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 | 2009 WSTF Composites Summit The WSTF 2009 Composite Pressure Vessel and Structure Summit is a meeting where government agencies, industry, and academia are invited to discuss current fiber-reinforced composite (FRC) technology as it relates to composite pressure vessels and structures. This year the focus will be on knowledge gaps in FRC technology, lessons learned from pressure vessel and structure accidents, and collaboration for the resolution of safety, quality, and mission issues for FRCs. + Read More |
 | Employees at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility are Inspired by Space Shuttle Atlantis’s Flyover Employees of NASA’s White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) were inspired to see the Space Shuttle Atlantis circle overhead on Monday, June 1, 2009 when the ferry flight from Edwards Air Force Base in California to Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida included a swing by WSTF in Las Cruces, New Mexico. + Read More |
 | Silver Snoopy Awards Presented at WSTF NASA’s 50th Anniversary Celebration During NASA’s 50th Anniversary Celebration at the White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) on February 7, 2009, astronauts and management presented six employees with the prestigious Silver Snoopy award. + Read More |
 | NASA WSTF Celebrates Earth Day 2008 Joining the worldwide Earth Day celebration April 22nd, NASA White Sands Test Facility joins NASA centers across America in celebrating the agency's contributions to understanding and protecting our environment. + Read More |
 | NASA White Sands Chapter American Enterprise Speech Contest The NMA chapter held its annual American Enterprise Speech Contest on Tuesday evening, March 18 in the Good Samaritan Village Auditorium. About 25 people were in the audience to hear the four speakers. + Read More |
 | Six at WSTF honored with prestigious Silver Snoopy Award Astronaut Danny Olivas, who just recently returned to earth from the STS-117 Space Shuttle mission, made a special trip to White Sands Test Facility August 3, 2007 to surprise six WSTF employees with the coveted “Silver Snoopy” award... + Read More |