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NASA has assigned crews for the STS-127 space shuttle mission and the Expedition 19 International Space Station mission.
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American wrote: Maybe it should be turned into a Museum, give it the the Smithsonian. LEO space Tourist would love to v…. Craig Fink Courtesy EMail Welcome @ WeBeGood@GMail.Com
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Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Monday, Feb. 18, as preparations move forward for the STS-123 mission.
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At 2 p.m. EDT, Aug. 22, NASA managers will provide the latest status ono why a large piece of External Tank insulating foam broke off during Discovery’s liftoff.
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Around the equator on its leading side, Tethys wears a band of slightly darker surface material. …
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STS121: Saturday prelaunch activities have begun It is Sat, 7:34am EDT (1134z). Range Clearance activities have begun here in the NASAKSC area, in preparation for the Space Shuttle STS121 launch planned to take place at 2:38pm EDT (1838z) tod ..
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NASA has selected NetJets Inc. for commercial aviation transportation services in support of NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate.
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This image shows internal layering in the south polar layered deposits exposed on a scarp. The so…
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NASA’s Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, which oversees the development of technology that makes space exploration possible, will host its first Technology Exchange Conference Nov. 14-15, 2007.
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NASA Lab Workers Decry New Security Checks, Science (subscription)

“If you do not want to surrender the information to allow your background to be checked … then you cannot work within the federal system,” Griffin told JPL employees during a 4 June visit. That message hasn’t gone down well among some JPL employees. “Signing this form amounts to inviting the government to go on an open fishing expedition,” says planetary scientist Robert Nelson.”

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