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NASA Chooses Small Business High Tech Projects for Development (lun, 23 nov 2009)
NASA has selected for development 368 small business innovation projects that include research to minimize aging of aircraft, new techniques for suppressing fires on spacecraft and advanced transmitters for deep space communications.
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NASA Updates Time of Tuesday News Conference with Space Station (lun, 23 nov 2009)
The 12 crew members aboard space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station will hold a news conference Tuesday at 7 a.m. CST, 13 minutes earlier than previously announced.
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Science Magazines Honor Cutting-Edge NASA Programs (vie, 20 nov 2009)
NASA's revolutionary planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has been honored with the 2009 Best of What's New Grand Award from Popular Science Magazine and a 2009 Breakthrough Award from Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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NASA Awards $350,000 to Winning Astronaut Glove Designers (vie, 20 nov 2009)
NASA's Centennial Challenges program awarded $350,000 this week to a pair of designers who developed concepts for more flexible space gloves that could make it easier for astronauts to perform tasks.
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NASA Pushes Social Media Experience to New Heights (vie, 20 nov 2009)
NASA launched a social media experience at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida that quickly turned into an unprecedented world-wide event as more than 100 Twitter users got a unique look inside America's space program and front row seats to the Nov. 16 liftoff of the space shuttle Atlantis.
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Planet 51 Star Brings NASA's Message of Exploration Down to Earth (vie, 20 nov 2009)
Actor Dwayne Johnson, usually known for his action and comedic film roles, takes to the stars as an astronaut in a new animated feature that brings important messages about the importance of space exploration and education to those of us here on Earth.
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Planet 51 PSA Campaign Brings NASA's Message of Exploration Down to Earth (vie, 20 nov 2009)
Broadcast-quality digital public service announcements are available for download from NASA featuring actor Dwayne Johnson, star of the new film "Planet 51," discussing the importance of space exploration, diversity and education.
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Space Station, Space Shuttle Joint Crew News Conference Tuesday (jue, 19 nov 2009)
The 12 crew members aboard space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 7:13 a.m. CST on Tuesday, Nov. 24.
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NASA Provides Venerable Hubble Hardware to Smithsonian (jue, 19 nov 2009)
Two key instruments from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have a new home in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington.
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Space Shuttle Pilot Set to Talk With Tennessee Students from Orbit (mié, 18 nov 2009)
Congressman Bart Gordon and Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville will host a live conversation between more than 120 students and NASA astronaut Barry E. Wilmore on Sunday, Nov. 22.
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