• Press Release: Capitol Hill Forum: NASA at a Turning Point

    Updated: 2011-10-27 08:00:00
    On the Planetary Society web site: Capitol Hill Forum: NASA at a Turning Point

  • Former NASA science chief Alan Stern to run UCF Space Institute

    Updated: 2011-10-18 21:26:41
    NASA’s former associate administrator for Science, S. Alan Stern, has been named director of the Florida Space Institute at Kennedy Space Center.  Stern will help the institute, a part of the University of Central Florida, develop projects that align UCF and Florida with the new emphasis in the space industry – unmanned flights, commercial flight, science missions [...]

  • Slice of History: Freeway Tunnel Simulator

    Updated: 2011-10-07 00:09:31
    By Julie Cooper Each month in “Slice of History” we feature a historical photo from the JPL Archives. See more historical photos and explore the JPL Archives at https://beacon.jpl.nasa.gov/. Freeway Tunnel Simulator — Photograph Number P-20673A In October 1978, this photo was taken of a freeway tunnel simulator, which was used to study the air quality in freeways [...]

  • Awarding gold medals to astronauts is no small step for lawmakers

    Updated: 2011-10-03 20:41:58
    [From Richard Simon of the Tribune Washington Bureau] WASHINGTON — It’s probably a good thing that Congress didn’t plan the moonshot. The House on Monday is expected to authorize the use of the U.S. Capitol Rotunda for a Nov. 16 ceremony to present congressional gold medals to Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins and John Glenn [...]

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