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Registration opens for NASA Night Rover Challenge

Posted April 5, 2013 by

Registration is open for teams seeking to compete in the $1.5 million energy storage competition known as the Night Rover Challenge, sponsored by NASA and the Cleantech Open of Palo Alto, Calif. To win, a team must demonstrate a stored energy system that can power a simulated solar-powered exploration vehicle that can operate through multiple…

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Edwards Civ Mil Group Spring Mixer attracts Air Force officers

Posted April 3, 2013 by Raphael Jaffe

About 96 people attended the Edwards Air Force Base Support Group Spring Mixer March 28 and the breakdown was about 50-50 between Air Force officers and group members.

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Events for April 2013

Posted April 3, 2013 by

April 1-3 – WCRP Regional Workshop on Stratosphere-Troposphere Processes and their Role in Climate, Kyoto, Japan http://www-mete.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/Kyoto2013/index.html April 2-5 – 47th ESLAB Conference: The Universe as Seen by Planck, Noordwijk, The Netherlands http://congrexprojects.com/13a11 April 2-5 – Conference: The Chemical Cosmos, Windsor, United Kingdom www.isa.au.dk/meetings/chemcos2013/index.asp April 3 – Lecture: Teaching Old Spacecraft New Tricks, London, United…

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South by Southwest crowds flock to see NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope full-scale model, exhibit

Posted April 3, 2013 by

Northrop Grumman photograph Northrop Grumman’s four-story high, tennis court-sized full-scale model of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope attracted thousands at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas, March 8-10. REDONDO BEACH, Calif. Northrop Grummanís four-story high, tennis court-sized full-scale model of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope attracted thousands at the recent South by…

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National Naval Aviation Museum opens women in Naval aviation exhibit

Posted March 20, 2013 by

Naval History and Heritage Command’s National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Fla., is opening a new exhibit featuring the path women have taken from their support of naval aviation as “yeomanettes” to pilots on the front lines March 21. “I think the museum has created a marvelous, lasting tribute to all the women who have…

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‘Galactic Gala’ at the California Science Center breaks fundraising records

Posted March 20, 2013 by

At the California Science Center’s 15th annual Discovery Ball March 19, nearly 850 guests celebrated “Space Exploration: Past, Present and Future.” As part of the festivities, guests previewed “Mission 26: The Big Endeavour” a photographic exhibition which opened March 11, and dined under the wings of Space Shuttle Endeavour in the Samuel Oschin Pavilion. The…

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Original part from B-17F Memphis Belle returns home

Posted March 1, 2013 by Rob Bardua

Air Force photograph The B-17F “Memphis Belleís” engine primer knob from the co-pilotís side panel. Young Airman Ralph Barrett had no idea what that strange looking part he had found in Memphis was, but it looked interesting so he picked it up and decided to hang onto it. The part eventually made it to his…

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Plane Crazy Saturday!

Posted February 13, 2013 by

Feb. 16, 2013 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Free admission!   All glider and sailplane enthusiasts are invited   Special Guest Speaker at 11 a.m. Soaring to Space With Jim Payne, Chief Pilot Perlan 2 Project     The Perlan Project is an attempt to fly a glider to 90,000 feet in a weather phenomenon called the…

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NASA hosts first Google+ hangout connecting with space station

Posted February 8, 2013 by

NASA will host its first Google+ Hangout live with the International Space Station from 11 a.m. to noon EST, Feb. 22. This event will connect NASA’s social media followers with astronauts on the ground and living and working aboard the laboratory orbiting 240 miles above Earth. Google+ Hangouts allow as many as 10 people to…

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NASA hosts workshop for study on applications for large space optics

Posted February 1, 2013 by

NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will host a national workshop for the Study on Applications for Large Space Optics Feb. 5-6. The workshop will feature presentations on concepts for the use of two large space telescopes that were transferred to NASA last year. The SALSO workshop will help develop concepts aligned with five principal areas:…

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