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NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson has left the space agency. Robinson ends his 36-year NASA career as a veteran of three spacewalks with more than 48 days of spaceflight experience. Robinson will become a professor at the University of California at Davis in the fall of 2012. His last day at NASA was June 30. Robinson began work with NASA as a cooperative education student in 1975 at the agency's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif. He was selected for the astronaut corps in 1995....
HOUSTON, July 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson has left the space agency. Robinson ends his 36-year NASA career as a veteran of three spacewalks with more than 48 days of spaceflight experience. Robinson will become a professor at the University of California at Davis in the fall of 2012. His last day at NASA was June 30. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Robinson began work with NASA as a cooperative education student in...
HOUSTON, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former NASA astronaut and space shuttle commander Alan "Dex" Poindexter died while on vacation with his family July 1 in Pensacola, Fla. A veteran of two spaceflights, Poindexter spent a total of 28 days in space. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) Poindexter, a U.S. Navy captain, commanded the STS-131 space shuttle Discovery mission to the International Space Station in 2010, delivering more than...
HOUSTON, April 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA astronaut Janet Kavandi will speak at Heber Springs High School on April 27 to acquaint students with NASA and encourage them to seek careers in math and science. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Kavandi will hold a question and answer session with students in grades 9-12 who have already expressed interest in pursuing careers in math and science. The discussion starts at 8:30 a.m. CDT in...
HOUSTON, March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Michael Lopez-Alegria, NASA's most experienced spacewalker and the American holding the record for the single longest spaceflight mission, has left the agency. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Lopez-Alegria flew on four missions and performed 10 spacewalks during his career. He most recently served in the Flight Crew Operations Directorate at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston as assistant...
Jerry Ross, the first person to launch into space seven times, has retired from NASA. In a career that spanned more than three decades, Ross spent almost 1,400 hours in space and conducted nine spacewalks to rank third on the list of most extravehicular activity time in space. "Jerry has been instrumental in the success of many of NASA's human spaceflight missions and numerous spacewalks," said Peggy Whitson, chief of the Astronaut Office. "Not only were his skills and operational...
HOUSTON, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jerry Ross, the first person to launch into space seven times, has retired from NASA. In a career that spanned more than three decades, Ross spent almost 1,400 hours in space and conducted nine spacewalks to rank third on the list of most extravehicular activity time in space. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) "Jerry has been instrumental in the success of many of NASA's human spaceflight missions and...
[ Watch The Video ] NASA is now accepting applications for the agency’s next class of its Astronaut Candidate Program. There’s only one problem: NASA no longer has a spaceship and is sending fewer astronauts into space at the moment. But that should not deter qualified individuals from signing up. Starting today, you can logon to USAJobs.gov and submit your application. Those selected will be among the first to pioneer a new generation of commercial space vehicles and travel aboard...
News media representatives are invited to attend a public announcement of NASA's process for selecting its next class of astronauts. The event starts at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Nov. 15, in the Webb auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA Television and the agency's website will broadcast the event live. NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, Assistant Administrator for Human Capital Jeri Buchholz, Flight Crew Operations Director Janet Kavandi and five members of the recently...
NASA announced that it will soon be seeking applicants for its next class of potential astronauts to partake in long-duration missions to the International Space Station (ISS) and future deep space flights. The application process will effectively open in early November, marking a new age in space missions after the retirement of the decades-old space shuttle program earlier this summer. Even though the shuttle will never fly again, and astronauts now having to rely on Russia to get...
