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- New Jersey Education Consortium Hosts Live Chat with Space Station Astronauts February 17, 2012Students and educators from Sussex County, N.J., will gather at Newton High School on Wednesday, Feb. 22, to further their space studies by speaking live with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineer Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station. […]
- NASA Aeronautics Is Focus of Research And Technology Roundtable February 16, 2012NASA officials will meet with aeronautics industry, academia and government leaders Feb. 21-22 for the second in a series of roundtable discussions about future directions for aeronautics research and technology. […]
- NASA Events and Future Forum Mark 50 Years of Americans in Orbit February 16, 2012Feb. 20 marks the 50th anniversary of the day in 1962 when U.S. Sen. John Glenn piloted his Friendship 7 spacecraft on the first U.S. orbital. In the next two weeks, NASA Television will broadcast a series of live events and special programming to commemorate 50 years of Americans in orbit, including the premiere of a new documentary and special interactive […]
- Teachers Fly Experiments on NASA Reduced Gravity Flights February 14, 2012More 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. […]
- NASA Announces Third Round Of CubeSat Space Mission Candidates February 14, 2012NASA has selected 33 small satellites to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard rockets planned to launch in 2013 and 2014. […]