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HOUSTON, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA is offering high school juniors in Texas an opportunity to explore their interests in space exploration and careers through the High School Aerospace Scholars program. (Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Nominated by Texas state legislators, selected participants will complete online activities focusing on present and past space missions, the International Space Station, the moon, Mars, and beyond...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A new report by the National Research Council (NRC) claims that NASA cannot be expected to work toward achieving long-term priorities without a national consensus on strategic goals and objectives. The report also says there is a mismatch between the portfolio of programs and activities assigned to the space agency, and the budget allocated by Congress. NASA is also being inhibited from efficiently managing its personnel and...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA is offering high school junior girls from across the United States an opportunity to jump-start their future by participating in the Women In STEM High School (WISH) Aerospace Scholars program for 2013. (Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) WISH participants will participate in online forums focusing on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) topics, and complete online activities...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA is inviting social media followers for a behind-the-scenes look at several airborne Earth science missions during an event Jan. 25 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Social media users may apply for credentials to meet scientists and learn how they study the Earth using specialized science instruments on a unique fleet of aircraft. Three...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics next week at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The meeting takes place Dec. 3-7 at the Moscone Convention Center, 747 Howard St., in San Francisco. Media registration for the event is open. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) None of the briefings will be carried on NASA Television, but...

NASA will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Nov, 29, to reveal new observations from the first spacecraft to orbit the planet Mercury. The briefing will be held in the NASA Headquarters auditorium, located at 300 E St. SW in Washington. Science Journal has embargoed details until 2 p.m. on Nov. 29. The news conference will be carried live on NASA Television and the agency's website. NASA's Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging, or MESSENGER...

As its digital-communications team prepares for the next redesign of NASA.gov, NASA is asking the public for thoughts on what the agency should be doing on its website. NASA has set up a forum on Ideascale to allow users to submit, comment on and vote on ideas. Opened Nov. 19, the forum already has received 228 ideas from 970 users, who also have posted 269 comments and cast nearly 7,000 up-or-down votes. "The digital universe has changed significantly since we overhauled www.NASA.gov...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As its digital-communications team prepares for the next redesign of NASA.gov, NASA is asking the public for thoughts on what the agency should be doing on its website. (Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) NASA has set up a forum on Ideascale to allow users to submit, comment on and vote on ideas. Opened Nov. 19, the forum already has received 228 ideas from 970 users, who also have posted 269 comments and...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Nov. 29, to reveal new observations from the first spacecraft to orbit the planet Mercury. The briefing will be held in the NASA Headquarters auditorium, located at 300 E St. SW in Washington. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) Science Journal has embargoed details until 2 p.m. on Nov. 29. The news conference will be carried live on NASA...

NASA Kennedy Space Center's future is not limited to space thanks to a technical, engineering and scientific infrastructure that could serve a variety of industries at the same time the center goes about its traditional spaceflight work. "There's a lot of potential for Kennedy and the workforce to be engaged with commercial partnerships," said Robert Hubbard, Partnership Development manager at NASA's Florida launch center. "We have a lot of great technologies developed in-house that can...