Steve Jurczyk has been named permanent associate administrator at NASA after serving in an acting capacity for two months. “I want to thank Steve for stepping up to the plate as acting
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NASA has awarded the University of Oklahoma in Norman a potential $161 million contract to develop a geostationary instrument that will work to measure vegetation health and carbon-related greenhouse gases from space.
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NASA will break ground Tuesday on a laboratory at Langley Research Center in Virginia as part of a 20-year revitalization initiative to modernize aging structures and construct facilities. The space agency said Thursday the new Measurement Systems Laboratory will
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A NASA-led study has found that the use of biofuels to power jet engines can reduce particle emission levels by 50 percent to 70 percent. The Alternative Fuel Effects on Contrails and Cruise Emissions Study includes findings
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An instrument aboard a spacecraft that works to collect data on the Earth’s radiation budget and the upper atmosphere’s dynamics marked 15 years in orbit on Jan. 22. Scientists and officials from
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NASA engineers have begun to conduct a series of wind tunnel tests on scale crew and cargo models of the second-generation Space Launch System in an effort to collect data for use
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NASA has invited university student teams and their faculty advisers to design and analyze concepts that utilize modular space systems and robotic technology for in-space spacecraft assembly. NASA’s Game Changing Development Program and the
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The Federal Aviation Administration has authorized the initial test flight of a NASA-operated unmanned aircraft system and a drone designed to deliver medical supplies to a remote medical clinic in Wise County, Virginia.
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Dr. David Bowles, formerly deputy director of NASA’s Langley Research Center, has been promoted to director at the aeronautical-focused facility in Hampton, Va. NASA said Saturday Bowles succeeds Stephen Jurczyk, who now serves
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NASA engineers from the Langley Research Center have completed the flight test of a 10-engine, battery-powered prototype aircraft called Greased Lightning, which the agency plans to eventually develop into a personal air vehicle.
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