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Three New Flight Directors Chosen to Lead NASA's Mission Control
NASA has selected three new flight directors. Greg Whitney, Tomas Gonzalez-Torres and Judd Frieling will join the select group of human spaceflight leaders in the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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Happy Golden Anniversary, Johnson Space Center
After a half-century leading America’s human spaceflight program, NASA's Johnson Space Center goes golden.
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Get Connected as the "Conversation Continues" at TEDxNASAJSCWomen Event
Join Dr. Ellen Ochoa, Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, Cady Coleman and others Thursday, Dec. 1, when Johnson Space Center (JSC) takes part in a national, live web event that focuses on women in science and technology.
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NASA to Add Asteroid Sample to Astromaterials Collection in 2023
Scientists at NASA's Johnson Space Center are preparing to curate and analyze samples from the first U.S. mission to return samples from an asteroid.
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NASA Johnson Teams Win Space Achievement Stellar Awards
Because of their work on the Orion Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle Pad Abort 1 flight test, several teams from JSC received Stellar Awards as part of the Rotary National Awards for Space Achievement.
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Students Shape Spacecraft and Skills with New Program
NASA's Orion Cockpit Working Group team created an innovative new program to keep their project on schedule and within budget, while inspiring a new generation of rocket scientists.
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Mission Control Named for Legendary Flight Director
NASA is recognizing Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., America's first human space mission flight director, by naming the Mission Control Center in his honor.
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Scientists Find New Type of Mineral in Historic Meteorite
NASA and co-researchers from the United States, South Korea and Japan have found a new mineral named "Wassonite" in one of the most historically significant meteorites recovered in Antarctica in December 1969.
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Memorial Ceremony Video
On Jan. 27, 2011, Johnson Space Center paused to remember all fallen astronauts, including the crews of Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia, with a T-38 flyover and a moment of silence. Watch a video here.
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International Space Station L.A.B.S. Video
The 2010 JSC team of NASA’s FIRST leadership development program, spent part of their year producing an ISS-themed educational outreach program for 5th to 8th grade students including an educator guide with eight STEM lessons, a STEM on Station themed digital learning network program, and the inspirational video seen here.
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NASA Assets Provide Orbital View to Study Phoenix Heat Waves
Where you live may say a lot about your socioeconomic status. It also may suggest how vulnerable you are to long periods of excessively hot weather.
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Ohio Astronaut Lands at Glenn
An Ohio astronaut, Michael Foreman, is serving as the Chief of External Programs at NASA's Glenn Research Center.
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NASA Solar-Powered Refrigeration May Soon Help Store Vaccine Supplies in Underdeveloped Regions
The heat of the sun may soon be used to keep much-needed vaccines cool, thanks to a NASA technology originally designed for the moon that is being licensed here on Earth.
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JSC Economic Impact Report: FY 09
The NASA Johnson Space Center is an economic powerhouse paying for salaries, contracts and grants that create jobs and strengthen business in the Clear Lake and Houston regions and across Texas.
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Johnson Space Center Goes Green with New and Revamped Buildings
NASA’s Johnson Space Center has received the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for the expansion of one of its procurement offices, bringing the total number of recognized buildings at the center to three.
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New Study Adds to Finding of Ancient Life Signs in Mars Meteorite
Using more advanced analytical instruments now available, a Johnson Space Center research team has reexamined the 1996 finding that a meteorite contains strong evidence that life may have existed on ancient Mars.
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NASA Study Finds Storage Impacts Nutrients in Space Food
Long-duration storage has a more significant impact on the nutritional value of space foods than does spaceflight, a NASA study has found.
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Original Apollo Films Come Out of the Cold
The complete photographic record from the Apollo Program has remained nearly untouched in a freezer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center—until now.
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Rock Solid: JSC's Lunar Sample Lab Turns 30
A one-of-its-kind facility that preserves and protects a national treasure marks a key anniversary this month as it gets readied for future deliveries from the moon.
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Putting Their Money Where Their Mouths Are: NASA Engineers Get Green
NASA engineers compete to see who can make their home the most energy efficient.