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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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Astronaut applications flood NASA
Maryland WeatherFrom The Sun's print editions: Baltimore Sun reporter Candus Thomson offers this guest post: Apparently the lure of being an astronaut is not dampened by the fact that NASA doesn't have a spacecraft and rocket ready for launch. The U.S.......Tags: Space Programs, New Products
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At Laurel Dunkin' Donuts, Dee Slater serves up her own sweet spirituality
At 5:40 in the morning, the dream team at Dunkin' Donuts on Route 1 was running plays. Dee Slater, a 28-year fixture at the store, fills the quarterback, coach and cheerleader slot. Her four teammates, all lean, quick and responsive, know their...Tags: University of Baltimore, Woodbridge, Anglican, Space Programs, Dunkin' Donuts
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Solar exhibit at Maryland Science Center
Maryland WeatherFrom The Sun's print editions: Baltimore Sun reporter Candus Thomson offers this guest post: Star light, star bright. On Thursday, the Maryland Science Center is scheduled to open a three-month exhibit featuring images of the sun taken during NASA solar.....Tags: Maryland Science Center, Space Programs, Science
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Save the date for basket bingo with the St. Michael's Knights of Columbus and Ladies' Auxiliary
Make sure to save the date as the St. Michael's Knights of Columbus and Ladies Auxiliary will be holding a basket bingo March 10 at the church. Doors open at 5 p.m. for refreshments, and bingo starts at 7 p.m. The bingo will feature Longaberger baskets,...Tags: Mount Airy, Space Programs, Ken Ulman
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Leadership U can help your teenager make a difference
Are you the parent of a current high school sophomore who is interested in making a difference? They may want to consider joining the Leadership U Class of 2012. Leadership U is an exciting leadership development, teambuilding and community service...Tags: Clarksville, Space Programs, PTA, Ellicott City, Teaching and Learning
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Aberdeen High graduate Baker receives second star
In a ceremony at the Pentagon, hosted by Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Jan. 6, Brig. Gen. Ralph O. Baker, an Aberdeen High School graduate, was promoted to major general in the U.S. Army.
The ceremony was attended by...Tags: Defense, Graduation, Parachuting, U.S. Army, Air and Aviation Sports
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The power of light
It doesn’t look like much -- Janet Althen places what looks like a small flashlight with an inverted colored bulb on certain points of the body, holding it there for about 30 seconds -- but for Althen’s patients, as well as a growing number of...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Physiology, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Diabetes, Symptoms
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Albert Reymann, engineer
Albert C. Reymann, a retired Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory mechanical engineer who led a team that helped create the forerunner of the global navigation and positioning systems in use today, died Monday of heart disease at Gilchrist Center...Tags: Space Programs, Newburg, Catonsville, Roman Catholicism, Joseph Butler
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Car talk: High octane inside and outside Fulton coffee shop
Early on a wintry Saturday morning, Phil Mitchell stood watch over his pride and joy: a black and orange 1989 Lotus Esprit.
Like any well-versed car buff, he proceeded to reel off bullet points regarding his handcrafted machine from England —...Tags: Space Programs, Vehicles, Car Engine Repair, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Fairfax County
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Kickstarter isn't just for rock stars anymore
Natasha Brown-Wainwright, 41, still calls it The Twitter. She doesn't upload photos to Facebook without her 16-year-old daughter's help. Her grasp of the Web is fuzzy.
But last summer, she decided to get a clue and join the latest, buzziest social...Tags: Charity, James Franco, Social Media, Twitter, Inc., Media Industry
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Fun with weather on SciJinks
Maryland WeatherFrom The Sun's print editions:Baltimore Sun reporter Candus Thomson offers this guest post: SciJinks, the nifty NASA website for kids — and grownups — includes a look at folklore around the world through the microscope of modern science.... -
Test flight this month at Wallops
Maryland WeatherFrom The Sun's print editions:Baltimore Sun reporter Candus Thomson offers this guest post: NASA is hoping to conduct a test flight of a suborbital rocket from Virginia's Wallops Flight Facility on Jan. 11. The two-stage vehicle, with the friendly...Tags: Space Programs
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