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Deputy Administrator Tours NASA's Northeast Ohio Facilities, Meets Media Thursday

2013-05-15 12:21:52

CLEVELAND, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Media representatives are invited to join NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver as she visits the agency's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland on Thursday, May 16 and tours facilities advancing future spaceflight missions. The locations include Lewis Field and the Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Garver will tour several facilities at Lewis Field beginning at 12:15...

Deputy Administrator Garver Visits NASA's Gulf Coast Facilities

2013-05-01 20:20:12

WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Deputy Administrator Lori Garver will visit NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans and testing facilities at the agency's Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Miss., Friday, May 3. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) These facilities are critical to the construction and testing of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Commercial Crew Program. Michoud and Stennis also are important to...

Space Station Expandable Module To Be Discussed By NASA And Bigelow Officials

2013-01-14 08:48:51

NASA has awarded a $17.8 million contract to Bigelow Aerospace to provide a new addition to the International Space Station. The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module will demonstrate the benefits of this space habitat technology for future exploration and commercial space endeavors. "The International Space Station is a unique laboratory that enables important discoveries that benefit humanity and vastly increase understanding of how humans can live and work in space for long periods," NASA...

NASA, Bigelow Officials To Discuss Space Station Expandable Module

2013-01-11 16:20:39

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has awarded a $17.8 million contract to Bigelow Aerospace to provide a new addition to the International Space Station. The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module will demonstrate the benefits of this space habitat technology for future exploration and commercial space endeavors. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) "The International Space Station is a unique laboratory that enables important...

/C O R R E C T I O N -- NASA/

2012-12-13 12:20:12

In the news release, NASA Named Best Place to Work in Government, issued 13-Dec-2012 by NASA over PR Newswire, we are advised by the agency that the second paragraph, should read "The best workforce in the nation has made NASA the best place to work in federal government," said NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, who is accepting the award at a ceremony this morning in Washington, D.C. "Our employees are carrying out the nation's new strategic missions in space with heart-stopping...

NASA Best Places To Work Ranking To Be Discussed By NASA Deputy Administrator

2012-12-13 11:47:16

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver will participate in a media teleconference at 11:30 a.m. EST Thursday, Dec. 13, to discuss the Partnership for Public Service Best Places to Work rankings. Assistant Administrator for Human Capital Management Jeri Buchholz also will be available to answer questions. Rankings were determined through the Office of Personnel Management's Employee Viewpoint Survey of nearly 700,000 federal workers and will be announced Thursday morning at an event in...

NASA Deputy Administrator To View Next Mars Mission Spacecraft And Deep Space Capsule Heat Shield At Lockheed Martin

2012-10-11 06:52:08

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver will visit Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., on Monday, Oct. 15 to view the next spacecraft to launch to Mars and a part of the Orion vehicle that will carry astronauts farther into space than ever before. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission will orbit Mars to explore how the sun may have stripped the Red Planet of most of its atmosphere, turning what possibly was once a planet habitable to microbial life into a cold and...

NASA Deputy Administrator To Visit Lockheed Martin To View Next Mars Mission Spacecraft And Deep Space Capsule Heat Shield

2012-10-10 19:20:18

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver will visit Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., on Monday, Oct. 15 to view the next spacecraft to launch to Mars and a part of the Orion vehicle that will carry astronauts farther into space than ever before. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission will orbit Mars to explore how the sun may have stripped the Red...

Ideas For Manufacturing Innovation Network Sought By Ohio Workshop

2012-06-14 15:20:54

NASA and the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) are sponsoring the second in a series of regional public workshops to gather ideas and suggestions on the design of the proposed National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). The workshop will be held July 9 at the Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland. "Designing for Impact II: Workshop on Building the NNMI" is a partnership between the interagency Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office in Gaithersburg,...

Garver To Attend NASA $1.5 Million Robot Competition June 16

2012-06-11 10:21:20

WASHINGTON, June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck will be on hand Saturday, June 16, at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) as six teams of engineers from across the country compete for agency-funded prize of $1.5 million. Garver will join congressional and local officials during opening ceremonies at 10 a.m. EDT on the campus of WPI in Worcester, Mass. (Logo:...