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December 22, 2011

NASA Conducts Orion Parachute Testing For Orbital Test Flight

Test Vehicle Dropped From A C-130 At 25,000 Feet

NASA successfully conducted a drop test of the Orion crew vehicle's parachutes high above the Arizona desert Tuesday in preparation for its orbital flight test in 2014. Orion will carry astronauts deeper into space than ever before, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and ensure a safe re-entry and landing.

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Physicist And Former Astronaut John Grunsfeld to Head NASA Science Directorate

Succeeds Ed Weiler, Who Retired In September

NASA has named physicist and former astronaut John Grunsfeld as the new associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at the agency's headquarters in Washington. Grunsfeld will take the reins of the office effective Jan. 4, 2012. He succeeds Ed Weiler, who retired from NASA on Sept. 30.

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Colorado Seeks 'Spaceport State' Status

Front Range Airport Could Become Launch Facility

Those skeptical of the potential for commercial space flight to become a major industry certainly have their counterparts among state and local governments. Colorado is the latest state to apply to the FAA for status as a "spaceport state."

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There's Still No Place Like Home ... At Least So Far

NASA Discovers First Earth-Size Planets Beyond Our Solar System, But Not In Habitable Zone

NASA's Kepler mission has discovered the first Earth-size planets orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system. The planets, called Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f, are too close to their star to be in the so-called habitable zone where liquid water could exist on a planet's surface, but they are the smallest exoplanets ever confirmed around a star like our sun.

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Aero-TV: Up For A Challenge - Sandel Aids NASA Research

Sandel TAWS Selected for High-Flying NASA Program

Tough duty... let's face it, having anything to do with either the F-15 or F-18 is a high point for any aviator... and the folks at Sandel are getting their chance to live part of the dream through the products that they have provided to NASA under a research program. And best of all, they're working with NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB -- the agency's premier installation for atmospheric flight research and operations. Sandel tells ANN that their ST3400 Terrain Avoidance Warning System (TAWS) was chosen by the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC), Edwards, CA, to equip F-18 and F-15 suppor

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