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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is headed by administrator Michael Griffin. The agency has a budget of $17.3 billion and operates 10 centers, including the Kennedy Space Center about 45 minutes east of Orlando. The agency plans to mothball the current space shuttle program after the last launch in 2010. Then it will begin work on the Constellation program, with the first launch scheduled for 2015.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is headed by administrator Michael Griffin. The agency has a budget of $17.3 billion and operates 10 centers, including the Kennedy Space Center about 45 minutes east of Orlando. The agency plans to mothball the current space shuttle program after the last launch in 2010. Then it will begin work on the Constellation program, with the first launch scheduled for 2015.
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Russian space agency chief says financial crisis, poor US ties will not hurt space program
Associated Press WriterBAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) _ The ongoing global economic turmoil and increasingly strained ties between Moscow and Washington will not stand in the way of further space exploration, Russia's space agency chief said Saturday. Roscosmos director Anatoly...Tags: Space Programs, Aerospace Manufacturing, Contracts, Technology, Satellite Technology
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NASA to push ahead on launch of rover to Mars
LOS ANGELES NASA said yesterday it will press ahead with plans to launch a supersized rover to Mars next year despite spiraling costs and schedule pressures. The decision to maintain the status quo - at least for now - came after the space agency's top...Tags: Space Programs
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NASA's big, new Mars rover is still a go
NASA has decided to press ahead with plans to launch a big new rover to Mars next year. Friday's decision comes after concerns were raised about the budget and technical progress for the Mars Science Laboratory. The head of the Mars exploration...Tags: Space Programs
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NASA presses ahead for launch next year of big Mars rover with rock-zapping laser
AP Science WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) _ NASA said Friday it will press ahead with plans to launch a supersized rover to Mars next year despite spiraling costs and schedule pressures. The decision to maintain the status quo — at least for now — came after the...Tags: Space Programs, Engineering
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Small asteroid likely to strike Earth tonight
Maryland WeatherThis just in from Spaceweather.com:'A small, newly-discovered asteroid named 2008 TC3 is approaching Earth and chances are good that it will hit. Steve Chesley of JPL [NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory] estimates that atmospheric entry will occur on Oct...Tags: Space Programs, Fires, Natural Disasters, Disasters, Research
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Lecture on planets to kick off NASA series
James Head, a professor at Brown University, will present a free lecture called "The Exploration of the Moon and Planets: A New Perspective on Earth" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the IMAX theater at the Virginia Air and Space Center in Hampton. The...Tags: Space Programs, Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), IMAX
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The $700 billion man with an engineer's mind
The Washington PostMany of the complicated securities at the center of the subprime mortgage crisis were designed by mathematicians and physicists, and now the U.S. government has tapped an aerospace engineer who used to design NASA satellites to start unraveling them....Tags: Washington Post Company, National Government, Henry Paulson, Housing and Urban Planning, Aerospace Manufacturing
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oDD nEwS
Something odd happening in your neighborhood Curses, Foiled Again • Miami police investigating the hit-and-run death of Ana Iris Perez-Hernandez, 25, identified Jose Santiago, 62, as their suspect after finding remains of the homemade spaghetti...Tags: Gainesville, Jose Santiago, Space Programs, Winnie the Pooh, Vehicles
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NASA saves 1,900 jobs -- but it's not clear how
Sentinel Staff WritersNASA told Congress on Wednesday that fewer jobs than predicted will be lost at Kennedy Space Center when the space shuttle is retired, even as the question of jobs at Cape Canaveral heated up as a presidential-election issue. According to a new NASA...Tags: Kennedy Space Center, John McCain, National Government, Government, Employees
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Lecture on Tuesday marks NASA's 50th anniversary
Daily PressJames Head, a professor at Brown University, will present a lecture called "The Exploration of the Moon and Planets: A New Perspective on Earth" at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the IMAX theater at the Virginia Air and Space Center in Hampton. Admission is free...Tags: Space Programs, Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), IMAX
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A brief history of air traffic control
Key events in the history of air traffic control: --1903: The dawn of modern aviation with the first powered, heavier-than-air flight by the Wright brothers. --1910s: The relatively few planes around stay close to the ground, flying from one...Tags: Transportation, Air Transportation Industry, Air Transportation, Orville; Wright| Wilbur Wright, Satellite Technology
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Former TRW Inc. president Edsel Dunford dies
LOS ANGELES - Edsel D. Dunford, a former TRW Inc. president and aerospace engineer who helped develop pioneering satellites for the United States during the Cold War, died Friday. He was 73. Dunford died at his home in Rolling Hills, Calif., after kidney...Tags: Film Festivals, Rolling Hills, National Government, Diseases, Natural Science
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