Star Trek 'Into The Darkness' Actors Beaming Up To ISS For Chat
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online NASA is looking to connect with actors who have gone where no man has gone before in the next Star Trek film "Into the Darkness." The space agency said that director J.J. Abrams,...
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It has been announced that two lectures will take place in June in conjunction with the exhibition “Out of this World! Jewelry in the Space Age” currently at The Forbes Galleries, New York City through September 7, 2013. New York, NY (PRWEB) May 13, 2013 On Wednesday, June 5 at 4 p.m., gem artist John Hatlleberg will speak on “Using Unusual Materials in Art Jewelry”. Three of John’s works are on view in the exhibition including “The Kitchen Sink Ring” which is set with...
HOUSTON, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two ultrasound devices developed by NASA's Johnson Space Center and Mediphan of Ontario, Canada, were inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame at the 29th National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The DistanceDoc, which allows remote ultrasound users to transmit images securely in real time over the internet, and MedRecorder, which captures...
WASHINGTON, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, a Vining, Minn., native who is making final preparations for a launch to the International Space Station, will be available for live satellite interviews from 7- 8 a.m. EDT Thursday, May 9. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) The interviews will originate from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Before they start, NASA Television will air a video...
NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) of Houston will fund 23 proposals to help investigate questions about astronaut health and performance on future deep space exploration missions. The selected proposals are from 18 institutions in 14 states and will receive about $17 million during a one- to three-year period. HRP and NSBRI research provides knowledge and technologies to improve human health and performance during space...
WASHINGTON, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) of Houston will fund 23 proposals to help investigate questions about astronaut health and performance on future deep space exploration missions. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The selected proposals are from 18 institutions in 14 states and will receive about $17 million during a one- to three-year...
The 2013 class includes neuroscientist and President of Rockefeller University Marc Tessier-Lavigne, chemist Xiaowei Zhuang, mathematical physicist and Director of the Institute for Advanced Study Robbert Dijkgraaf, educator Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, astronaut and former Senator John Glenn, actor and director Robert De Niro, musicians Bruce Springsteen and Pete Seeger, U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, and operatic soprano Renee Fleming CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 24, 2013...
HOUSTON, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Students in the state of Texas will speak with Expedition 35 astronaut Chris Cassidy aboard the International Space Station at 10:35 a.m. CDT Thursday, May 2, at Fredericksburg High School. Media representatives are invited to attend. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Students will ask the astronauts questions about life, work and research aboard the orbiting space station. To attend the event,...
First Time that Two Women Astronauts are Enshrined CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., April 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - Space Shuttle astronauts Curt Brown, Eileen Collins and Bonnie Dunbar, Ph.D., today joined an elite group of American space heroes with their induction into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame(®) during a ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130420/NY98460 ) (Logo:...
First Space Hacker Workshop to Take Place in Silicon Valley MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Are you a hardware hacker? Do you have the Right Stuff to become a citizen scientist or citizen astronaut? Here's your chance to find out. Citizen scientists and hardware hackers will learn how to do "space on the cheap" at the first Space Hacker Workshop for Suborbital Experiments. Participants at the two-day workshop will learn how they can build and fly experiments in space,...
On May 2nd from 5 to 7 p.m., Jewelry store ACORI Diamonds & Design will be hosting astronaut Jerry Ross for a book signing at their Friendswood, Texas location. Ross recently released his first book, an autobiography entitled, “Spacewalker: My Journey in Space and Faith as NASA’s Record-Setting Frequent Flyer” on Purdue University Press. Friendswood, TX (PRWEB) March 27, 2013 On May 2nd from 5 to 7 p.m., Jewelry store ACORI Diamonds & Design will be hosting astronaut Jerry...
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Stephanie Wilson is an American engineer, a NASA astronaut, and the second African American woman to go into space. She was born Stephanie Diana Wilson on September 27, 1966 in Boston, Massachusetts. An astronomy professor she interviewed during middle school became her first inspiration to pursue a career in space. She graduated from Taconic High School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1984, and then attended Harvard University, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering...
Dick Scobee was an American astronaut. He was born Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee on May 19, 1939 in Cle Elum, Washington. He was raised in Auburn, Washington and attended Washington Elementary, Cascade Middle School, and Auburn Senior High School, where he earned his high school diploma in 1957. That same year, he enlisted in the United States Air Force and initially served as an engine mechanic at Kelly Air Force Base in Texas. During his time off, he studied at San Antonio College, and...
Sunita Williams is an American astronaut and a United States Navy officer who holds the record for the longest space flight by a woman. She was born Sunita Pandya Krishna on September 19, 1965 in Euclid, Ohio to parents of Indian and Slovenian decent. She graduated from Needham High School in Needham, Massachusetts in 1983, and then went on to receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical science from the United States Naval Academy in 1987. She was immediately commissioned as an Ensign in...
Terry W. Virts, Jr. is a Colonel in the United States Air Force and an active American astronaut. Virts was born on December 1, 1967 in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Oakland Mills High School in Columbia, Massachusetts and graduated 1985. He enrolled in the United States Air Force Academy, where he graduated with honors in 1989, receiving his Bachelor of Science in mathematics. He then attended the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, where he once again graduated with honors in 1997,...
Roberto Vittori is an ESA astronaut as well as an Italian Air Force Officer and a test pilot for the United States. Vittorri was born on October 15, 1964 in Viterbo, Lazio, Italy and attended the Italian Air Force Academy, graduating in 1989. While working towards his graduation from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Maryland in 1995, Vittori operated the Tornado GR1 along with the 50th Wing of the 155th Squadron in Piacenza, Italy from 1991 to 1994. During this time, he...
