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HIFiRE Scramjet Research Flight Will Advance Hypersonic Technology
05.10.12 - The Hypersonic International Flight Research Experimentation (HIFiRE) team celebrates the successful launch of an experimental hypersonic scramjet.
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Langley's Historical Foundation Unveils
05.09.12 - On Tuesday, history was unveiled just outside the main gate of NASA's Langley Research Center.
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Langley Wins Two Blue Marble Awards
05.08.12 - Efforts at demolishing eight structures and erecting the NASA Langley Headquarters Building drew praise and two awards in a ceremony Tuesday at the Reid Conference Center.
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NASA Thrills at Kings Dominion Day
05.07.12 - Friday, May 4, was Education Day at King's Dominion, an adventure park in Doswell, Va. Education Day allows students to apply classroom theories and knowledge through group and individual assignments and fun contests held at the theme park.
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Powers Works to Keep Dad's Role in History
05.03.12 - The first time Gary Powers Jr. spoke to a group about his dad, he broke down and cried.
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Orion Capsule Arrives to VASC
05.02.12 - The hardware arrived in the middle of the night, and as dawn broke Tuesday, a group that had nursed it from concept to flight and beyond swarmed over it, loosening bolts and chains and preparing it to be moved inside the Virginia Air and Space Center in Hampton.
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NASA Langley Seeks to Share Ideas With Industry
05.01.12 - A conversation between Lesa Roe and Sen. Mark Warner 18 months ago bore fruit Tuesday when members from industry, government and academia met to begin a two-day Advance Composites Workshop.
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Next Up, New Town Phase II Construction Begins May 10
04.27.12 - Construction on New Town Phase II, a 135,000-square-foot, $40 million Integrated Engineering Services Building, will begin on May 10 and work toward occupancy in January, 2014.
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Langley Celebrates Earth Day, Arbor Day
In 1872, J. Sterling Morton initiated Arbor Day in Nebraska and it was celebrated with the planting of more than a million trees. Last year, NASA's Langley Research Center declared its Arbor Day as Ap...
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Former Shuttle Booster Recovery Ship to Image SpaceX Launch
04.25.12 - The SCIFLI team will capture high definition video and thermal imagery of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule.
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Growing a Field of Dreams
04.25.12 - Pearl Fryar had limited resources. What he didn't lack was creativity, innovation and a motivation to make a difference.
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VITAL: Out With the Old, in With the New
04.24.12 - Declaring that upon its completion, "NASA's oldest center will be its newest," Vibrant Transformation to Advance Langley (VITAL) has outlined its plan for the next 20 years of the facility.
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Town Hall: Aligning Center Work with Agency Goals
04.24.12 - At a Town Hall on Monday, Lesa Roe, Langley's center director, offered a glimpse of the future when she outlined a strategy that offered a more focused look at the center's work and how it fits with NASA goals.
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NASA Langley Awarded for a Clear Environmental Commitment
04.20.12 - For the first time, NASA's Langley Research Center received a gold-level 2012 Governor's Environmental Excellence Award for implementation of the "revitalization through sustainability" concept for the campus.
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Space Shuttle Discovery Lands a New Mission
Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), lands at Washington Dulles International Airport on Tuesday, April 17, in Sterling, Va.
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Pearl Fryar Set to Speak at Langley for Diversity Day
04.19.12 - David Beals, an engineering program manager at NASA Langley, and wife Donna visited Pearl Fryar's Topiary Garden for the 23rd anniversary. Fryar will speak at NASA Langley on April 25 for Diversity Day.
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Milestones Celebrated at Yuri's Night Hampton Roads
04.16.12 - More than 1,300 space enthusiasts attended Yuri's Night at the Virginia Air and Space Center (VASC) in downtown Hampton on April 14.
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New Lab Building Adds Entrepreneurship Potential for NIA Students
04.13.12 - Bob Lindberg offered a ceremony to begin a ceremony Thursday.
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Is Cancer in Your Genes?
04.11.12 - According to the American Cancer Society, half of all men and one-third of all women in the United States will develop cancer during their lifetimes.
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Robots or Webcomics? That was the Question.
04.05.12 - When Randall Munroe’s work became his hobby and his hobby became his work, he decided it was time to make a change.