Space
Satellites track Mexico kidnap victims with chips (Reuters)
Reuters - Affluent Mexicans, terrified of soaring kidnapping rates, are spending thousands of dollars to implant tiny transmitters under their skin so satellites can help find them tied up in a safe house or stuffed in the trunk of a car. Read more…
NASA Invites Media To Experience Lunar Exploration Up Close
Reporters will have a unique chance to experience lunar life, including driving across and touching a simulated moonscape, on Monday, Sept. 8, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Read more…
NASA and ATK Investigate Failed Launch Of Hypersonic Experiments
An Alliant Techsystems suborbital rocket carrying two NASA hypersonic experiments was destroyed by range safety officials shortly after liftoff from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Friday. No injuries or property damage were reported. Read more…
Media Telecon Scheduled To Discuss Rocket Launch Failure
Representatives from NASA and Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, will hold a media teleconference Friday morning at 10:30 a.m. EDT to discuss this morning's failure of a rocket launch carrying two NASA hypersonic experimental payloads. Read more…
NASA Kennedy to Reopen for Normal Operations Friday
Managers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., plan to reopen the center for normal operations Friday morning for workers' first shift. Read more…
NASA Ames Awards Contract for Engineering Support
Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., Thursday awarded a cost plus fixed fee indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity task order contract valued at $42 million to ASRC Research and Technology Solutions (ARTS), of Greenbelt, Md. Read more…
Fay Delays NASA Kennedy Space Center Partial Reopening
John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602john.yembrick@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468allard.beutel@nasa.govAug. 21, 2008RELEASE : 08-211 Fay Delays NASA Kennedy Space Center Partial Reopening CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Read more…
NASA Kennedy Space Center Partly Reopens
John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602john.yembrick@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468allard.beutel@nasa.govAug. 20, 2008RELEASE : 08-210 NASA Kennedy Space Center Partly Reopens CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Read more…
Andrews Awarded Aerojet Contract to Build Hardware for Sundancer
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 Source: Andrews Space, Inc. Andrews Awarded Aerojet Contract to Build Hardware for Sundancer Andrews Space, Inc. Read more…
AIAA Inside Aerospace Report and Recommendations Now Available Online
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 Source: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics AIAA Inside Aerospace Report and Recommendations Now Available Online AIAA's Report and Recommendations resulting from the sessions and discussions held at Inside Aerospace--An... Read more…
