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Year: 2014
Why Does NASA.gov Ignore Cool ISS Photos?

“Can you find Mount #Everest? It is in each of these pictures … answers tomorrow.” #AstroButch pic.twitter.com/fw8kCq3ais — NASA Astronauts (@NASA_Astronauts) December 30, 2014 Keith’s note Like these photos? I sure do. But you won’t see most – if any – of them online at NASA.gov. Why? The crew tweets lots of pictures via @NASA_Astronauts but they are low resolution and yet virtually none of them appear online at NASA. […]

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  • December 31, 2014
James Hsiu-Kai Chi

James Hsiu-Kai Chi “Suddenly on Friday, December 26, 2014, James Hsiu-Kai Chi died at his home in Gaithersburg, MD.” According to a NASA employee who knew him “James, a highly respected and talented senior information technology specialist, served as a key graphic designer for the NASA family for many years.”

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  • December 30, 2014
Virgin Galactic at ISPCS
Virgin Galactic at ISPCS

Looking Back at Virgin Galactic at ISPCS 2014, SpaceRef Business “Two weeks before the tragedy that saw Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo crash on a test flight, the company was out in full force at the annual International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS).”

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  • December 29, 2014
Bigelow in 2015
Bigelow in 2015

2015 Could be a Milestone Year for Bigelow Aerospace [Video], SpaceRef Business “Taking another step forward, Bigelow Aerospace will see its Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) launched and attached to the International Space Station in July of 2015.”

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  • December 29, 2014
Russia Launches Angara 5
Russia Launches Angara 5

Russia Launches Angara 5 on Maiden Test Flight [With Video], SpaceRef Business “Russia today successfully launched the Angara 5 rocket on its first test flight. The rocket carried a dummy payload. The Angara 5 flew with five first stage cores strapped together and a Breeze M upper stage. The Angara 5 is meant to replace Russia’s heavy-lift Proton rocket and would become the workhorse of the Russian fleet tasked with […]

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  • December 23, 2014
Summary of Stealth NASA ISS Workshop

NASA Commercial LEO Workshop (with presentations) “On December 10-11, 2014, NASA held a workshop on the commercialization of low Earth orbit. The goal of the workshop was to start a dialog about creating a thriving commercial marketplace in LEO over the next decade, enabled by human spaceflight.” Another Stealth NASA ISS Event, Earlier post “This NASA-sponsored ISS research event will not be webcast or recorded. No media advisory was sent […]

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  • December 23, 2014
Sam Keller

Samuel W. Keller “On December 14, 2014…. Memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 3, 2015” Associate Administrator for Russian Programs Appointed (1992) “NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today announced the appointment of Samuel W. Keller as Associate Administrator for Russian Programs. The new function is being established within the Office of the Administrator and will give focus to the many programs involving NASA and the former Soviet Union.”

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  • December 23, 2014
Larry Vogel

Lawrence W. Vogel “Lawrence W. Vogel (age 94) passed away after a brief illness on December 18, 2014. For 12 years, Col. Vogel served as Director of NASA Headquarters Administration and was proud to be a part of NASA’s very successful manned space programs highlighted in the Apollo lunar missions. After retirement from public service in 1986, Col. Vogel remained very active in West Point and NASA retiree activities.”

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  • December 23, 2014
One Press Release With a Year's Worth of Highlights
One Press Release With a Year's Worth of Highlights

NASA Takes Giant Leaps on the Journey to Mars, Eyes Our Home Planet and the Distant Universe, Tests Technologies and Improves the Skies Above in 2014, NASA “In 2014, NASA took significant steps on the agency’s journey to Mars — testing cutting-edge technologies and making scientific discoveries while studying our changing Earth and the infinite universe as the agency made progress on the next generation of air travel.” “We continued […]

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  • December 23, 2014