Museums And Schools Eligible To Receive The Sought-After Artifacts
NASA is expanding its offer to museums and schools of space shuttle heat shield tiles and food packaged for spaceflight. Beginning Tuesday, museums across the United States will be eligible to receive these pieces of space history, in addition to the schools and universities that have received them since the end of the Space Shuttle Program.
NASA has published a colorful, picture-filled book that details the development and use of the protective clothing worn by test pilots, astronauts and others as they soar high above Earth. "Dressing for Altitude: U.S. Aviation Pressure Suits -- Wiley Post to Space Shuttle" provides a 526-page survey of the partial- and full-pressure suits designed to keep humans alive at the edge of space since their first use during the years before World War II.
Students Worldwide Have An Opportunity To Name An Asteroid From Which An Upcoming NASA Mission Will Return The First Samples To Earth
The Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx), scheduled to launch in 2016, will return samples from the primitive surface of the near-Earth asteroid currently called (101955) 1999 RQ36 could hold clues to the origin of the solar system and organic molecules that may have seeded life on Earth.
Frank and Comprehensive Interview Offers Insights Into Hightower's Leadership
Just before this year's annual aerial extravaganza at Oshkosh, ANN managed to wangle some quality time with EAA Boss Rod Hightower.... just a year into this official leadership of the organization. Webcast in five parts as a component of our daily LIVE Airborne coverage during the show, we've had a number of requests for the interview, itself, separate from all the many other stories that were part of each day's jam-packed episodes.... and here it is.
Service To Be Held September 13th In Washington, D.C.
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and other dignitaries will attend a public memorial service at the Washington National Cathedral to honor the life and career of astronaut Neil Armstrong on Thursday, September 13. The service is scheduled to begin at 1000 EDT at the historic cathedral.
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