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NASA, EPA Extend Environmental And Earth Science Collaborations

LogFlight AvNews - Mon, 2010-04-26 14:30
NASA and EPA signed a Memorandum of Agreement to continue collaboration between the two agencies in environmental and Earth sciences and applications

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NASA Selects Partners in Idaho, Massachusetts, New Mexico and Wyoming for 2010 Summer of Innovation

LogFlight AvNews - Mon, 2010-04-26 11:30
NASA is partnering with the Space Grant Consortia of Idaho, Massachusetts, New Mexico and Wyoming in the Summer of Innovation initiative to use the agency's out-of-this-world missions and technology programs to boost summer learning, particularly for students who are underrepresented and underperfo

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NASA TV Celebrates 20 Years Of Hubble Space Telescope Operations

LogFlight AvNews - Mon, 2010-04-26 11:30
NASA Television marks the 20th anniversary of on-orbit operations of the Hubble Space Telescope with a documentary that premieres Monday, April 26 at 2 p.m. EDT. It will re-air at 4 p.m., 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.

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This Week briefings

Flight Global Spaceflight News - Sat, 2010-04-24 06:00
Cathay Pacific Airways and Virgin Atlantic are being scrutinised over possible price fixing on the London-Hong...
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Air force launches US military's first spaceplane

Flight Global Spaceflight News - Fri, 2010-04-23 09:00
The successful launch to orbit from Cape Canaveral on 22 April of the US Air Force's X-37B marked the flight debut of the US military's first-ever spaceplane...
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NASA's Starry-Eyed Hubble Telescope Celebrates 20 Years of Discovery

LogFlight AvNews - Fri, 2010-04-23 08:30
As the Hubble Space Telescope achieves the major milestone of two decades on orbit, NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute, or STScI, in Baltimore are celebrating Hubble's journey of exploration with a stunning new picture and several online educational activities.

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NASA's New Eye on the Sun Delivers Stunning First Images

LogFlight AvNews - Fri, 2010-04-23 01:30
NASA's recently launched Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is returning early images that confirm an unprecedented new capability for scientists to better understand our sun's dynamic processes.

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NASA, NSBRI Select Proposals To Support Health On Space Missions

LogFlight AvNews - Thu, 2010-04-22 17:30
NASA's Human Research Program and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, or NSBRI, of Houston will fund 11 proposals to help investigate questions about astronaut health and performance on future space exploration missions.

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Cryosat: a decade long journey for industry

Flight Global Spaceflight News - Thu, 2010-04-22 05:00
Conceived as Europe's idea of a cheaper and faster mission, the CryoSat ice-mapping satellite became a decade-long saga.
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NASA offers live interviews with Hubble experts for 20th anniversary

LogFlight AvNews - Wed, 2010-04-21 10:30
On the eve of the Hubble Space Telescope's 20th anniversary, NASA will offer live satellite interviews with two of the telescope's premier scientists: Ed Weiler, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, and former astronaut John Grunsfeld. Inter

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NASA Selects Community College Scholars For Chance To Design Space Rovers, Visit Johnson Space Center

LogFlight AvNews - Tue, 2010-04-20 14:30
Community college students have been selected to travel to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, May 20-22, for an out-of-this-world experience.

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NASA And NSTA Send Teachers Flying For Science In Microgravity

LogFlight AvNews - Tue, 2010-04-20 12:30
NASA and the National Science Teachers Association have selected high school teachers to fly an experiment in microgravity.

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USAF seeks reusable booster concepts

Flight Global Spaceflight News - Tue, 2010-04-20 12:00
Ideas for developing and operating a semi-reusable launcher that uses its engines to "rocket-back" for a gliding landing at the launch site have been requested by the US Air Force.
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Space Shuttle Discovery Crew Returns to Earth after Fortifying International Space Station Science

LogFlight AvNews - Tue, 2010-04-20 08:30
Space shuttle Discovery and seven astronauts ended a 14-day journey of more than 6.2 million miles with a 9:08 a.m. EDT landing Tuesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Comment: Obama in volte-face on space

Flight Global Spaceflight News - Tue, 2010-04-20 06:00
The opponents of president Barack Obama's NASA flexible path plan won a victory last week when the head of state resurrected the cancelled Orion crew exploration vehicle - albeit a scaled-down version.
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Briefings

Flight Global Spaceflight News - Tue, 2010-04-20 04:00
The major eruption of an Icelandic volcano on 14 April caused massive disruption to flights in Ireland,...
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NASA Extends Hubble Space Telescope Science Operations Contract

LogFlight AvNews - Mon, 2010-04-19 14:30
NASA has exercised an option to extend the period of performance of the contract with the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy for the Hubble Space Telescope Science Operations Center.

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Space Shuttle Crew Set to Return to Earth Monday

LogFlight AvNews - Sat, 2010-04-17 10:30
Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew are expected to return to Earth on Monday, April 19, after a 14-day mission.

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NASA's Shuttle Atlantis Moves to Launch Pad, Liftoff Practice Set

LogFlight AvNews - Fri, 2010-04-16 16:30
Journalists are invited to cover the STS-132 space shuttle crew's Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, a practice countdown and related training, April 20-23 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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NASA Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Earth Day Nationwide

LogFlight AvNews - Fri, 2010-04-16 10:30
NASA centers across the nation invite journalists and the public to see and hear about the agency's contributions to exploring and protecting our home planet during this year's Earth Day celebrations.

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