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  • Dr Duncan at the mine

    NASA Experts Finalists for Service to America Medal

    Michael Duncan and others at NASA who assisted in the rescue of the Chilean miners were selected as finalists for a Service to America Medal.

  • A student researcher discusses new technologies projects underway at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

    Chief Technologist Visits Colorado

    NASA Chief Technologist Bobby Braun visited Colorado last week, meeting with state officials, industry leaders and university faculty and students.

  • Silver Snoopy award winners

    NASA Honors 13 Ames Employees with Silver Snoopy Awards

    Thirteen Ames employees, including eight from the Space Biosciences Division, recently received the prestigious 2010 Silver Snoopy award for their outstanding work and professional dedication.

  • Dr. Charles Elachi stands in Mission Control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.,

    JPL Director Charles Elachi Receives Multiple Honors

    The director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Charles Elachi, is receiving multiple awards and honors this year in the United States and overseas.

  • Dr. Christopher Kraft

    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.

  • Shuttle Columbia touches down on lakebed runway 23 at Edwards Air Force Base.

    STS-1: A Monumental Spaceflight Milestone Recalled

    It was 30 years ago this week that NASA ushered in a new era of spaceflight with the inaugural launch of space shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981.

  • Dr. Baruch Blumberg

    Nobel Prize Winner Baruch Blumberg Dies

    Nobel Prize winner Dr. Baruch "Barry" Blumberg, who served as the first director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute at NASA's Ames Research Center, suffered an apparent heart attack while attending a conference at Ames on Tuesday, April 5. He was 85.

  • Carl Sagan

    NASA Announces 2011 Carl Sagan Fellows

    NASA announces the 2011 Carl Sagan Fellowships, created to inspire the next generation of explorers seeking to learn more about planets, and possibly life, around other stars.

  • Leland Melvin with a student and Trinesha Dixon

    Reaching for the Stars in New York City

    NASA's message to students: do and be anything you want.

  • artist concept of Voyagers approaching interstellar space

    Wanted: Student Questions for Voyager

    Classrooms are invited to submit questions about the mission. Selected questions will be asked on NASA TV.

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