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HOUSTON, June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will honor the life and historic achievements of astronaut Neil Armstrong during a memorial service at 10 a.m. CDT Thursday, June 20, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Armstrong made history on July 20, 1969, when he became the first person to walk on the moon as commander of Apollo 11. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) JSC Director Ellen Ochoa, fellow Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and...
Russell Cox of Flexure Engineering, founder of the Lunar Superconductor Applications and LunarCubes Workshops http://www.lsa2013.com/, discussed the events and significance of the 3rd International Workshop on Lunar Superconductor Applications (LSA 3) and LunarCubes Briefing #2 held on April 9-11 in Cocoa Beach, FL. Seattle, WA (PRWEB) June 06, 2013 Russell Cox, Director of Research at Flexure Engineering, in explaining the need for the LSA series, said, “We created the LSA workshop...
John Halajian’s ‘Moon Stories’ was featured at Frankfurt Book Fair. Long Island, NY (PRWEB) May 31, 2013 From an engineer who pioneered the scientific exploration of the moon comes a unique and innovative read, Moon Stories: A Roadmap to Lunar Exploration and Beyond. In this book, readers will follow author John Halajian’s experiences on space exploration. Moon Stories: A Roadmap to Lunar Exploration and Beyond retells Halajian's journey and contribution to the lunar science...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A team of scientists analyzed the speaking patterns of native Ohioans in order to determine exactly what Neil Armstrong said the moment he stepped foot on the moon. When Neil Armstrong first stepped onto the moon in 1969, he was quoted as saying "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." However, some believe he left out the "a," saying instead "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Speech scientists and...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Silicon Valley-based Moon Express has announced plans to send its International Lunar Observatory precursor (ILO-X) to the lunar surface by 2015 and make its observations publicly available through the Internet. "It's citizen science on the moon and it's really a new model of public participation," said Moon Express CEO Bob Richards. "This will be a small, but very high-performance telescope on the moon that the public and scientists...
Engineers Simulate Launch, Extreme Space Environments to Validate Readiness Of NASA's LADEE Observatory Set to Orbit the Moon CALABASAS, Calif., May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- National Technical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTSC) (NTS), a leading provider of testing and engineering services, today announced it completed a series of qualification tests on NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), a satellite that will orbit the moon to gather detailed information about...
HOUSTON, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Residents attending Maifest 2013 the weekend of May 17-19 in Covington, Ky., will have the rare chance to touch a nearly 4-billion-year-old piece of moon rock at NASA's Driven to Explore traveling exhibit, a multimedia experience that immerses visitors in the story of NASA. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The exhibit will be open from 5 to 11:30 p.m. Friday, May 17; from noon to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, May...
Study identifies a new minimalist ascent pod lunar lander concept REDONDO BEACH, Calif., May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has completed a feasibility study for a new commercial lunar lander for the Golden Spike Company (GSC). The study confirmed the viability of lander concepts for Golden Spike's human lunar expedition architecture and conceived a novel new, low-mass ascent stage concept dubbed "Pumpkin." (Logo:...
HOUSTON, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Folks in Lawton, Okla., will have the rare chance to touch a nearly 4-billion-year-old piece of moon rock at NASA's Driven to Explore traveling exhibit, a multimedia experience that immerses visitors in the story of NASA. The exhibit will be at Great Plains Science Day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 2. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The centerpiece of Driven to Explore is the opportunity to touch...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online We are less than a week away from the third anniversary of President Barack Obama’s Kennedy Space Center speech where he announced ambitious goals to launch a human mission to an asteroid in 2025 and to further work toward a manned Mars mission. And while some would like to see humans return to the Moon, the President said during that April 2010 speech: “We’ve been there before. Buzz has been there. There’s a lot more of...
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John Young was a NASA astronaut and engineer. He was born as John Watts Young on September 24, 1930 in San Francisco, California but was raised in Orlando, Florida. After high school, Young went to the Georgia Institute of Technology and graduated in 1952 with a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering. After his graduation, he entered the United States Navy and served as a Fire Control Officer on the USS Laws. He also completed a tour in the Korean Seas. About ten years...
David Scott was a NASA astronaut who was the seventh person to walk on the Moon and the first person to drive on the Moon. He was born David Randolph Scott on June 6, 1932 on Randolph Air Force Base near San Antonio, Texas. As a child, he was active in the Boy Scouts of America and graduated from The Western High School in Washington, D.C. in June 1949, as an honor student and a record setting swimmer. After his first year of college, he received an invitation to attend West Point where he...
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