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PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Next month, a select group of construction industry experts and leaders in digital project communication will convene in the Pacific Northwest for the second annual Bluebeam(®) International Rally Conference. This special, high-octane experience hosted by Bluebeam Software is set for September 7-8 at the Salish Lodge & Spa near Seattle. The Bluebeam IRC is a one-of-a-kind user event. Not only will attendees learn how industry...

PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Remarkable image sets from NASA's Curiosity rover and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) are continuing to develop the story of Curiosity's landing and first days on Mars. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The images from Curiosity's just-activated navigation cameras, or Navcams, include the rover's first self-portrait, looking down at its deck from above. Another Navcam image set, in...

PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 18, 2012, Rachael Worby and MUSE/IQUE continue the outdoor Summer Series at Caltech with the program titled, Rickie Rocks, featuring two-time Grammy Award-winning vocalist Rickie Lee Jones. Worby, MUSE/IQUE's Artistic Director and Conductor, has curated a program that mashes-up some of America's legendary songwriters and songs while drawing a musical lineage line that honors music's progression through the years. For her...

PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Late Monday night, an image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the Curiosity rover and the components that helped it survive its seven-minute ordeal from space to its present location in Mars' Gale Crater. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) "This latest image is another demonstration of the invaluable assistance the...

PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured the Curiosity rover still connected to its 51-foot (almost 16 meter)-wide parachute as it descended toward its landing site at Gale Crater Sunday. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) "If HiRISE took the image one second before or one second after, we probably would be...

ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) technologies and capabilities played mission-critical roles throughout the entire journey of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) "Curiosity" rover, which successfully landed last night inside Mars' Gale Crater. As it starts its two-year mission, Curiosity will gather data to help assess whether Mars ever had an environment capable of supporting microbial life. ATK contributed technical and manufacturing expertise from...

IRVINE, Calif., Aug, 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- West Coast Chill Pure Energy packaged in the World's First Self-Chilling Beverage Can goes on Sale to the Public on Monday, August 6, 2012. You are invited to attend this exciting event at Chevron Carwash and Food Mart located in Pasadena, followed by Malibu Canyon Shell and Mac Chevron located in Calabasas on August 8, 2012 (see below for actual addresses). The initial launch events will include live demonstrations on how to activate the...

SIT IN A SPACE SHIP, TOUCH A PIECE OF MARS, AND MEET BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY®, STAR TREK’S ROBERT PICARDO, NASA SCIENTISTS, MARS EXPERTS AND MORE 2-Day Event in Pasadena, Calif. and Around the World to Celebrate the Landing of NASA’s Rover Curiosity on Mars On August 4 and 5, the world’s attention will once again turn to space, as NASA prepares for the descent and landing of its newest rover Curiosity on Mars. In celebration of this historic event, The Planetary Society, the...

WORLD CHAMPIONS ENTERED INCLUDE ATHLETE OF YEAR JAZZ GREAT NOLAN SHAHEED (LEAD TRUMPET FOR COUNT BASIE, STEVIE WONDER, ARETHA FRANKLIN, DIANA ROSS, MARVIN GAYE); FEMALE ATHLETES OF THE YEAR JOHNNYE VALIEN and FLO MEILER; WINNER OF 200M OLYMPIC TRIAL MASTERS INVITATIONAL ERIC PRINCE; FEMALE ATHLETE OF YEAR RITA HASCOM; DOUBLE WORLD CHAMPION (100M AND 200M) OSCAR PEYTON; 82 YEAR-OLD HALL OF FAMER AND ILLINOIS NATIVE HARRY BROWN AMONG 100+ ILLINOIS PARTICIPANTS EVENTS 8AM-5 PM DAILY (see...

NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC of Englewood, Colo., to launch the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP), Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) and Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) spacecraft. The spacecraft will launch in October 2014, July 2014 and November 2016, respectively, aboard Delta II rockets from Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., manages the SMAP and OCO-2 missions for NASA. The total value...