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Congress members urge NASA to spare planetary science funding
Don't cut planetary science funding, members of Congress urged NASA on Friday. In a letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), urged the space agency to maintain funding levels for...
Tags: Adam Schiff, Science and Technology, Politics, NASA, Eryn Brown
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Year in Review: JPL reaches Mars, Leko let go, a new market sprouts up
“We're safe on Mars.” La Caņada Flintridge's connection to the heavens made for a sensational story in 2012, as Jet Propulsion Laboratory safely landed the NASA rover Curiosity on the Red Planet. JPL engineer Al Chen made the announcement...
Tags: Adam Schiff, Wildlife, Sport Chalet Incorporated, Meatballs, Science and Technology
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Parking spot for Mars rover is picked for convenience
The rover being sent to Mars in search of extraterrestrial life has found its parking spot, and like many humans, its getting one as close to its destination as possible. Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Caņada Flintridge said this...Tags: Adam Schiff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Science and Technology, Space Programs, Satellite Technology
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Schiff sees red over JPL cuts
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) provoked a tense exchange with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden during a House budget hearing Wednesday on proposed cuts to Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars program. Schiff grilled Bolden for nearly 17 minutes about NASA's...
Tags: Adam Schiff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Programs, Science and Technology, NASA
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NASA cuts threaten employees, Mars exploration
Proposed cuts to next year’s NASA budget would drastically scale back the agency’s efforts to explore Mars, likely costing hundreds of Jet Propulsion Laboratory workers their jobs. In the scope of a more than $17.7-billion proposed 2013...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Adam Schiff, Science and Technology, Job Layoffs, Career and Workplace
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NASA chief pledges Mars help
With proposed federal budget cuts threatening to eliminate hundreds of jobs at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA head Charles Bolden pledged Wednesday at JPL’s Mars mission control room that the agency would try to keep those scientists and...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Programs, Science and Technology, NASA
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NASA head Bolden to tour Langley Research Center Friday
HAMPTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will tour NASA-Langley Research Center Friday, where he’ll get a look at ongoing work and take a turn in a cockpit simulator. Bolden will visit Langley’s Air Traffic Operations Laboratory and join...Tags: NASA, Air Transportation Industry
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Third-grader names asteroid that is focus of NASA mission
Asteroid (101955)1999 RQ36 doesn't really roll off the tongue, but asteroid Bennu? That's an asteroid that a person, a country and the world can get excited about. This week, NASA announced that 9-year-old Michael Toler Puzio of North Carolina had won...
Tags: Space Programs, Science and Technology, Barack Obama, Satellite Technology, NASA
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Antares rocket blasts into orbit for first time in test for NASA
In its maiden flight to space, a commercially built 13-story rocket blasted off from a launch pad off the coast of Virginia in a test mission for NASA. The Antares rocket, developed by Orbital Sciences Corp., roared into orbit after launching Sunday...
Tags: Space Programs, Science and Technology, Satellite Technology, NASA, Orbital Sciences Corporation
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Naval Academy astronauts return to inspire next generation
The course is Human Space Flight. The subject for today: analogues — the scenarios found in the world or contrived in the laboratory that NASA uses to simulate work and life aboard a space ship. Naval Academy professor Ken Reightler leads the...
Tags: Technology, Science and Technology, Annapolis, United States Naval Academy, NASA
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos hails recovery of some Apollo F-1 engines
Jeff Bezos: founder and CEO of Amazon.com, and now, bona fide ocean explorer. A year after vowing to send a team into the ocean to find F-1 engines from the historic Apollo 11 moon launch, Bezos announced Wednesday that the team had recovered F-1 engine...
Tags: Science and Technology, Apollo Moon Mission (1961-1975), Human Interest, NASA, Amazon Kindle
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NASA observation satellite blasts into orbit from Vandenberg
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE -- A 19-story white rocket successfully lifted a NASA science satellite into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, located northwest of Santa Barbara. The picture-perfect launch, which took place Monday at 10:02 a.m. PST,...
Tags: U.S. Geological Survey, Environmental Issues, Medical Procedures and Tests, Satellite Technology, NASA
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