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Three new crew members are set to launch to the International Space Station on a six-hour flight to travel from the launch pad to their destination. Chris Cassidy of NASA, along with Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), are scheduled to launch in their Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 3:43 p.m. CDT, Thursday, March 28, (2:43 a.m. March 29 Baikonur time). Live coverage on NASA Television begins at 2:30 p.m....
HOUSTON, March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Three new crew members are set to launch to the International Space Station on a six-hour flight to travel from the launch pad to their destination. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Chris Cassidy of NASA, along with Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), are scheduled to launch in their Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 3:43...
GREENBELT, Md., March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA engineer Tom Flatley received the William Randolph Lovelace II award at the 51st Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium held in Greenbelt, Md. The American Astronautical Society (AAS) award was presented to Flatley in recognition of his outstanding contributions to space science and technology through his work with SpaceCube. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) SpaceCube( )is a compact,...
Design makes installations easier and reduces logistics costs CHANGZHOU, China, March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Trina Solar Limited (NYSE:TSL) ("Trina Solar" or "the Company"), a global leader in photovoltaic modules, solutions, and services, today announced a new frame design across its full range of 72-cell monocrystalline and 60-cell polycrystalline modules. The frame thickness has been reduced from 40mm to 35mm, with products becoming immediately available. The thinner...
Express Energy Services will be showcasing and introducing a newly developed, integrated work station for offshore Plug & Abandonment (P&A) and Decommissioning operations along with new mechanical cutting tool technologies at the Decom 2013 GOM Summit during the March 19-21 exposition in Houston. (PRWEB) March 19, 2013 The new integrated modular work station unit is descriptively named the Dual Stage Work Station (DSWS). The Work Platform structure is comprised of two main working...
WASHINGTON, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will host a news teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT, Thursday, March 21, to discuss the first cosmology results from Planck, a European Space Agency mission with significant NASA participation. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) Planck launched into space in 2009 and has been scanning the skies ever since, mapping cosmic microwave background, or the afterglow, of the theoretical big bang that created...
The creative agency charged with the task opts to select Fairey instead in an effort to bring more eyes to an important mission for the betterment of humankind SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The most recent addition to the long history of space mission crew patches was announced this past weekend live on stage from the Engadget Expand event in San Francisco, CA with artwork designed by Shepard Fairey (Obey Giant, Studio Number One, Obama Hope). The crew patch artwork...
H.S. Sophomore Credits Public School STEM Education for Inspiring Her Dream to Be First Astronaut on Mars MINNEAPOLIS, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --High School Sophomore and Astronaut-in-Training, Abigail Harrison, will be the only American teenager in attendance at the legendary Russian Soyuz launch, Soyuz-TMA-09M, in Kazakhstan on May 28, 2013. As a special VIP guest of her mentor, Italian Astronaut Luca Parmitano, this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Harrison is a pinnacle...
HAMPTON, Va., March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Some elementary school students will get a unique hands-on science lesson thanks to a partnership between NASA's Langley Research Center, the Hampton city schools and CineBistro, a local movie/entertainment complex. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) More than 140 fourth and fifth graders from Kraft Elementary School - a school named after the NASA engineer who was America's first human space mission...
HOUSTON, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of the Wyle-led team, Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been selected by NASA's Johnson Space Center to provide biomedical, medical and health services in support of all human spaceflight programs. These services under the Human Health and Performance Contract (HHPC) monitor astronaut health and enable bioastronautics research that benefits life on Earth. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110419/PH85737LOGO-b) The potential...
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Douglas Wheelock is an American astronaut. He was born Douglas Harry "Wheels" Wheelock on May 5, 1960 in Binghamton, New York. The Apollo 11 moon landing in July 1969 is said to have inspired him to pursue astronautics. He graduated from Windsor Central High School in Windsor, New York in 1978 and immediately went on to attend the United States Military Academy at West Point. After four years as a cadet, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Science and Engineering. After...
Michael Fincke is a United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut who holds the record for the most time spent in space. He was born Edward Michael Fincke on March 14, 1967 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; however, he grew up in its suburb, Emsworth. Fincke graduated from Sewickley Academy in Sewickley, Pennsylvania in 1985, and subsequently attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on an Air Force ROTC scholarship. He graduated in 1989 as a double major and earned both a Bachelor...
Atlantis launched from Kennedy Space Center on November 12 at 7:30 AM EST and landed at Kennedy on November 20, 1995 at 12:01 PM EST. The shuttle orbited 129 times at an altitude of 213 nautical miles at an inclination of 51.6 degrees and travelled 3.4 million miles. The mission lasted 8 days, 4 hours, 30 minutes, and 44 seconds. STS-74 marked the second docking of a U.S. Space Shuttle to the Russian Space Station Mir, continuing Phase I activities leading to construction of International...
Timothy Creamer is a NASA astronaut as well as a Colonel in the United States Army. He was born Timothy "TJ" Creamer on November 15, 1959 in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, but he was raised in Maryland. He graduated from Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, Maryland in 1978, and then went on to earn his Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Loyola College in 1982. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army through the ROTC program. In August 1983, after attending the...
Frank De Winne is a Belgian Air Component officer and an ESA astronaut. He was born Frank Viscount De Winne on April 25, 1961 in Ledeberg, Belgium. He is married to Lena Clarke and has three children from a previous marriage. He enjoys football, concerts, and gastronomy. In 1979, he graduated from the Royal School of Cadets, and in 1984, he graduated from the Royal Military Academy with a Master of Science degree in Engineering. In 1991, after graduating from the Belgian Air Component at...
