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NASA Song Soars To Grammy Nomination
NASA Song Soars To Grammy Nomination. Singer Patti LaBelle has been nominated for a Grammy for her rendition of 'Way Up There.' The song was originally commissioned by NASA to commemorate the Centennial of Flight. LaBelle brought the song into national prominence, when she sang it at the first memorial service for the seven Space Shuttle Columbia astronauts.
NASA Technology Helpful During Pregnancy
By keeping track of some very small American hearts with a new, portable fetal heart monitor, NASA technology is relieving some of the worry of a high-risk pregnancy. NASA technology comes to the aid of women during pregnancy. Researchers from NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., worked with Baby Beats Inc., & Washington State University's Small Business Development Center to transfer and develop aerospace technology to assist with pregnancy.
NASA Administrator Offers Support For Kennedy Space Center
A statement from NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe regarding the damage left behind at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the wake of Hurricane Frances. "The Kennedy Space Center suffered significant damage as Hurricane Frances swept across Florida. However, our primary concern is for the safety and well being of the entire NASA family along the Space Coast."
NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe Statement About FY06 Budget
Statement by NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe about the Administration's fiscal year 2006 budget proposal and the Vision for Space Exploration. "The fiscal 2006 NASA budget reaffirms the President's commitment to the Vision for Space Exploration and provides us the next step in implementing it. The exploration Vision provides a historic opportunity to focus NASA for the long term, and the process is well under way. We are transforming NASA and making great progress.
Constellation Systems
On June 13, 2005, NASA announced the selection of Lockheed Martin Corp. and the team of Northrop Grumman Corp. and The Boeing Co. that will lead to an award to build the agency's Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV). Named after the patterns that stars form in the night sky, Constellation Systems at NASA HQ Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) is responsible for developing the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) and related exploration architecture elements.
Frequently Asked Questions About the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV)& Moon Return
Frequently Asked Questions About the Crew Exploration Vehicle & Moon Return. What is the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV)? The CEV is America’s new spacecraft for human space exploration. It will be able to ferry crews of three astronauts (plus additional cargo) to and from the International Space Station, but has the capability to carry as many as six crew members. Why are we going back to the moon? Returning to the moon is an important component of the President's Vision for Space Exploration.
Milestone Marked In Space
MILESTONE MARKED IN SPACE – 1,000 DAYS OF HUMAN PRESENCE ON International Space STATION. A milestone will be marked in space Tuesday July 29, 2003, the 1,000th consecutive day of people living and working aboard the International Space Station. Seven crews have lived on the Space Station, as it has dramatically grown in size and capabilities.
Next International Space Station Crew Named
Next International Space Station Crew Named - NASA astronaut Michael Foale and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri
Michael Phelps and Olympic Swimmers Shattering Records in NASA-Tested Suit
Michael Phelps of the United States has now won more Olympic gold medals than any athlete in the modern era. Thanks to a new fabric tested in NASA Langley's 7- by 11-Inch Low Speed Wind Tunnel, Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin, the US Swimming team and other swimmers from around the world are setting new world records. Discover the cecret of record setting Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin.
September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks - 9/11 Attacks
On September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked the World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington. Read about 9/11/01 as viewed by Frank Culbertson on the International Space Station. Learn the reaction of astronauts including Frank Culbertson aboard the International Space Station as the World Trade Centers fell to terrorist attacks on 9/11/2001. Find out the effect of the 9 11 attack on the pentagon to the space program.
Stardust Mission Cool Facts
Stardust is the first U.S. mission launched to robotically obtain samples in deep space & return them to Earth. Stardust is the first NASA mission dedicated to exploring a comet. Comets are leftover materials that formed of the planets & the Sun more than 4.5 billion years ago & contain many of the organic materials thought to be essential for the origin of life. Comet Wild 2, the destination of Stardust, almost collided with Jupiter in 1974, causing its orbit to be deflected closer to the Sun.
Stardust Returns
Date: January 15, 2006 - NASA's Stardust sample return mission returned safely to Earth when the capsule carrying cometary and interstellar particles successfully touched down at 2:10 a.m. Pacific time (3:10 a.m. Mountain time) in the desert salt flats of the U.S. Air Force Utah Test and Training Range.
Stardust Coming Home
NASA's Stardust mission return capsule will land Sunday January 15, 2006 at approximately 5:12 a.m. EST (3:12 a.m. MST) on the Utah Test and Training Range. Stardust is completing a 2.88 billion mile round-trip odyssey to capture and return cometary and interstellar dust particles to Earth. The spacecraft performs its last maneuver to put it on the correct path to enter the atmosphere tomorrow at 11:53 p.m. EST (9:53 p.m. MST).
NASA Looking For Volunteers
Astronomy buffs who jumped at the chance to use their home computers in the SETI@home search for intelligent life in the universe will soon be able to join an Internet-based search for dust grains originating from stars millions of light years away. In a new project called Stardust@home, University of California, Berkeley, researchers will invite Internet users to help them search for a few dozen submicroscopic grains of interstellar dust captured by NASA's Stardust spacecraft.
Space Station Crew Looks For Special Christmas Delivery
The International Space Station crew will get a special Christmas delivery when the next Russian cargo ship docks to the orbiting laboratory Dec. 23. NASA Television will provide live coverage of the 2:55 p.m. EST docking beginning at 2 p.m. The Progress spacecraft will launch Dec. 21 at 1:38 p.m. EST from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The craft will spend two days closing in on the station before docking to the Pirs Docking Compartment.
NASA Makes Magic: Harry Potter Goes to Space
It seems that a certain boy wizard has a high flying fan. NASA astronaut & International Space Station Commander Bill McArthur was unhappy at the prospect of missing "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," the newest movie in the Harry Potter series. As part of NASA's regular assistance to crew members on long-duration space flights, NASA contacted the maker of the Harry Potter movies, Warner Bros. Pictures, in the hopes that they might work some magic & help McArthur see the film while in space.
NASA Plans Return to Moon by 2018 - NASA Unveils New Crew Exploration Vehicle
Finally, it appears we are returning to the moon. Not as soon as many of us would have liked, but the wheels of NASA often turn slowly. NASA now says it hopes to put humans on the Lunar surface again by the year 2018, and this time, we're going to stay, building outposts and paving the way for eventual journeys to Mars and beyond. NASA says, "it won't be your grandfather's moon shot." NASA's new spaceship is the centerpiece to making the Vision for Space Exploration a reality.
Johnson Space Center Closes as NASA Watches Rita
After the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina (including damage to Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans) and with the extremely powerful Hurricane Rita approaching, NASA is taking no chances. As of 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday September 21, 2005, NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston closed. A small, emergency rideout crew will remain on site. The center will not reopen until the storm threat has passed.
Son of Space Veteran Guilty of Possession of Child Pornography
The son of one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts is currently awaiting sentencing on child pornaography charges. On August 31, 2005, Schirra's son, 55 year old Walter M. Schirra III, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography in a federal sex tourism case. He had been arrested November 6, 2004 trying to board a Thailand-bound plane. While none of the items discovered were illegal, they led to a search of Schirrs's home, which revealed child pornography on his computer.
NASA Honors High Flying Space Pioneers
In the 1960s, eight military & civilian test pilots flew the radical X-15 rocket plane out of the atmosphere & into the record books, earning astronaut status. Until today, 3 of those early astronaut test pilots never received official recognition of their lofty membership as astronauts because only the military had astronaut wings to confer on their pilots at that time. Civilian NASA pilots were never recognized for going beyond the atmosphere & into space flying the X-15 experimental aircraft.
Potty Training - How To Go To The Bathroom In Space
There are many things we take for granted here on Earth that take on a whole new aspect when you're orbiting the Earth in microgravity. One of the most asked questions that NASA receives involves bathroom rituals. Let’s see what a trip to the bathroom in the shuttle entails.
Seeding The Solar System
According to The Sunday Times, Far from discovering life on Mars, NASA may have put it there. A new book titled Out of Eden, by Alan Burdick, says microbes may be living in the electronic circuits of the twin Mars robotic landers, Spirit and Opportunity. According to Burdick, Kasthuri Venkateswaran, a microbiologist at NASA's spacecraft assembly plant says tests have shown that the microbes could have survived the vacuum of space as well as the extremes of the Martian climate.
STS-114 Launch Scrubbed
Today's Return to Flight launch of Space Shuttle Discovery has been postponed due to an issue with a low-level fuel cutoff sensor located inside the External Tank. The sensor protects an orbiter's main engines by triggering them to shut down in the event fuel runs unexpectedly low. NASA managers are currently meeting to evaluate the sensor issue. More information will be released at a press conference scheduled for no earlier than 4:30 p.m. EDT this afternoon from Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Space Shuttle 'Go for Launch' on July 13
It has been nearly two and a half years since the disintegration of the space shuttle Columbia caused the grounding of the entire space shuttle fleet. For the last 29 months, the crew of the International Space Station has been down to two people and has been relying on Russian Soyuz rockets for supplies. Finally, after a two-day Flight Readiness Review meeting at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, senior managers approved a July 13 launch date for Discovery.
NASA's Great Observatories Provide a Detailed View of Kepler's Supernova Remnant
NASA's three Great Observatories — the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope, and the Chandra X-ray Observatory - joined forces to probe the expanding remains of a supernova, called Kepler's supernova remnant, first seen 400 years ago by sky watchers, including famous astronomer Johannes Kepler. NASA's Great Observatories Provide a Detailed View of Kepler's Supernova Remnant.