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Safety Component Arrives for Orion Flight Test
A critical segment of Orion's Launch Abort System, the launch abort motor, recently arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for Exploration Flight Test (EFT)-1.
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New Diagnostic Tools Offer Telemedicine Potential
Imagine diagnosing a sick patient in space -- or halfway around the world. Two technologies could someday make telemedicine easier for NASA and doctors on Earth.
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Used Sandblasting Material Finds Concrete Purpose
Engineers are exploring an option to mix spent sandblasting material into concrete so it doesn't have to go to the landfill instead.
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Crash Forces Robotic Rebuild for Competition
Two student-lead teams competing in the FIRST Robotics Competition rebuilt their machines after a highway crash.
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Space Day Highlights Kennedy Accomplishments
Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana met with Florida legislators at the Capitol in Tallahassee and spoke to middle school students during Florida Space Day.
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Research May Unlock Secret of Alzheimer's
A space experiment could show how proteins collect in a brain to cause Alzheimer's and other diseases say scientists at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
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Atlantis' New Home to Open June 29
Officials at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex recently announced June 29 as the grand opening date for the space shuttle Atlantis exhibit.
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NASA On Course to Launch Orion Flight Test
The first spacecraft NASA has designed to fly astronauts beyond Earth orbit since the Apollo era is well on its way to making a flight test next year, agency officials said Wednesday.
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Crews Rehearse LAS Stacking with Orion
Engineers, crane operators and technicians practiced the careful maneuvers that will be required to stack a Launch Abort System onto an Orion spacecraft.
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Delaware North Shares Visitor Complex Plan
Space shuttle Atlantis displayed inside its new home and the Angry Birds Space Encounter will soon greet visitors to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
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Pink, Purple Luna*Bot Aims to Inspire Girls
Kennedy Space Center reaches out to students, with an emphasis on elementary school-age girls, with its newest team member and mascot Luna*Bot.
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Second SpaceX Space Station Resupply Flight Ready to Go
Dragon set to deliver supplies and experiments to the orbiting laboratory.
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Restoration Planned for Kennedy Shoreline
Scientists are assessing damage caused by storms, such Hurricane Sandy, along a stretch of shoreline at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Plans are being developed to restore dunes near Launch Pads 39A and B.
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Kennedy Continues 'Pushing the Boundaries'
Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana and members of his leadership team recently provided community leaders an update about NASA's ongoing work in support of current and future space program projects.
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Upgrades Will Prepare Crawlerway
Several sections of the crawlerway that lead from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pads at NASA's Kennedy Space Center are getting a facelift in preparation for the new Space Launch System rocket.
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CST-100 Reviews Road to Mission Operations
Boeing's plans for its CST-100 spacecraft continue to firm up as the aerospace company works with NASA's Commercial Crew Program to establish what will be needed to communicate with the spacecraft and recover it when it returns from a mission.
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Kennedy Team Continues Space Station Support
Processing teams at Kennedy are still working to keep the station's hardware fit.
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Kennedy Engineers Designing Plant Habitat
NASA's Kennedy Space Center uses in-house expertise to develop an International Space Station Plant Habitat for microgravity plant growth studies.
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Refueling in Space to Help Enable Exploration
Space station robotic demo mirrors the vision of international space students.
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New Doppler Radar Wind Profiler Installed
NASA is replacing decades-old wind measurement equipment with upgraded Doppler radar near the Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility.