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NASA speaker discusses lunar exploration and Apollo on July 7
July 01, 2009Natural satellite, ocean mover, and timepiece -- the moon continues to fascinate humans 40 years after astronaut Neil Armstrong took one small step for a man. On July 7, NASA's Langley Research Center will host Roger Launius, who will discuss "...
NASA climate instrument to study greenhouse effect
July 01, 2009Studies of a previously unmeasured range of infrared radiation will be performed in Chile's Atacama Desert by a new instrument out of NASA's Langley Research Center. The study hopes to provide new information about Earth's climate in which radiation...
Future meets the past in wind tunnel tests
July 01, 2009This summer engineers will test a small-scale blended wing body prototype in an historic wind tunnel that once hosted some of America's greatest aviation pioneers, including Orville Wright, Howard Hughes and Charles Lindbergh. The 21-foot wingspan...
NASA Langley joins the Twitter/Facebook generation
July 01, 2009NASA Langley has joined the growing legions of people and businesses that are using new media to reach out to the public. The country's oldest civilian aerospace laboratory has set up a "NASA Langley" account on the popular social networking...
Virginia students to participate in science and technology program
July 01, 2009The Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholars (VASTS) program will kick off in July with two weeklong intensive workshops scheduled July 11-17 and July 25-31. More than 80 high school students from Virginia will be participating. Students...
NASA technology helps athletes
July 01, 2009The next episode of the Emmy award-winning video program, "NASA 360," produced in partnership between NASA Langley and the National Institute of Aerospace, will show viewers how athletes are benefiting from innovations developed by or for NASA...
Nasa project will look for clouds around the Americas
July 01, 2009A NASA cloud observation project is on a 13-month adventure to help promote ocean health. S'COOL, Students' Cloud Observations On-Line, was invited by the Around the Americas project to circumnavigate North and South America aboard the Ocean Watch, a...
Langley marks 40th anniversary of first Apollo landing
July 01, 2009The 40th Anniversary of the first manned landing on the moon will occur July 20. Langley was essential to the success of Apollo and, today, plays an important role in preparing to return to the moon for extended stays and as a waypoint for future...
Virgin America and Google Launch Day in the Cloud Challenge
June 24, 2009Award-Winning Airline and Web Technology Company Host Sky-High Gamer Showdown at 35,000 Feet Virgin America has teamed up with Google to take cloud computing to new heights with the Day in the Cloud Challenge - the first-ever online puzzle challenge...
Video on Your BlackBerry Smartphone Using RealPlayer SP
June 24, 2009RealNetworks Makes it Easy for Consumers to Get Video onto Their BlackBerry Smartphone RealNetworks(R) (Nasdaq: RNWK) today introduced RealPlayer(R) SP, a new software application that enables customers to easily take Web video with them on their BlackBerry...