WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved, by voice vote, legislation to address the “brain drain” at NASA. Within five years, a quarter of the NASA workforce will […]
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Northrop Grumman’s Newest Fire Control Software Guides Missile Defense Program to Successful Flight Test
Northrop Grumman Corporation played a vital role in today’s test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense missile defense system, supplying two key products that helped guide the test to a successful […]
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Orbital Successfully Carries out Third Launch of Missile Defense Interceptor Vehicle
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced today that the company’s missile defense interceptor boost vehicle, being developed and manufactured for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, carried […]
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House of Representatives to take up NASA Flexibility Act of 2003
On Wednesday 28 January 2004, the House of Representatives will take up S. 610, the “NASA Workforce Flexibility Act of 2003”. This legislation was introduced in the House by Science […]
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X-ray shout echoing through space
ESA’s X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, has imaged a spectacular set of rings which appear to expand, with a speed a thousand times faster than that of light, around the point in […]
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NASA Scientists Use Yeast to Understand Microgravity
NASA scientists will study brewers yeast –typically used to make bread and beer — to better understand how microgravity affects genes, and gain insight into the genetic basis of how […]
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Tony Lavoie named director of Flight Projects at NASA’s Marshall Center
NASA veteran Tony Lavoie has been appointed director of Flight Projects at the Marshall Center, where he will lead more than 1,400 civil servant and contract employees. Lavoie’s directorate is […]
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NASA Funds Work Force Development Projects
NASA has selected 43 consortia in the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program (Space Grant) to receive funding in 2004 for aerospace work force development. The agency is awarding […]
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Aerojet Awarded Air Force Research Laboratory Ramjet Development Contract
Aerojet, a GenCorp Inc. company, through its recently announced acquisition of the assets of Atlantic Research Corporation’s propulsion business (ARC Propulsion) was named by Raytheon Missile Systems to be the […]
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NASA MSFC Video Producer Nominated for Regional Emmy Award
A video producer at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has been nominated for a regional Emmy award – the first Emmy nomination ever received for work at […]
