Lockheed Martin-Built Stardust Spacecraft to Fly By Earth Jan. 14 – Stardust-NExT on Its Way to Explore Comet Tempel 1 “On Jan. 14, NASA’s Stardust-NExT spacecraft will fly by Earth […]
2009
Posted inNews
NASA's New Theme Park for Foreign Visitors?
Qualify test, get a ticket to Nasa, The Telegraph (Calcutta, India) “Want to see outer space and life of an astronaut from close range? Pass an examination and your dream […]
Posted inExploration
Antarctic Habitat Name Announced
NASA and Challenger Center Announce Name of Antarctic Habitat “NASA and the Challenger Center for Space Science Education have selected the winner of the Antarctic habitat naming contest. The name […]
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Griffin Uses Hand Picked Media Opportunity to Warn of Layoffs
NASA chief warns of layoffs if funding levels frozen, Houston Chronicle “Outgoing NASA administrator Michael Griffin warned today that the space agency may have to lay off an unspecified number […]
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Space Input to the Citizen's Briefing Book
Reader update: “I’ve been following what the Obama Transition team has been doing with their Change.gov website and saw that just recently they created something they call the Citizen’s Briefing […]
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UK NASA Hacker Update
Nasa hacker: I’ll plead guilty in the UK, ZDNet “Self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon has told UK prosecutors he will plead guilty to charges in the UK, a move that could […]
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The Force Is Strong With This One
Charles F. Kennel Bio NAC Science Committee Continues to Shrink, earlier post “The NASA Advisory Council (NAC) Science Committee has just lost three of its members. Charles Kennel (Chair), Wes […]
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Griffin Bids Farwell
“NASA UPDATE WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR: Administrator Michael Griffin will host a NASA Update on Friday, January 16, at 11 a.m. (EST), in the NASA Headquarters Auditorium. The program will be […]
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Roselee Roberts Joins ESMD
From: exploration-bounces@lists.hq.nasa.gov Sent: Mon Jan 12 07:57:17 2009 Subject: [exploration] Welcome Roselee Roberts Good Morning, Please welcome Roselee Roberts to ESMD. Roselee starts today and will be Special Assistant to […]
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JSC Rover to Join Inaugural Parade and Crabwalk
Editor’s update: According to JSC PAO the rover will be at the very end of the parade. Along the way it will demonstrate its various control features including the ever […]