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CLEVELAND, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has selected Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of McLean, Va., to provide safety, health, environmental and mission assurance services at the agency's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The contract begins April 1 with an 18-month base performance period. It includes options to extend the work through...
WASHINGTON, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Students in California will speak with Expedition 34 astronauts aboard the International Space Station Tuesday, March 5, at Monrovia High School near Los Angeles. News media representatives are invited to attend. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) The Earth-to-space call will take place from 1:25-1:45 p.m. EST (10:25-10:45 a.m. PST) and will be carried live on NASA Television and the agency's...
[ Watch the Video: Dragon is Grappled and Attached to International Space Station ] redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Two days after dealing with thruster issues that briefly delayed its docking with the International Space Station (ISS), the SpaceX Dragon was berthed to the orbiting base shortly before 9am EST Sunday morning. According to Bloomberg reporter Jesse Hamilton, the unmanned vehicle docked at 8:56am Eastern and will remain at the ISS for 22 days...
HOUSTON, March 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft was berthed to the International Space Station at 8:56 a.m. EST Sunday. The delivery flight was the second contracted resupply mission by the company under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) Space station Expedition 34 crew members Kevin Ford and Tom Marshburn of NASA used the station's...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online SpaceX experienced its first hiccup in one of its official missions with the Dragon spacecraft, causing a delay in when the resupply vehicle will be reaching the International Space Station (ISS). The company's Dragon spacecraft successfully launched this morning aboard the Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 10:10 a.m. EST. However, while everything seemed to be going smoothly after launch, SpaceX...
HOUSTON, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy of Maine, who is making final preparations at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, for a March launch to the International Space Station, will be available for live satellite interviews from 5 to 6 a.m. CST Friday, March 8. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The interviews will originate from Star City, and will be preceded at 4:30 a.m. by a video b-roll...
First Copy Of Single Travels From Cape Canaveral To International Space Station In SpaceX Dragon Cargo Capsule LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Thirty Seconds To Mars new single "Up In The Air" will be launched into space tomorrow. The band members will be in Florida to watch the launch of the second SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station. The company's Falcon 9 rocket carrying its Dragon cargo capsule is scheduled to lift off on Friday, March 1, at 10:10...
HOUSTON, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mission Control, Houston, talks to astronauts aboard the International Space Station every day, but the famed historic home of American human spaceflight will make a special call to Phoenix students at 9:30 a.m. MST Thursday, Feb. 28. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Centennial Middle School students will pose their questions to astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, who will join them live from Mission Control....
ESA Taking a cue from how ESA controls satellites, Spanish railways now have their own high-tech upgrade to keep travelers abreast of when the next train is going to pull into the station. Drawing on sophisticated software that keeps satellites on track, the system was developed by a group of Elecnor Deimos engineers who had worked extensively on ESA projects. The outcome of this technology transfer is that up-to-date train schedules are now displayed at over 400 Spanish stations....
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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...
