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| 05.03.07 - Centennial Challenge to Excavate Moon Dirt Set for May 12
On Saturday, May 12, teams from around the nation will compete for a total of $250,000 from NASA for an autonomously operating system to excavate simulated "lunar regolith," or the moon's soil. + Read More | |||
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| 05.03.07 - Peter Homer Wins NASA's Challenge for Improved Astronaut Gloves
Peter Homer of Southwest Harbor, Maine, won $200,000 from NASA for his entry in the Astronaut Glove Challenge. The competition was one of NASA's seven Centennial Challenges. + Read More | |||
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| 04.12.07 - NASA Engineer Helps Train Puppy for Future Leadership Role
One of NASA's newest workers is a top dog … literally. A golden retriever puppy named Aries goes to work every day at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. as part of the "Leader Dogs for the Blind" program. + Read More | |||
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| 04.09.07 - High School and College Teams to Compete in NASA’s 14th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race April 13-14
High school and college students will race their self-powered moonbuggies on a half-mile, lunar-like surface in NASA’s 14th annual Great Moonbuggy Race April 13-14. + Read More | |||
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| 03.30.07 - NASA Announces First Lichten Internship Award Winner
NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, in cooperation with the American Helicopter Society International selected Eric Greenwood II as its first NASA AHS Lichten Internship Award winner. + Read More | |||
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| 03.29.07 - NASA Astronaut to Run Boston Marathon in Space
Astronaut Suni Williams will go faster than anyone has ever gone in the Boston Marathon. She will run the famed race in April as an official entrant from 210 miles above Earth aboard the ISS. + Read More | |||
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| 03.27.07 - NASA Announces Aeronautics Research Opportunities
NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate has amended its NASA Research Announcement to solicit additional research proposals. + Read More | |||
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| 03.20.07 - NASA Scientists and Teachers to Study Mars in the Mojave Desert
Teachers will join NASA scientists to study microbes in California's Mojave desert. + Read More | |||
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| 03.08.07 - Winner of Space Station Student Naming Contest
NASA's newest module for the International Space Station is about to be given a new name. NASA's Kennedy Space Center hosts a media event on Thursday, March 15, at noon EDT to unveil the Node 2 module's new name. + Read More | |||
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| 02.08.07 - NASA Ames Researchers Featured at Annual Science Meeting
NASA researchers to discuss Mars as a life-sustaining planet, potential asteroid impacts on Earth and other topics at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in San Francisco. + Read More | |||
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| 02.08.07 - First African-American Spacewalker at Conference
NASA and the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) will host the 12th Annual Pre-Service Teacher Conference Feb. 15-17 at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center, in Alexandria, Va. + Read More | |||
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| 01.31.07 - Historic Jamestown Artifact, Mementos to Fly on Shuttle
To honor early American explorers, NASA will fly into space four coins and a nearly 400-year-old artifact from historic Jamestown. + Read More | |||
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| 01.25.07 - NASA and Woods Hole Linkup Connects Space and Sea Explorers
Two extreme explorers will connect in a unique call Friday, Jan. 26, linking the depths of the ocean with the heights of Earth orbit. + Read More | |||
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| 01.12.07 - Educator Astronaut to Meet Students and Media
NASA's first educator astronaut Barbara Morgan will meet with hundreds of students during "Meet an Astronaut Day" at Space Center Houston Jan. 19. + Read More | |||
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| 12.21.06 - NASA's KSC Providing Assistance to Santa on Christmas Eve
The Debris Imaging Radar System, used during the night launch of STS-116, is a new system at KSC that will now be made available to Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. + Read More | |||
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| 12.18.06 - NASA and Google Bring Exploration to Earth
NASA Ames Research Center and Google have signed a Space Act Agreement that formally establishes a relationship to work together. + Read More | |||
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| 12.15.06 - NASA Looking for Future Explorers
NASA is searching for the next generation of explorers to participate in the challenge of designing and building a lunar rover or "moonbuggy" to compete in the 14th Great Moonbuggy Race. + Read More | |||
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| 12.15.06 - NASA Selects Teams to Fly on 'Weightless Wonder'
Thirty-four undergraduate student teams have been selected to fly and conduct experiments aboard NASA's "Weightless Wonder" reduced gravity aircraft next spring. + Read More | |||
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| 12.06.06 - NASA Sends Students to the Utah Desert for Mars Research
Two dozen explorers will soon don space suits, live in an enclosed Mars habitat and conduct a research expedition here on Earth to learn about the future exploration of the moon and Mars. + Read More | |||
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| 11.27.06 - Students, Teachers Explore With NASA at Three Houston Events
Three upcoming events will give students and teachers a chance to step virtually on the surfaces of the moon and Mars, be certified to handle lunar samples and learn about Mars-bound rovers. + Read More | |||
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