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WASHINGTON, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will host a news teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, today, May 15, to discuss the status of the agency's Kepler Space Telescope. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Kepler is the first NASA mission capable of finding Earth-size planets in or near the habitable zone, which is the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of an orbiting planet might be suitable for liquid water. Launched...
Astrium selected to build new RSCC satellite for 36 East MOSCOW and PARIS, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- RSCC (the Russian Satellite Communications Company) and Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) today announced that Astrium has been selected to build the Express-AMU1/EUTELSAT 36C satellite that will be launched in 2015 to provide follow-on and expansion capacity for the EUTELSAT 36A broadcast satellite operating at 36degree(s) East. Express-AMU1/EUTELSAT 36C...
Super Top Secret purchases 'Shark Wranglers' film company SALT LAKE CITY, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Super Top Secret (http://www.wearetopsecret.com), a digital advertising agency in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City, is proud to announce the addition of new partner Chris Moore and the launch of STS Studios, STS's most recent expansion and venture into the film and TV industry. "I'm excited to be joining such a talented and high powered creative team," Chris Moore, Partner and...
John P. Millis, Ph.D. for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Since its launch in 2009 the Kepler spacecraft has identified more than 2,500 planet candidates in our galaxy. Of these, several hundred have been confirmed as planets by ground based observatories. The observatory operates by monitoring stars in our galactic neighborhood and watching for tiny dips in the observed brightness. As the dips are repeated over time, researchers can deduce the presence of planets and even...
DSI Technology Used to Study Mice in Russian Space Mission St. Paul, MN (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 Data Sciences International (DSI) has taken part in an exciting study involving its products traveling to space. DSI was approached nearly four years ago by a European researcher working in collaboration with the European Space Agency and the Russian Space Agency on a study measuring the effects space travel has on the physiology of animals. On April 19th, a Russian space mission called Bion-M...
RentPaidOnline™ continues to focus on providing the best service possible by adding a Yardi Voyager™ integration to its rent payments platform. Clearwater, FL (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 RentPaidOnline (RPO) would like to announce it has completed the "Yardi Voyager Qualification" process. With the qualification complete, RPO now has the ability to seamlessly integrate and exchange data with YARDI Voyager clients. RPO is looking to integrate with many of the industries’ top...
BAIKONOUR, Kazakhstan and PARIS, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The EUTELSAT 3D satellite of Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) has been successfully launched by a Proton Breeze M rocket supplied by ILS and is now on its way to its operating location at 3° East. Lift-off of the satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space, took place on 14 May at 16.02 GMT (18.02 CET). Following a 9-hour 13-minute flight, Proton released EUTELSAT 3D into geosynchronous transfer orbit. The partial...
NASA A truss design devised to help workers process space shuttles continues to find new uses as a space shuttle engineer-turned-entrepreneur adapts it to everything from a solar-powered electric generator to a mobile cellphone tower. The structure, which is constantly being redesigned into smaller packages that unfold to larger sizes, is also envisioned for Mars or other space destinations where it could be deployed to connect modules for astronauts. Jim Fletcher, who worked for...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and NASA are building the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Exploration Vehicle, a new spacecraft that will carry humans farther into space than ever before. Bay Area news media are invited to learn more about Orion when program managers visit Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company in Sunnyvale, Calif. where engineers...
Atmospheric pollution sensor first Ball contract with South Korea BOULDER, Colo., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has been awarded a contract from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to build the Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS) for the National Institute of Environmental Research in the Ministry of Environment of South Korea. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130108/LA39163LOGO) GEMS is a...
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Janice Elaine Voss was a NASA astronaut as well as an American Engineer whom flew in space five times placing her at first for holding the record for American women. Voss was born on October 8, 1956 in South Bend, Indiana. She attended Minnechaug Regional High School in Wilbraham, Massachusetts and graduated in 1972. She then attended Purdue University to receive her bachelor’s degree in engineering while concurrently working at the Johnson Space Center. After Purdue University, Voss...
John Grunsfeld is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut. He was born John Mace Grunsfeld in October of 1958 in Chicago, Illinois. He remained in Illinois throughout his childhood and graduated from Highland Park High School in 1976. Upon his graduation, he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physics in 1980. He then furthered his education at the University of Chicago, where he earned a Master of Science in physics in...
Léopold Eyharts is a Brigadier General in the French Air Force and an ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut. Eyharts was born April 28, 1957, in Biarritz, France. After completing his basic academics, he joined the French Air Force Academy of Salon-de-Provence in 1977 to study aeronautical engineering. Eyharts graduated in 1979 as an engineer. By 1980 he became a fighter pilot and was sent to the Istres Air Force Base in France. Initially he was assigned to an operational jaguar squadron...
Andrew Feustel is a NASA astronaut and an American Geophysicist. He was born Andrew J. (Drew) Feustel on August 25, 1965 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Lake Orion, Michigan. He graduated from Lake Orion High School and subsequently received an Associate’s degree from Oakland Community College. During this time, he worked at International Autoworks as an auto mechanic. He then transferred to Purdue University, where joined the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and served as a...
Vladimir Dezhurov is a former Russian cosmonaut who has performed nine spacewalks. He was born Vladimir Nikolayevich Dezhurov on July 30, 1962 in Yavas, Zubovo-Polyansky District, Mordovia, Russia. Dezhurov attended the S.I. Gritsevits Kharkov Higher Military Aviation School, where he graduated with a pilot engineer’s diploma in 1983. After graduating, Dezhurov served as a pilot and senior pilot in the Russian Air Force. In 1987, he was assigned to the Cosmonaut Training Center, where he...
