November 27, 2012
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By MARCIA DUNN
AP Aerospace Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – A former space shuttle commander whose twin brother is married to former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will attempt the longest…
Continue reading US twin astronaut, Russian to spend year in orbit
November 19, 2012
For the first time since landing on Mars in August, NASA’s Curiosity rover has used its most powerful instrument to analyze soil, sifting for life-supporting chemicals with a labyrinth of…
Continue reading Spaceflight Now: Curiosity’s mini-laboratory tastes first Martian soil
October 11, 2012
Just a scoop of dirt, but NASA’s celebrating big-time
By Amy Hubbard
October 8, 2012, 12:29 p.m.
It was just a scoop of dirt, but NASA scientists applauded more loudly than they had since the Curiosity…
Continue reading Los Angeles Times: Just a Scoop of Dirt, but NASA’s Celebrating Big-Time
September 18, 2012
By Eric Berger, SciGuy
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
About a month ago I wrote about legislation being developed to make NASA a more independent agency.
On Thursday the architects of that legislation, including U.S.…
Continue reading Houston Chronicle: Legislators will introduce NASA reboot bill on Thursday
September 17, 2012
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/researchernews/TXCongressman.html
Congressman John Culberson (R-Tx) has a personal passion for the sciences that he says is genetic. When he graduated from high school, he bought himself a telescope, a Celestron 8.
He…
Continue reading Congressman Asks NASA Langley: “What Can We Do to Help?”