additional $2.9 billion for research purposes…

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House adds extra shuttle flight to NASA budget

The House on Wednesday approved a $20 billion NASA spending bill that calls for an extra Space Shuttle flight before the spacecraft program is shut down.

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House Passes H.R. 6063 to Reauthorize Wide Array of NASA Programs

With broad support, the House of Representatives today passed H.R. 6063, the NASA Authorization Act of 2008, authorizing programs at NASA for fiscal year 2009 (FY09). The bill passed the House by a vote of 409 to 15.

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