Posted on 03 February 2012. Tags: bottmo center, bottom center, crew-members, international space station, lake onatrio shoreline, lake ontario shoreline, new york city, optical illusion, philadelphia new york
This Jan. 29 panorama of much of the East Coast, photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station, provides a look generally northeastward: Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor (bottom-center); western Lake Ontario shoreline with Toronto (left edge); Montreal (near center). An optical illusion in the photo makes the atmospheric limb [...]
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Posted on 02 February 2012. Tags: alternative treamtents, alternative treatments, international space station, public service announcement, space station research, technology features, techonlogy features
RELEASE : 12-031 Colbert Advocates NASA Space Station Research HAMPTON, Va. — Stephen Colbert, host of the nightly ‘The Colbert Report,’ said in a new NASA public service announcement released today that he’s always been a huge fan of space. The talk show host tells his Colbert Nation — and the world — that he [...]
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Posted on 02 February 2012. Tags: international partner, international space station, international space tsation, johnson space center, media representatives, media representatvies, space station program
MEDIA ADVISORY : M12-021 NASA to Host Media Telecon on Space Station Status HOUSTON — NASA will host a media telecon at 2 p.m. CST today to discuss the status of the International Space Station and the progress toward an updated launch schedule, including international partner and commercial space vehicles. International Space Station Program Manager [...]
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Posted on 01 February 2012. Tags: european space agency, human spaceflight porgram, human spaceflight program, international space station, southeastern connecticut, southeastern connectiuct, space agency astronaut, space station commander
MEDIA ADVISORY : M12-019 East Coast Students to Speak Live With Space Station Commander WASHINGTON — Students participating in a U.S. Coast Guard Academy mentoring program will speak with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank aboard the International Space Station at 11:15 EST on Thursday, Feb. 2. Burbank, a NASA astronaut and retired Coast Guard captain, [...]
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Posted on 31 January 2012. Tags: continuous residence, first come first served basis, international space station, microgravity experiments, microgrvaity experiments, space station missions, union itcket office, union ticket office
MEDIA ADVISORY : M11-018 NASA, University Of Maryland Invite Public To Astronauts’ Discussion Of Recent International Space Station Missions WASHINGTON — NASA and the University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering invite the public to a discussion with three astronauts from recent International Space Station expedition missions at 5:30 p.m. EST on Tuesday, [...]
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Posted on 30 January 2012. Tags: bottom center, british isles, brtiish isles, end effector, international space station, remote manipualtor system, remote manipulator system, solar array panels
With hardware from the Earth-orbiting International Space Station appearing in the near foreground, a night time European panorama reveals city lights from Belgium and the Netherlands at bottom center. the British Isles partially obscured by solar array panels at left, the North Sea at left center, and Scandinavia at right center beneath the end effector [...]
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Posted on 27 January 2012. Tags: eighth grade students, european space agency, human spaceflight program, human spaecflight program, international space station, rsusian cosmonauts, russian cosmonauts, space agency astronaut, space station crew
MEDIA ADVISORY : M12-014 Texas Students to Speak Live With Space Station Crew WASHINGTON — Fifth- through eighth-grade students at Asa Low Intermediate School in Mansfield, Texas, will speak with NASA’s Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineer Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station at 11:50 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Media [...]
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Posted on 26 January 2012. Tags: international space station, mission assurance support, quality assurance engineering, quality assurance enginereing, science applications international, science applications international corp, science paplications international corp
CONTRACT RELEASE : C12-002 NASA Awards Safety And Mission Assurance Contract Extension HOUSTON — NASA has exercised two six-month options to the agency’s Safety and Mission Assurance Support Services Contract with Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) of San Diego for the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The options are worth $32.9 million. Exercise of the [...]
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Posted on 26 January 2012. Tags: aurora flight sciences, experimental satellites, high school students, international space station, media representatives, media representtaives, nasa deputy administrator, numanned aerial vehicle, unmanned aerial vehicle
MEDIA ADVISORY : M12-017 NASA Deputy Administrator Visits Aurora Flight Sciences Highlights Importance Of Technology In An American Economy Built To Last WASHINGTON — NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver will visit Aurora Flight Sciences in Manassas, Va., on Jan. 27 to highlight how government can partner with small business to help create the jobs of [...]
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Posted on 25 January 2012. Tags: acquisition strategies, aerospace sfaety, aerospace-safety, critical safety, international space station, nasa administraotr, nasa administrator, nasa facilities
RELEASE : 12-025 Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases Annual Report WASHINGTON — The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, or ASAP, has released its 2011 annual report. The ASAP holds quarterly fact-finding and public meetings and visits NASA facilities to directly observe the agency’s operations and decision making. In this year’s report, the panel highlighted issues related [...]
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