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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., Aug. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received notification that NASA will invest $460 million for further development of the Boeing Commercial Crew Transportation System in the third round of the Commercial Crew Program: Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap). Boeing will complete development milestones to further mature the integrated system - including the CST-100 spacecraft, launch services and ground systems - to prepare for...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Aug. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA Friday announced new agreements with three American commercial companies to design and develop the next generation of U.S. human spaceflight capabilities, enabling a launch of astronauts from U.S. soil in the next five years. Advances made by these companies under newly signed Space Act Agreements through the agency's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative are intended to ultimately lead to the...
[ Watch the Video: Google Maps in Partnership with NASA ] Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Google and NASA are combining forces to give Internet users the opportunity to peek inside the space agency's Kennedy Space Center. The Internet giant's Street View service is allowing fans to see some behind-the-scene panoramic views of the space center, including a look at the space shuttles in the final months of their decommissioning. The Street View tour takes...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will issue a news release to announce new agreements with industry partners for its Commercial Crew integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative at 9 a.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 3. At 10 a.m. NASA will host a news briefing from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, which will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's website. NASA also will host a follow-up teleconference for media representatives with detailed questions at...
HOUSTON, July 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Media opportunities are available in Boston as NASA shares the accomplishments, promise and opportunities for research aboard the International Space Station in New England. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) The agency will showcase its multimedia exhibit, "Destination Station," which is free with admission at the Boston Museum of Science. The exhibit will be open to the public Aug. 1 through Sept. 3....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., July 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Media representatives are invited to view NASA's Morpheus lander at the agency's Kennedy Space Center at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 1. The vehicle arrived at Kennedy Friday to begin a series of tests during the next three months. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) Morpheus is a prototype lander engineers can use to integrate technologies for future spacecraft that could land on a variety...
CLEVELAND, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Glenn Research Center invites the public to Wade Oval in University Circle on Sunday, Aug. 5 from 1 to 6 p.m. to enjoy a full afternoon of family fun and learn more about the upcoming landing of NASA's Curiosity rover. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The event, themed "Spark Your Curiosity!" will generate excitement about NASA's bold mission of returning to Mars. The car-sized Curiosity rover...
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a space agency filled with trailblazers, Sally K. Ride was a pioneer of a different sort. The soft-spoken California physicist broke the gender barrier 29 years ago when she rode to orbit aboard space shuttle Challenger to become America's first woman in space. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) "Sally Ride broke barriers with grace and professionalism -- and literally changed the face of America's...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, has taken her final journey, passing on at the young age of 61 years old. Ride, who became a household name after venturing off into space for the first time in 1983, died on Monday after battling pancreatic cancer for 17 months. "Sally Ride broke barriers with grace and professionalism – and literally changed the face of America’s space program," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER -- For the first time in the 50-year history of Kennedy Space Center, NASA on Friday will begin allowing public visitors to tour one of the launch pads from which the space shuttles and Apollo Saturn V moon rockets were launched. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120719/NY43387 )(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120518/NY09986LOGO-b ) The KSC Up-Close: Launch Pad Tour, the latest to open...
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Stephen Nathaniel Frick is an American astronaut having flown two Space Shuttle missions. Frick was also appointed as a United States Naval officer and qualified as an F/A-18 fighter pilot. Frick was born on September 30, 1964 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Pine-Richland High School in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania in 1982. After receiving his high school diploma, Frick went on to the United States Naval Academy in 1986 to earn his Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace...
Steven Hawley is a former NASA astronaut. He was born Steven Alan Hawley on December 12, 1951 in Ottawa, Kansas. He graduated from Salina High School Central in Salina, Kansas in 1969 and continued on to The University of Kansas, where he received two Bachelor of Arts degrees in physics and astronomy. After graduating with the highest distinction of his class and spending summers as a research assistant at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia, Hawley received...
Henry Hartsfield is a retired United States Air Force officer and a former NASA astronaut. He was born Henry Warren "Hank" Hartsfield, Jr. on November 21, 1933 in Birmingham, Alabama where he was raised. He graduated from West End High School and went on to attend Auburn University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics in 1954 and received his commission through the Reserve Officer Training Program. He joined the Air Force a year after his graduation and was assigned to the...
Linda Godwin is a private pilot, an American scientist, and a NASA astronaut. She was born Linda Maxine Godwin on July 2, 1952, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was raised in Jackson, however, and graduated from Jackson High School in 1970. She then went to attend Southeast Missouri State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and physics in 1974. She then immediately went to graduate school at the University of Missouri, where she earned a Master of Science...
Atlantis launched from Kennedy Space Center on November 12 at 7:30 AM EST and landed at Kennedy on November 20, 1995 at 12:01 PM EST. The shuttle orbited 129 times at an altitude of 213 nautical miles at an inclination of 51.6 degrees and travelled 3.4 million miles. The mission lasted 8 days, 4 hours, 30 minutes, and 44 seconds. STS-74 marked the second docking of a U.S. Space Shuttle to the Russian Space Station Mir, continuing Phase I activities leading to construction of International...
