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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...
NASA awards $37.2M contract modification to Lockheed Martin
June 23, 2009NASA has awarded a $37.2 million contract modification to Lockheed Martin Corp. of Gaithersburg, Md., to provide additional user application software development and maintenance as part of the Facilities Development and Operations Contract, or FDOC. ...
Aral Sea in Central Asia is about to disappear
June 04, 2009The US-government’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released satellite photographs which provides the clearest evidence yet that the Aral Sea in Central Asia is about to disappear, with all the social, economic and political...
Atlantis lands in California from Hubble mission
May 24, 2009Atlantis landed at the Edwards Air Force Base on Sunday, completing a mission that was two days longer than originally anticipated, with the threat of rain and thunderstorms at the Kennedy Space Center canceling landing attempts on Friday and Saturday...