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NASA Contribution: Air Traffic Management Tools
NASA Contribution: Air Traffic Management Tools

NASA-developed software tools deployed in the 1990s – CTAS, TMA –are the backbone of many air traffic control systems. They…

NASA Contribution: Supercritical Wing
NASA Contribution: Supercritical Wing

During the 1960s and 1970s, NASA scientist Richard Whitcomb led a team of researchers to develop and test a series…

Jan. 12, 1986 Early Morning Space Shuttle Launch
Jan. 12, 1986 Early Morning Space Shuttle Launch

On Jan. 12, 1986, the space shuttle Columbia launched from Kennedy Space Center at 6:55 a.m. EST on the STS-61C…

SMAP Data Aids Agriculture
SMAP Data Aids Agriculture

On January 29, 2015, NASA will launch its soil moisture mapper satellite, SMAP (Soil Moisture Active Passive). An innovative satellite…

Falcon 9 Rocket Roars to Life
Falcon 9 Rocket Roars to Life

Jan. 10, 2015 -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40, the nine rocket engines roar to…

Falcon 9 Two-stage Launch Vehicle
Falcon 9 Two-stage Launch Vehicle

Jan. 10, 2015 -- The two-stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the…

SpaceX Falcon Ready for Launch
SpaceX Falcon Ready for Launch

Jan. 10, 2015 -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands…

Launch Control Engineers at Cape Canaveral
Launch Control Engineers at Cape Canaveral

Jan. 10, 2015 -- In the Launch Control Center at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, agency and contractor managers and…

Falcon 9 Lift-off
Falcon 9 Lift-off

Jan. 10, 2015 -- SpaceX rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying…

SpaceX Engineers Follow Countdown
SpaceX Engineers Follow Countdown

In the control center at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, managers and engineers monitor progress of the countdown for the…