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Lawmakers on Wednesday said NASA must continue to improve astronaut crew safety on its new shuttle-replacing rocket, as well as on promising commercial vehicles that could ferry crews to orbit.
In a post-flight news briefing, NASA managers say the Oct. 28 launch of the nwe Ares I-X rocket went well, and the that the upper stage mockup built by Cleveland's Glenn Research Center held together better than expected.
As an international trio of astronauts prepares for a short trip to the International Space Station later this month, they took a time-out this week from their busy training schedule at the Star City cosmonaut training center outside Moscow to talk with reporters about some the finer details of the mission.“We can’t wait for when Soichi makes us sushi!” said US astronaut Timothy Creamer ...
Chris Traylor and Brad Perkins, both 1977 graduates of Arab High School, recently received NASA Space Flight Awareness awards. Jeff Leak of Arab was a third local recipient of the award.
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A robot powered by a ground-based laser beam climbed a long cable dangling from a helicopter on Wednesday to qualify for prize money in a $2 million competition to test the potential reality of the science fiction concept of space elevators.
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) recently conducted its first Dragon spacecraft operations training for a group of NASA astronauts and personnel at its corporate headquarters in Hawthorne, CA.
Science fiction is full of imagined space drugs, but just what substances are our astronauts really on?
No descr Buena High School Today is a half day for Buena students so that teachers can participate in professional development and planning activities. Students will be released at 11:30 a.m. Alternative Learning School schedules are not changed for this event. All students are invited to the meetings of the Christian Student Organization every Thursday at 2:35 p.m. in Room 1313. It’s fun, it’s ...
DOWNEY – Since the City Council approved the $8.9 million deal to pave the way for Tesla Motors last week, city officials wait as the automaker deliberates, settling on a time to announce its next move.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- NASA says Kennedy Space Center technicians are testing space shuttle Endeavour's systems, preparing for its move to the Vehicle Assembly Building.
Tracy Buras of Bush, a service engineer with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne at John C. Stennis Space Center, was recognized recently by NASA’s Space Flight Awareness Program for outstanding support of human space flight.
NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center employee Justin Junell of Slidell received the prestigious Silver Snoopy award Oct. 22 during a special ceremony held in conjunction with the Stennis Health and Safety Day.
This is more than just a tree planting. The Dothan City School System hopes this symbolizes the planting of knowledge in students. "As we look at our scores locally, we look at math scores and how deficient we are.
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James Gordon Meek was standing over the gravestone of a friend killed in Iraq when he noticed a familiar figure walking near him.
Managers in charge of the Ares 1-X test flight told reporters on Thursday the $445 million October mission confirmed NASA's concept for the Ares 1 crew launch vehicle will work as designed.
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