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Press Release August 7, 2013
This year marks the 40th anniversary of Skylab, the nation's original space station. Skylab hosted experiments with results that proved humans could adapt to microgravity and function effectively in that environment for months at a time.
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Press Release August 3, 2013
Christopher Hernandez (Northrop Grumman) and Dr. Annabelle Rodriguez-Oquendo (U of Connecticut) Headline Awards.
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Press Release August 2, 2013
The newly upgraded Payload Operations Integration Center (POIC) at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., manages all the science aboard the space station. On June 19, NASA unveiled upgrades to the payload operations control room.
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Press Release August 1, 2013
The Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) will test the use of laser optics to transfer information to the ground. The switch from radio frequency to a laser beam could improve communication data rates by a factor of 10 to 100.
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Press Release July 31, 2013
NASA recently tested the Surface Telerobotics exploration concept, in which an astronaut in an orbiting spacecraft remotely operates a robot on a planetary surface.
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Press Release July 30, 2013
The Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) investigation aboard the International Space Station will measure aerosols in the air by using light in a manner similar to radar.
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Press Release July 28, 2013
Phase changes from boiling to steam or from freezing to ice testing in microgravity.
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Press Release July 13, 2013
NASA has decided to continue to support and expand the use of the International Space Station's Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO) instrument.
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Press Release July 11, 2013
There is still time to sign up today for 9th annual WITS beginning Monday, July 15 and 16 @ Napa Valley Marriott. Leading technology innovators demonstrate latest products and services during sold-out showcase.
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Press Release July 11, 2013
NASA's Human Research Program to study better the space station's Microbiome.
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Press Release July 10, 2013
An investigation into how boiling behavior changes under different gravity levels. By studying boiling in space, scientists were almost able to eliminate gravity in order to understand its role along with the other heat transfer processes.
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Press Release July 10, 2013
Students go to competition with skills learned through working with NASA HUNCH.
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Press Release July 4, 2013
Solar studies performed on board the space station.
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Press Release July 4, 2013
Finding new ways to discover leaks on board the ISS.
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Press Release July 3, 2013
Astronaut Don Pettit receives NASA Engineer of the Year Award
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Press Release June 18, 2013
PFS Aerospace (http://www.pfs-aerospace.com), a specialist in aerospace inflatables for over two decades, announced today that it had reduced its rates to the most competitive pricing in the market for internet connection microsat launches.
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Press Release June 13, 2013
Carol A. Skowronek, owner and Chief Executive Officer of Tammy and Teddy's Booties, recently started selling two new products.
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Press Release June 3, 2013
Catherine M. Angotti is the first female to hold the title of director of occupational health longer than any of her predecessors
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Press Release March 27, 2013
Nominate women in science, engineering and technology for the 2013 HENAAC Awards
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