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GREENBELT, Md., June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has selected All Native, Inc. of Winnebago, Neb. for award of the Office of Human Capital Management Professional Services contract. The work will be performed at NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C., and at all NASA Goddard Space Flight Center facilities located in Greenbelt, Md., Wallops Island, Va., and New York City, N.Y. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) This is a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee,...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory With the start of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season less than a week away, NASA is preparing to send a pair of specially instrumented Global Hawk unmanned aircraft out over the Atlantic later this summer to investigate the processes that underlie hurricane formation and intensity. Now in its second year, the NASA Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel, or HS3, airborne mission brings together several NASA centers, including NASA's Jet Propulsion...

ATK-Tested HPGP Thruster Technology Provides Increased Performance, Safety and Cost-Effectiveness for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) ARLINGTON, Va., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK), the nation's largest rocket motor producer, has successfully completed the first U.S.-based testing of the High Performance Green Propulsion (HPGP) thruster technology for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). The testing was conducted at ATK Defense Group's test...

GREENBELT, Md., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has extended a contract with Analex Corporation of Fairfax, Va., for Environmental Testing and Integration Services at the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) This extension increases the maximum ordering value of the cost-plus award-fee indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract by $81.1 million to $328.1 million. The period of...

Event Featuring Music and Refreshments Planned for May 16 from 5-8 pm GREENBELT, Md., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bozzuto Management Company today announced the grand reopening of 15 Bank Apartments, a luxury apartment community in White Plains, NY, which recently underwent extensive renovations to enhance its amenity spaces. In celebration of its grand reopening, the community is hosting a celebration on Thursday, May 16 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., featuring music,...

GREENBELT, Md., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Md., will host this month's free Sunday Experiment on Sunday, May 19, from 1 to 3 p.m. EDT. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The Sunday Experiment is a free afternoon for children of all ages and their families to discover NASA Goddard's exciting missions. This May edition of Sunday Experiment will uncover the world of thermal...

NASA has extended its interim contract with MEI Technologies Inc. of Houston for electrical systems engineering services. The ordering period has been extended for five months from May 9 to Oct. 8. The maximum ordering value of this indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract has been increased by about $50 million to a total of about $287 million. This extension has been implemented to sustain performance until the Engineering Systems Engineering Services II follow-on contract is...

WASHINGTON, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has extended its interim contract with MEI Technologies Inc. of Houston for electrical systems engineering services. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The ordering period has been extended for five months from May 9 to Oct. 8. The maximum ordering value of this indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract has been increased by about $50 million to a total of about $287 million. This extension...

GREENBELT, Md., May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's Innovative Partnerships Office in Greenbelt, Md., has entered into a Space Act Agreement with Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL), North Logan, Utah, to develop a high-resolution optical encoder. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The partnership, funded by SDL through a Reimbursable Space Act Agreement, allows for the joint development of a...

Industrial Inspired Residences Turn Vacant Plant Site into Luxury Living in Odenton GREENBELT, Md., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bozzuto Group, a Greenbelt, MD-based real estate services company, today announced that Flats170 at Academy Yard, a new midrise luxury apartment home community located in Odenton, Maryland, has commenced leasing. The community offers a convenient location to Route 170 and 32, and promises to bring a new level of urban sophistication to Odenton....