Reuters: Mars rover Curiosity aces first test drive
Wed, Aug 22 2012 By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity took a 16-minute drive on Wednesday, its first since reaching the Red Planet to search for habitats that...
View ArticleFox News: Astronauts mourn Armstrong’s death
Fox News Published August 27, 2012 The news of the iconic astronaut Neil Armstrong’s death Saturday plunged American astronauts and spaceflyers around the world into mourning, with some expressing...
View ArticleNASA announces Asteroid Naming Contest for students
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/name-asteroid.html WASHINGTON — Students worldwide have an opportunity to name an asteroid from which an upcoming NASA mission will return the first...
View ArticleCongressman Asks NASA Langley: “What Can We Do to Help?”
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/researchernews/TXCongressman.html Congressman John Culberson (R-Tx) has a personal passion for the sciences that he says is genetic. When he graduated from high...
View ArticleHouston Chronicle: Legislators will introduce NASA reboot bill on Thursday
By Eric Berger, SciGuy Tuesday, September 18, 2012 About a month ago I wrote about legislation being developed to make NASA a more independent agency. On Thursday the architects of that legislation,...
View ArticleLos Angeles Times: Just a Scoop of Dirt, but NASA’s Celebrating Big-Time
Just a scoop of dirt, but NASA’s celebrating big-time By Amy Hubbard October 8, 2012, 12:29 p.m. It was just a scoop of dirt, but NASA scientists applauded more loudly than they had since the Curiosity...
View ArticleSpaceflight Now: Curiosity’s mini-laboratory tastes first Martian soil
For the first time since landing on Mars in August, NASA’s Curiosity rover has used its most powerful instrument to analyze soil, sifting for life-supporting chemicals with a labyrinth of ovens and...
View ArticleUS twin astronaut, Russian to spend year in orbit
Read more: http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/20184223/us-russia-name-crew-for-yearlong-space-mission#ixzz2DQqW8ZEf By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – A former space shuttle...
View ArticleNew Export Law Seen as Boon to U.S. Satellite, Component Makers
By Warren Ferster | Jan. 4, 2013; www.spacenews.com WASHINGTON — The long-awaited satellite export reform measure signed into law Jan. 3 by U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to benefit domestic...
View ArticleNASA SPINOFF 2012 FEATURES NEW SPACE TECH BETTERING YOUR LIFE TODAY
WASHINGTON — A plant texts a farmer to say it needs more water. An invisible coating scrubs pollutants from the air. A robot roams a hospital’s halls, aiding doctors and nurses by recording vital signs...
View ArticleCulberson Statement on The REAL Space Act
I co-sponsored the RE-asserting American Leadership in Space Act (The REAL Space Act) again this Congress because I believe it is critical for NASA to have a bold vision for space exploration, one that...
View ArticleBaltimore Sun: The ‘Gravity’ of Obama’s mistaken space policy
The ‘Gravity’ of Obama’s mistaken space policy A Hollywood film should remind us of how far the president has allowed us to fall behind China By Douglas MacKinnon2:09 p.m. EDT, October 22, 2013 I...
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