Space Workers Rally To Save Their Jobs, Channel 13 “Lew Jamieson is the president of the Machinist Union at the Kennedy Space Center. He’s been there for 32 years. “It’s […]
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Boeing Layoffs at KSC
Boeing Lays Off 36 Employees at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, SpaceRef “The Boeing Company, part of both the United Space Alliance and United Launch Alliance has laid off a total […]
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Cocaine at KSC
Cocaine found in shuttle work area, NASA says, Space.com “NASA is investigating how a small amount of cocaine ended up in a space shuttle hangar at the agency’s Florida spaceport. […]
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Multi-Agency Job Event For KSC Workers
NASA Shuttle Logistics Depot Event To Discuss DoD-related Job Opportunities “A high-level team from the Pentagon and NASA HQ will provide information to assembled community leaders – including Federal, State […]
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USA: Looking For Ways To Hang On
NASA shuttle contractor cancels merit raises for all employees, Orlando Sentinel “United Space Alliance, NASA’s main shuttle contractor, told employees today that it will be cancelingmerit payraisesacross the company next […]
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KSC Job Loss Update
NASA KSC Center Director Robert Cabana Internal Memo: Seas of Change “The Shuttle program is going to come to an end in the not too distant future. We are already […]
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More KSC Layoffs Announced
330 more workers at Kennedy Space Center slated to lose jobs, Orlando Sentinel “While the debate continues in Washington over the future of NASA’s human spaceflight plans, contractors at Kennedy […]
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Pushing Ares 1-X Around (Video)
Rock-a-bye Rocket (NASA, Ares I-X, 9/2/09) “During the testing, vibrations were mechanically introduced into the rocket by four hydraulic shakers simulating the same kind of vibrations expected during flight so […]
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Rolling Out Ares 1-X
“In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a time lapse camera documented the buildup of the Ares I-X flight test rocket. The first video was […]
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KSC Layoffs Begin
Space Coast sees first big round of KSC layoffs, Orlando Sentinel “The first round of what are expected to be thousands of layoffs of space-program workers starts today, Friday,with 258 […]