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Private craft makes history with space station docking
The Associated PressThe private company SpaceX made history Friday with the docking of its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, the most impressive feat yet in turning routine spaceflight over to the commercial sector. It marked the first time a business...Tags: Orbital Sciences Corporation, PayPal, Inc., Economy, Business and Finance, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Science and Technology
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SpaceX completes historic docking with the space station
SpaceX's cargo-carrying Dragon spacecraft docked with the International Space Station in a historic first for spaceflight. The unmanned, cone-shaped capsule became the first privately built and operated vehicle to ever dock to the orbiting outpost at 9:...
Tags: SpaceX, Science and Technology, Space Programs, NASA
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Schiff: Cutting Mars program a 'major step backwards'
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) grilled NASA Administrator Charles Bolden during a House budget hearing Wednesday on proposed funding cuts to Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars program, calling them a major step backward for the nation.
Schiff, whose district...Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Adam Schiff, Crime, Law and Justice, Science and Technology, Space Programs
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Schiff sees red over JPL cuts
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) provoked a tense exchange with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden during a House budget hearing Wednesday on proposed cuts to Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars program. Schiff grilled Bolden for nearly 17 minutes about NASA's...
Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Adam Schiff, Crime, Law and Justice, Science and Technology, Space Programs
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NASA cuts threaten employees, Mars exploration
Proposed cuts to next year’s NASA budget would drastically scale back the agency’s efforts to explore Mars, likely costing hundreds of Jet Propulsion Laboratory workers their jobs. In the scope of a more than $17.7-billion proposed 2013...
Tags: Science and Technology, Astronomy, Layoffs and Downsizing, Budgets and Budgeting, Employees
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Schiff pledges NASA budget support
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) this week announced his opposition to any budget cuts at NASA that would threaten the agency's planetary science programs, including missions to Mars and Jupiter's icy moon. In a statement, Schiff said he met with NASA...Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Adam Schiff, Satellite Technology, Space Programs, Budgets and Budgeting
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NASA chief pledges Mars program help
With proposed federal budget cuts threatening to eliminate hundreds of jobs at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden this week said he would try to keep scientists and engineers working on Mars...Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Adam Schiff, Science and Technology, Satellite Technology, Space Programs
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NASA chief pledges Mars help
With proposed federal budget cuts threatening to eliminate hundreds of jobs at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA head Charles Bolden pledged Wednesday at JPL’s Mars mission control room that the agency would try to keep those scientists and...Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Science and Technology, Space Programs, Science, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Glenn chats with space station to mark anniversary
Associated PressJohn Glenn, who launched into orbit for his historic spaceflight 50 years ago, was “no ordinary pilot,” fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong said Monday at a gala marking the anniversary. Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, said...Tags: Mark Kelly, The Ohio State University, Science and Technology, The Associated Press, Space Programs
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NASA budget plan could mean mass lay-offs at JPL
Proposed cuts to NASA’s budget would drastically scale back the agency’s efforts to explore Mars and likely lead to hundreds of lay-offs at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge, officials say.
Included in the more than $17....Tags: Science and Technology, Astronomy, Layoffs and Downsizing, Employees, Budgets and Budgeting
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NASA budget cuts threatening Mars mission
KIAHLawmakers on Capitol Hill now have President Obama’s 2013 budget, a political plan built on more taxes for wealthier Americans, more money for infrastructure and education, and less money for things some of us in Houston like. "I'm proposing some...Tags: Space Programs, Budgets and Budgeting, NASA
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Schiff criticizes proposed funding cuts to Mars projects
Rep. Adam Schiff today vowed to fight a quarter-billion dollars in proposed funding cuts to NASA's Mars exploration programs out of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge "tooth and nail."
The statement came after President Obama...Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Adam Schiff, Politics, Satellite Technology, Space Programs
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