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ISS crew says Happy Thanksgiving

Published November 27, 2008 General Leave a Comment
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jsc2007e038131 -- Expedition 16

From the left (front row) are Russia's Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, flight engineer and Soyuz commander; astronaut Peggy Whitson, commander; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor. From the left (back row) are European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Léopold Eyharts, astronaut Garrett Reisman and astronaut Dan Tani, all flight engineers.

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Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson: Hi, Dan Tani and I are here on board the International Space Station. And, we wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to all our NASA select viewers. We feel particularly privileged to be up here on board the International Space Station this Thanksgiving. And we’re looking forward to our activities this week. We have a busy week with EVAs and we hope that you are also having a great Thanksgiving. Continue reading ‘ISS crew says Happy Thanksgiving’

More honors for NASA 360

Published November 25, 2008 General Leave a Comment
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This time it’s two Daveys and a MarCom. The Davey Awards are selected by the International Academy of the Visual Arts and the MarCom by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals, one of the largest groups of its kind in the world. Great job guys. Read more for several ways to hook up with NASA 360. Continue reading ‘More honors for NASA 360′

Hansen: climate already in danger zone

Published November 25, 2008 General Leave a Comment
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View of Earth from nearby space; region of scene is South Asia.A international team of scientists has issued a report saying carbon dioxide levels already are in the danger zone, in contrast to other reports that claim it won’t be a problem until later this century. The team is led by Dr. James Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Click targetco2_200804071 for the report, Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim? and here for the story on cnn.com.

It’s like the economy, it’s a non-linear problem. You knew, given the continued input of big deficit spending that things would go to pot, but nobody could predict the time of collapse with any confidence.” – Hansen

Cyber alert

Published November 23, 2008 General 3 Comments
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NASA has issued a warning about the IT security risks of using USB drives. In a word (or two): be careful. You can get security tips here. Read the memo here.

NASA 360 back from the Big Island

Published November 21, 2008 General 2 Comments
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37 The NASA 360 team is back from Hawaii, where they shot lots of great video for an episode on how NASA is helping improve Hawaiian shirts … or is it studying volcanic soil? Check out their blog and photos here.

Pix of launch abort test

Published November 20, 2008 General 3 Comments
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Click here for photos of the successful test of the Launch Abort System motor.

Langley provides technical support for the Launch Abort System.

See the NASA news release.

Vote in Av Week photo contest

Published November 20, 2008 General Leave a Comment
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A mock-up of the Orion space capsule heads to its temporary home in a hangar at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. by AVIATION WEEK Sean Smith, Hampton, Va., 08-1300-01-S

Aviation Week magazine is holding a 2008 Photo Contest. In the Space Category, Langley’s own Sean Smith has entries, including the one shown here. It’s leading in the voting as of this post.

You can view all the entries and vote by going here.

The photos with the most votes, or “recommendations,” will be published in Aviation Week & Space Technology’s December 22/29 special issue.

A NASA sticker goes a long way … literally

Published November 19, 2008 Uncategorized 4 Comments

New NASA fanHere’s a suggestion (from Kathy Barnstorff). Whenever I travel I carry some NASA stickers. I hand them out to kids who have been particularly good on planes, and, of course, take the chance to mention NASA aeronautics! This young lady and her sister were incredibly well-behaved on a very long flight to Australia.

Social networking 20 million miles from home

Published November 18, 2008 General Leave a Comment
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PASADENA, Calif. — NASA has successfully tested the first deep space communications network modeled on the Internet. Working as part of a NASA-wide team, engineers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., used software called Disruption-Tolerant Networking, or DTN, to transmit dozens of space images to and from a NASA science spacecraft located about 20 million miles from Earth.

New NASA EDGE Vodcast Ready for Download.

Published November 17, 2008 General Leave a Comment
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NE@Lunar Robot Arm is now ready for download. Built from ordinary household and professional products, the Lunar Surface Manipulation System or LSMS shows huge promise as a potential manipulator for NASA’s permanent outpost on the Moon. NASA EDGE learns all about this developing proof of concept from Senior Engineer John Dorsey at NASA Langley Research Center. Boasting a lot of flexibility and ease of use, it may be just the ticket for even the most unsophisticated medianaut to operate. The Co-host may have a shot after all. To download NE@Lunar Robot Arm, go to www.nasa.gov/nasaedge or iTunes.
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