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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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Swamp Sunrise
The SwampGood morning. Here are a few Washington events of note for Thursday, July 24. NASA is announcing the first results from a fleet of five satellites that have discovered what powers sudden brightening and rapid movements of the Northern......Tags: Parliament, Upper House
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Family Filmgoer: A guide for parents
OK FOR 6 AND OLDER ''SPACE CHIMPS'' (G) Kids 10 or younger may find '' Space Chimps'' amusing, but parents will sigh. In this 'toon about NASA chimps who are way smarter than their human handlers know, there are bad rhymes-with-chimp puns and plenty...Tags: Family, Wars and Interventions, The Dark Knight, Missing in Action, Heath Ledger
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Fuel Prices Could Spur Innovations, Aiding Environment
Courant Staff WriterThe extraordinary fuel costs roiling the U.S. airline industry could lead to long-term environmental benefits by spurring technological and public policy innovations, a panel of aviation experts said Wednesday in Hartford. "It's been very painful, but it...Tags: East Hartford, Global Change, Government, Ecosystems, Air Transportation
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Cadavers in space
NASA used three cadavers in tests last year at Ohio State University on the Orion capsule that is to take astronauts back to the moon about 2020. Real bodies are necessary to monitor the effects of the descent on internal organs and the spinal cord,...Tags: Ohio State University
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Don't buy into drilling
The current drive by President Bush and the oil companies to increase offshore drilling should ring familiar, for it mirrors the administration's manipulation of public opinion in preparation for the U.S. invasion of Iraq. After the shock of the Sept....Tags: Wars and Interventions, Coral Reefs, Old Dominion University, Global Change, Bodies of Water
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Heavenly bodies converge for NASA
HOUSTON — File this one under "e" for "ewww factor." NASA has used human cadavers to test the new Orion space capsule that is supposed to take astronauts back to the moon sometime around 2020. Three cadavers were used in experiments at Ohio...Tags: Ohio State University, Space Programs
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Jupiter dominates summer sky
Maryland WeatherThis fine spell of dry weather is providing Marylanders with a great opportunity for stargazing. We got home late last night after dinner with the honeymooners and I couldn't help noticing what a great show the moon and Jupiter were putting on...... -
At the solar system's edge
Sun reporterPhysicist Rob Decker is obsessed with a region of space that has an ominous name: the termination shock. It's out there, at the very edge of the solar system, 90 times as far away as Earth is from the sun. It is the region where solar wind comes to a...Tags: Applied Science, Weather Reports, Natural Science, Applied Physics, University of Chicago
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NASA considers Japanese-made craft
TOKYO — NASA has begun unofficial negotiations with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on purchasing the H-2 Transfer Vehicle, an unmanned cargo transfer spacecraft developed in Japan, as the successor to its space shuttles, which are to...Tags: Rocketry, Space Programs, Technology
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