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Teachers fly experiments on NASA reduced gravity flights
www.sciencedaily.com | Feb 15, 2012
More than 70 teachers had an opportunity to experience what it feels like to float in space as they participated in the Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston last week.

Martian Carbon Dioxide Clouds Tied To Atmospheric Gravity Waves
www.marsdaily.com | Feb 15, 2012
Granada, Spain (SPX) Feb 15, 2012 - On 4 March 1997 the Mars Pathfinder lander fell through the thin Martian atmosphere. During its descent, instrumentation aboard the lander recorded the changing atmospheric temperature, pressure, an

PRIME: Teamwork = WGS-4 Launch Success : MilsatMagazine
www.milsatmagazine.com | Feb 14, 2012
MilsatMagazine : PRIME: Teamwork = WGS-4 Launch Success - The ULA Launch was initiated from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida : SatNews Publishers.

Massive air-launch system unveiled
www.flightglobal.com | Feb 13, 2012
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, Scaled Composites founder Burt Rutan and ex-NASA administrator Michael Griffin today unveiled a privately-funded...

NASA PIT Crews Essential to Commercial Space Endeavor
www.space-travel.com | Feb 9, 2012
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 09, 2012 - Just as every race car driver has a pit crew to keep them on track on the way to a victory quickly and safely, the seven aerospace companies that have teamed up with NASA's Commercial Crew Program h

Astronaut dream lives on despite cash woes and crashes
www.newscientist.com | Feb 7, 2012
Would-be US astronauts seem as hopeful as ever about making it to space; Russia is banking on similar enthusiasm

Boeing GPS IIF Satellites Assembled Using 'Pulse' Manufacturing Line | SpaceRef - Your Space
www.spaceref.com | Jan 24, 2012
Boeing GPS IIF Satellites Assembled Using 'Pulse' Manufacturing Line - SpaceRef

45th Space Wing: Looking Back at 2011 and Forward to 2012
www.spacewar.com | Jan 17, 2012
Patrick AFB FL (SPX) Jan 13, 2012 - Sharks! Let me be the first to welcome you back from what I hope was a relaxing and fun holiday. I know that we all welcomed the break after the recent launches, preparation for and ultimately execu

New Deep Space Capsule Passes NASA Chief's Inspection NASA & Orion Multipurpose Crew Vehicle |
www.space.com | Jan 12, 2012
NASA chief Charlie Bolden got a look at the Orion Multipurpose Crew Vehicle, the agency's next-generation capsule for manned exploration of asteroids, Mars and other deep-space destinations.

The USA’s GPS-III Satellites
www.defenseindustrydaily.com | Jan 11, 2012
Contract to start satellites 3 & 4. (Jan 11/12) Disruption or decay of the critical capabilities provided by the USA's Global (Last update: 2012-01-11 23:36:20 GMT)