Articoli taggati con space
NASA Salutes Exploration at Space Week Texas 2013 in State Capital
| 18 luglio 2013 | Inserito da john579 john579 under capital, Exploration, NASA Education News, Salutes, Texas |
Commenti disabilitati
|
Ashlé RobinsonJohnson Space Center, Houston281-483-5111RELEASE : JO13-003 NASA Salutes Exploration at Space Week Texas 2013 in State Capital HOUSTON – NASA is heading back to Austin for a week-long salute to space exploration featuring educational and interactive exhibits, inspiring speakers, astronaut appearances and legislative proclamations highlighting the International Space Station and the future. Space Week Texas is March 18-22 in Austin. Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa and Commercial Crew Program Deputy Program Manager Kathryn Lueders will be attending several events throughout Space Week. NASA will take over the Texas Capitol on March 19 for “Space Day at the Capitol.” This year’s theme is “Human Exploration: The Journey Continues.” The day will include space exhibits from the International Space Station, Orion and the Commercial Crew Program. Visitors also may experience NASA’s mobile space exhibit, “Driven to Explore,” which includes a rare chance to touch an almost 4-billion-year-old moon rock. Events for Space Day at the Capitol include: – 9 a.m.-3 p.m.: Free interactive NASA Driven to Explore trailer along Colorado Street.– 9 a.m.-3 p.m.: Hands-on presentations for registered students on the Capitol grounds.– 10 a.m.-noon: Space proclamations in the Texas House of Representatives and Senate.– Noon-1 p.m.: Prairie View A…
NASA Salutes Exploration at Space Week Texas 2013 in State Capital
| 18 luglio 2013 | Inserito da john579 john579 under capital, Exploration, NASA Education News, Salutes, Texas |
Commenti disabilitati
|
Ashlé RobinsonJohnson Space Center, Houston281-483-5111RELEASE : JO13-003 NASA Salutes Exploration at Space Week Texas 2013 in State Capital HOUSTON – NASA is heading back to Austin for a week-long salute to space exploration featuring educational and interactive exhibits, inspiring speakers, astronaut appearances and legislative proclamations highlighting the International Space Station and the future. Space Week Texas is March 18-22 in Austin. Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa and Commercial Crew Program Deputy Program Manager Kathryn Lueders will be attending several events throughout Space Week. NASA will take over the Texas Capitol on March 19 for “Space Day at the Capitol.” This year’s theme is “Human Exploration: The Journey Continues.” The day will include space exhibits from the International Space Station, Orion and the Commercial Crew Program. Visitors also may experience NASA’s mobile space exhibit, “Driven to Explore,” which includes a rare chance to touch an almost 4-billion-year-old moon rock. Events for Space Day at the Capitol include: – 9 a.m.-3 p.m.: Free interactive NASA Driven to Explore trailer along Colorado Street.– 9 a.m.-3 p.m.: Hands-on presentations for registered students on the Capitol grounds.– 10 a.m.-noon: Space proclamations in the Texas House of Representatives and Senate.– Noon-1 p.m.: Prairie View A…
Space Station Astronauts Land Safely in Kazakhstan
| 9 luglio 2013 | Inserito da john579 john579 under Astronauts, Kazakhstan, NASA Breaking News, safely |
Commenti disabilitati
|
Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 jay.e.bolden@nasa.gov RELEASE : 13-076 Space Station Astronauts Land Safely in Kazakhstan HOUSTON — Three members of the Expedition 34 crew undocked from the International Space Station and returned safely to Earth on Friday, wrapping up a mission lasting more than four and a half months. Expedition 35 now is under way. Station Commander Kevin Ford of NASA and Soyuz Commander Evgeny Tarelkin and Flight Engineer Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency undocked their Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft from the space station at 6:43 p.m. CDT and landed northeast of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, at about 10:10 p.m. (9:10 a.m., March 16, Kazakh time). The trio arrived at the station Oct. 25, 2012, and spent 144 days in space, 142 of which were aboard the orbiting laboratory. Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield is in command of Expedition 35. He is the first Canadian to serve as station commander. Hadfield and his crewmates, Tom Marshburn of NASA and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko will work aboard the station until three additional crew members, including NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, arrive in late March. Ford, Tarelkin, and Novitskiy orbited Earth 2,304…
Cowboys redo 5 contracts, save cap space
| 25 maggio 2013 | Inserito da john579 john579 under contracts |
Commenti disabilitati
|
IRVING, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys have reworked the contracts of five starters, including DeMarcus Ware, Jason Witten and Miles Austin, to save salary cap space.
View the original article here
North Carolina Students To Talk Live With NASA Space Station Astronaut
| 9 marzo 2013 | Inserito da john579 john579 under Carolina, NASA Breaking News, Students |
Commenti disabilitati
|
MEDIA ADVISORY : M13-025 North Carolina Students To Talk Live With NASA Space Station Astronaut WASHINGTON — Students and teachers from the Triangle area of North Carolina will speak with NASA Expedition 34 flight engineer Tom Marshburn aboard the International Space Station at 10:15 a.m. EST, Tuesday, Feb. 5. The space-to-ground conversation will be open to news media and carried live on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Students will gather at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences to ask astronaut Marshburn questions about life, work and research aboard the orbiting laboratory, where he arrived in December and will remain until May. Marshburn previously flew aboard space shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-127 in 2009. To attend the event, reporters must contact Jonathon Pishney at jonathon.pishney@naturalsciences.org or 919-733-7450, ext. 304. The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is located at 11 West Jones St. in Raleigh. NASA activities have been incorporated into classes at local schools in preparation for the conversation with the space station astronaut. Linking students directly to the astronauts aboard the station provides them with an authentic, live experience of space exploration, space study and the scientific components of space travel and possibilities of life in space.…
NASA’s Kepler Mission Celebrates One Year in Space
| 9 marzo 2013 | Inserito da john579 john579 under Celebrates, Kepler, Mission, NASAS |
Commenti disabilitati
|
NASA’s Kepler Mission Celebrates One Year in SpaceUnited Launch Alliance’s Delta II rocket roars into the night sky carrying NASA’s Kepler spacecraft. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller Click image for full-resolution. An image of the Milky Way region of the sky showing where the Kepler photometer is pointing. Image Credit: Eastbay Astronomical Society/Carter Roberts Click image for full-resolution.NASA administrator Charles Bolden and Kepler science principal investigator Bill Borucki. Photo credit: NASA/Dominic Hart Click image for full-resolution. Nichelle Nichols, who played Lieutenant Uhura on the famous TV show Star Trek posing with Roger Hunter, Kepler project manager and Doug Caldwell, Kepler science team member.Photo Credit: NASA/Dominic HartClick image for full-resolution. One year ago this week, NASA’s Kepler Mission soared into the dark night sky, leaving a bright glow in its wake as it began its search for other worlds like Earth. “It was a stunning launch,” recalled former Kepler Project Manager James Fanson of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Following Kepler’s spectacular nocturnal launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket at 10:49 p.m. EST on Friday, March 6, 2009, science team members whooped with joy. “Now the fun begins,” quipped an ecstatic…
Reporters Invited to International Space Station Social Media Event
| 8 marzo 2013 | Inserito da john579 john579 under Event, International, Invited, NASA Education News, Reporters, Social |
Commenti disabilitati
|
MEDIA ADVISORY : M13-032 Reporters Invited to International Space Station Social Media Event WASHINGTON — Journalists are invited to participate in a NASA Social from 9:30 a.m. to noon EST Wednesday, Feb. 20, in the James Webb Auditorium of NASA Headquarters at 300 E St. SW in Washington. During this event, 150 social media followers and their guests will speak with three of the six crew members currently aboard the International Space Station orbiting about 240 miles above Earth. The participants also will hear from agency scientists and engineers about ground-breaking research taking place daily on the orbiting laboratory. NASA Socials are in-person meetings for people who engage with the agency through Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and other social networks. Participants in this NASA Social will learn about the discoveries enabled by the space station’s unique microgravity environment that benefit humanity and increase our understanding of how humans can safely work and live in space for long periods. Astronauts and officials scheduled to meet with the NASA Social participants are: – Astronauts Kevin Ford and Tom Marshburn of NASA and Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency will participate from the space station – NASA astronaut Don Pettit, a former space…
North Carolina Students To Talk Live With NASA Space Station Astronaut
| 8 marzo 2013 | Inserito da john579 john579 under Carolina, NASA Education News, Students |
Commenti disabilitati
|
MEDIA ADVISORY : M13-025 North Carolina Students To Talk Live With NASA Space Station Astronaut WASHINGTON — Students and teachers from the Triangle area of North Carolina will speak with NASA Expedition 34 flight engineer Tom Marshburn aboard the International Space Station at 10:15 a.m. EST, Tuesday, Feb. 5. The space-to-ground conversation will be open to news media and carried live on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Students will gather at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences to ask astronaut Marshburn questions about life, work and research aboard the orbiting laboratory, where he arrived in December and will remain until May. Marshburn previously flew aboard space shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-127 in 2009. To attend the event, reporters must contact Jonathon Pishney at jonathon.pishney@naturalsciences.org or 919-733-7450, ext. 304. The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is located at 11 West Jones St. in Raleigh. NASA activities have been incorporated into classes at local schools in preparation for the conversation with the space station astronaut. Linking students directly to the astronauts aboard the station provides them with an authentic, live experience of space exploration, space study and the scientific components of space travel and possibilities of life in space.…
NASA Awards Final Space Launch System Advanced Booster Contract
| 8 marzo 2013 | Inserito da john579 john579 under Awards, Booster, Contract, Final, Launch, NASA Breaking News, System |
Commenti disabilitati
|
CONTRACT RELEASE : 13-054 NASA Awards Final Space Launch System Advanced Booster Contract WASHINGTON — NASA has selected Aerojet of Sacramento, Calif., for a $23.3 million contract to develop engineering demonstrations and risk reduction concepts for future advanced boosters for the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS). Aerojet is one of four companies contracted under a NASA Research Announcement (NRA) to improve the affordability, reliability and performance of an advanced booster for a future version of the SLS heavy-lift rocket. The SLS vehicle will take the agency’s Orion spacecraft and other payloads farther than ever before. The initial 70-metric-ton (77-ton) configuration will use two five-segment solid rocket boosters similar to the boosters that helped power the space shuttle to orbit. An evolved 130-metric-ton (143-ton) rocket will require an advanced booster with more thrust than any existing U.S. liquid- or solid-fueled boosters. Aerojet will work to reduce the risk and improve technical maturation of a liquid oxygen and kerosene oxidizer-rich staged-combustion engine. The company will fabricate a representative full-scale 550,000-pound thrust class main injector and thrust chamber, and prepare to conduct a number of tests measuring performance and demonstrating combustion stability. In addition to Aerojet, three other companies are under contract to…
Voice from Space
| 7 marzo 2013 | Inserito da john579 john579 under Space Missions |
Commenti disabilitati
|
On 8th January, 1971, Greater London Radio featured a phone-in on the subject of UFOs. At 9.10 PM, a caller announced in a cold, metallic voice that he was speaking from outer space. A guest of the phone-in was the late Ufologist and theosophist, Rex Dutta, who compiled the transcript given below. Assistant Producer: Why are you calling us? Extraterrestrial: I have not phoned you, I am speaking by thought-transference guided by computer. AP: What does that mean? ET: It means how do you do. AP: Very well. How do you do, Sir? ET: Yes. Evidence of life in outer space is not visible to Earth eyes except the chosen few who have celestial ability to appertain and to appreciate higher intelligence. AP: How does the planet Earth rate in your experience? Are we reasonably well developed? ET: Planet Earth is in for a very difficult time, spinning very fast, making heads of men go round too quickly and think too much about silly little problems. But I think that long-term prospect for Earth is relatively good. AP: Are you going to help us from wherever you are speaking? ET: Maybe. That is to be discussed soon at a meeting…
NASA, Newseum Present Media Preview Of PBS’ Earth From Space
| 7 marzo 2013 | Inserito da john579 john579 under Newseum, Present, Preview |
Commenti disabilitati
|
Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY : M13-023 NASA, Newseum Present Media Preview Of PBS’ Earth From Space WASHINGTON — NASA and the Newseum will host a preview for news media of the upcoming NOVA special, “Earth from Space,” at noon EST Monday, Feb. 4, at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW in Washington. “Earth from Space” is scheduled to air nationwide at 9 p.m. EST Feb. 13 on Public Broadcasting Service television stations. The two-hour special explores how satellites are transforming our view of Earth and features interviews with scientists and new visualizations of our complex planet. The centerpiece of the program is an animation of the globe composed of 23 layers of satellite-based data and more than 125,000 images from space. A question-and-answer session with scientists appearing in “Earth from Space” will follow the screening of the 20-minute preview. The panelists are: – Paula Apsell, senior executive producer, NOVA, and director of the WGBH science unit, Boston – Piers Sellers, deputy director, Sciences and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. – Waleed Abdalati, director, Earth Science and Observation Center, University of Colorado, Boulder – Jeff Halverson, associate professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County To…
NASA Announces New Screening of Space Program Artifacts
| 6 marzo 2013 | Inserito da john579 john579 under Announces, Artifacts, NASA Breaking News, Program, Screening |
Commenti disabilitati
|
Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov RELEASE : 13-031 NASA Announces New Screening of Space Program Artifacts WASHINGTON — NASA again is inviting eligible educational institutions, museums and other organizations to screen and request historical space artifacts. This is the 16th screening of artifacts since 2009. The artifacts represent significant human spaceflight technologies and processes and the accomplishments of NASA’s many programs. NASA and the General Services Administration worked together to ensure broad access to space artifacts and to provide a web-based electronic artifacts viewing capability. The web-based artifacts module is located at: http://gsaxcess.gov/NASAWel.htm Eligible participants may view the artifacts and request specific items at the website through March 4. Only schools and museums are eligible to receive artifacts. They must register online using an assigned Department of Education number or through the state agency for surplus property in their state. The artifacts are free of charge. Eligible organizations must cover shipping costs and any special handling fees. Shipping fees on smaller items will be relatively inexpensive, while larger items may involve extensive disassembly, preparation, shipping and reassembly costs. NASA will work closely with eligible organizations, on a case-by-case basis, to address any unique special handling costs. Special items, such…
NASA Launches Second International Space Apps Challenge
| 4 marzo 2013 | Inserito da john579 john579 under Challenge, International, Launches, NASA Breaking News, Second |
Commenti disabilitati
|
RELEASE : 13-034 NASA Launches Second International Space Apps Challenge WASHINGTON — NASA and government agencies worldwide will host the second International Space Apps Challenge April 20-21, with events across all seven continents and in space. Participants are encouraged to develop mobile applications, software, hardware, data visualization and platform solutions that could contribute to space exploration missions and help improve life on Earth. The two-day event will provide an opportunity for government to harness the expertise and entrepreneurial spirit of citizen explorers to help address global challenges. During the event, representatives of NASA and other international space agencies will gather with scientists and participants to use publicly released open data to create solutions for 50 software, hardware and visualization challenges, including robotics, citizen science platforms and applications of remote sensing data. Challenges selected to be worked on during the event will be published online prior to the event. The 2012 challenge engaged more than 2,000 participants who collaborated on more than 100 open source solutions to 71 featured challenges. “What sets apart the International Space Apps Challenge from other events is that this is a collaborative opportunity to engage people from all over the world to participate in space exploration…
NASA’s Kepler Mission Celebrates One Year in Space
| 2 marzo 2013 | Inserito da john579 john579 under Celebrates, Kepler, Mission, NASAS |
Commenti disabilitati
|
NASA’s Kepler Mission Celebrates One Year in SpaceUnited Launch Alliance’s Delta II rocket roars into the night sky carrying NASA’s Kepler spacecraft. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller Click image for full-resolution. An image of the Milky Way region of the sky showing where the Kepler photometer is pointing. Image Credit: Eastbay Astronomical Society/Carter Roberts Click image for full-resolution.NASA administrator Charles Bolden and Kepler science principal investigator Bill Borucki. Photo credit: NASA/Dominic Hart Click image for full-resolution. Nichelle Nichols, who played Lieutenant Uhura on the famous TV show Star Trek posing with Roger Hunter, Kepler project manager and Doug Caldwell, Kepler science team member.Photo Credit: NASA/Dominic HartClick image for full-resolution. One year ago this week, NASA’s Kepler Mission soared into the dark night sky, leaving a bright glow in its wake as it began its search for other worlds like Earth. “It was a stunning launch,” recalled former Kepler Project Manager James Fanson of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Following Kepler’s spectacular nocturnal launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket at 10:49 p.m. EST on Friday, March 6, 2009, science team members whooped with joy. “Now the fun begins,” quipped an ecstatic…
NASA, Newseum Present Media Preview Of PBS’ Earth From Space
| 1 marzo 2013 | Inserito da john579 john579 under NASA Breaking News, Newseum, Present, Preview |
Commenti disabilitati
|
Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY : M13-023 NASA, Newseum Present Media Preview Of PBS’ Earth From Space WASHINGTON — NASA and the Newseum will host a preview for news media of the upcoming NOVA special, “Earth from Space,” at noon EST Monday, Feb. 4, at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW in Washington. “Earth from Space” is scheduled to air nationwide at 9 p.m. EST Feb. 13 on Public Broadcasting Service television stations. The two-hour special explores how satellites are transforming our view of Earth and features interviews with scientists and new visualizations of our complex planet. The centerpiece of the program is an animation of the globe composed of 23 layers of satellite-based data and more than 125,000 images from space. A question-and-answer session with scientists appearing in “Earth from Space” will follow the screening of the 20-minute preview. The panelists are: – Paula Apsell, senior executive producer, NOVA, and director of the WGBH science unit, Boston – Piers Sellers, deputy director, Sciences and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. – Waleed Abdalati, director, Earth Science and Observation Center, University of Colorado, Boulder – Jeff Halverson, associate professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County To…
This is the default footer layout. You can easily add or remove columns in the footer.
Commenti recenti