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WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA announced Monday a $17.7 billion budget request for fiscal year 2013 supporting an ambitious program of space exploration that will build on new technologies and proven capabilities to expand America's reach into the solar system. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Despite a constrained fiscal environment, the NASA FY13 budget continues to implement the space science and exploration program agreed...
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will brief reporters about the agency's fiscal year 2013 budget at 2 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 13. The news conference will take place in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, located at 300 E St. SW, in Washington. NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson will join Bolden. The news conference will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's website. Questions will be taken from news media representatives at...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will brief reporters about the agency's fiscal year 2013 budget at 2 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 13. The news conference will take place in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, located at 300 E St. SW, in Washington. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson will join Bolden. The news conference will be...
As part of NASA's ongoing efforts to foster development of a U.S. commercial crew space transportation capability to and from low Earth orbit and the International Space Station, NASA has issued a call for industry to submit proposals for the Commercial Crew Integrated Capability Initiative. It's expected that proposals will lead to Space Act Agreements that will help NASA and the U.S. achieve safe, reliable, and cost effective human access to space. NASA expects to make multiple awards...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As part of NASA's ongoing efforts to foster development of a U.S. commercial crew space transportation capability to and from low Earth orbit and the International Space Station, NASA has issued a call for industry to submit proposals for the Commercial Crew Integrated Capability Initiative. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) It's expected that proposals will lead to Space Act Agreements that will help...
NASA's Spinoff 2011 publication, now available online, reveals how the space agency's ingenuity and partnerships have saved thousands of lives, generated billions of dollars, and created thousands of American jobs. The latest edition of Spinoff records 44 journeys of NASA's most innovative technologies. It chronicles their origins in NASA missions and programs and their transfer to the public in the form of practical commercial products and benefits to society. "This year's Spinoff...
The NASA Open Government Initiative has launched a new website to expand the agency’s open source software development. Open source development, which invites the public access to view and improve software source code, is transforming the way software is created, improved and used. NASA uses open source code to address project and mission needs, accelerate software development and maximize public awareness and impact of research. In 2009, the White House issued the Open Government...
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The NASA Open Government Initiative has launched a new website to expand the agency's open source software development. (Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Open source development, which invites the public access to view and improve software source code, is transforming the way software is created, improved and used. NASA uses open source code to address project and mission needs, accelerate...
NASA Announces Plans for Human Exploration of Deep Space, Fosters Commercial Spaceflight and Makes Major Discoveries in 2011 In 2011, NASA began developing a heavy-lift rocket for the human exploration of deep space, helped foster a new era of commercial spaceflight and technology breakthroughs, fully utilized a newly complete space station, and made major discoveries about the universe we live in, many of which will benefit life on Earth. "The year truly marks the beginning of a new...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In 2011, NASA began developing a heavy-lift rocket for the human exploration of deep space, helped foster a new era of commercial spaceflight and technology breakthroughs, fully utilized a newly complete space station, and made major discoveries about the universe we live in, many of which will benefit life on Earth. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) "The year truly marks the beginning of a new era in...
