Don't Start Driving To Florida For The Launch Just Yet ... The Window Opens In September 2016
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission began its countdown on December 9, at 7:43 PM EST, with 999 days remaining until the opening of the mission’s launch window in September 2016. “This is a pioneering effort, both technologically and scientifically,” said Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-Rex principal investigator from the University of Arizona, Tuscon.
Historic Launch Pad Deemed 'Surplus' By The Space Agency
NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, CA, to begin negotiations on a lease to use and operate historic Launch Complex (LC) 39A at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Permitting use and operation of this valuable national asset by a private-sector, commercial space partner will ensure its continued viability and allow for its continued use in support of U.S. space activities.
Last Man To Walk On The Moon Offers Encouragement To Six-Year-Old 'Activist'
When Gene Cernan heard about a petition established on the White House 'We the People' website by a six-year-old boy who hopes to increase funding for NASA ... he just had to pick up the phone.
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