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December 31, 2014

Dawn Spacecraft Begins Approach To Dwarf Planet Ceres

Orbit Around Body About The Size Of Texas Planned For March

NASA's Dawn spacecraft has entered an approach phase in which it will continue to close in on Ceres, a Texas-sized dwarf planet never before visited by a spacecraft. Dawn launched in 2007 and is scheduled to enter Ceres orbit in March 2015.

Project PoSSUM To Hold Inaugural Qualification Program This February At ERAU In Daytona Beach, FL

Project PoSSUM, a non-profit suborbital research program, announces the first PoSSUM scientist-astronaut class to be held at the Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL, Feb. 7 - 10, 2015. This unique opportunity allows individuals to train with some of the world’s leading upper atmospheric scientists and to fly to space as part of an international research campaign dedicated to the study of global climate.

Firm-Fixed Price Contract Worth In Excess Of $4 Million

NASA has awarded a contract to Dvorak, LLC of Baltimore, Maryland, for the Wallops North Island Electrical Upgrade Project. This work will be performed at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia.

Planned Five-Year Mission Now Two Decades Long

The end of 2014 marks two decades of data from a NASA mission called Wind. Wind -- along with 17 other missions – is part of what's called the Heliophysics Systems Observatory, a fleet of spacecraft dedicated to understanding how the sun and its giant explosions affect Earth, the planets and beyond.

Also: OH Defends Wrights, The State Of The (Model Aviation) Art, UAV Videographers Organize, Tuskegee Airmen Go West, DeBlasio Aerial Critique

Now that Santa and his reindeer have put the sleigh back in the hangar for another year the skies are clear for Bill Harrelson to attempt yet another world record. His plan is to circumnavigate the Earth over the North & South poles in world record time. Bill departed Kinston, North Carolina on December 28th in his purpose-built Lancair IV, bound for Brazil on his first leg. Southwest Airlines embarked on a new era Sunday as it celebrated the last AirTran Airways revenue flight. Bob Jordan, Southwest Airlines' Chief Commercial Officer and AirTran Airways President said, in part, "With this special flight, we are celebrating histo

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NASA Updates Upcoming ISS Resupply Mission

January 6th Launch Planned For 0618 EST

The fifth SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract now is scheduled to launch at 0618 EST Tuesday, Jan. 6, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.