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    NASA Kepler Mission Offers Opportunity to Send Names into Space

    MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – How cool would it be to have your name on board the spacecraft that discovers the first known Earth-like planet beyond our solar system? Well, here’s your chance.
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    MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – How cool would it be to have your name on board the spacecraft that discovers the first known Earth-like planet beyond our solar system? Well, here’s your chance.

    NASA today announced an opportunity for anyone to submit their name to be included on a DVD and rocketed into space as part of NASA’s Kepler Mission, scheduled to launch in February 2009 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

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  • SAN JOSE, Calif. -- NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale announced Wednesday the launch of NASA Education TV (NASA eTV), a partnership with the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) to produce new educational television programs for distribution on NASA Television and the Internet.

    NASA, NIA Announce NASA Education Television Partnership

    05.14.08 - SAN JOSE, Calif. -- NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale announced Wednesday the launch of NASA Education TV (NASA eTV), a partnership with the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) to produce new educational television programs for distribution on NASA Television and the Internet.

  • MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- The 2007 NASA Government Invention of the Year is a heat shield material slightly more dense than balsa wood that is designed to protect spacecraft during their fiery re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.

    NASA's Insulation Material Named NASA Government Invention of 2007

    05.13.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- The 2007 NASA Government Invention of the Year is a heat shield material slightly more dense than balsa wood that is designed to protect spacecraft during their fiery re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.

  • The Phoenix Mars Mission Landing Press Conference will be May 25, 2008 at the NASA Ames Exploration Center broadcasting a historic event -- the Phoenix Mars Mission is landing on Mars to study the nature of Martian ice.

    NASA Ames Scientists Available to Discuss Phoenix Mission Landing

    05.09.08 - SAN JOSE, Calif. -- NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale will announce a significant new education initiative at a NASA Future Forum on May 14, 2008, at The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, Calif.

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