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SpaceX opens office in Alabama to be 'part of Rocket City'
L.A. Times Tech BlogSpace Exploration Technologies Corp. quietly opened a new office Thursday in Huntsville, Ala., dubbed "Rocket City" for its long history with U.S. space missions. The company, better known as SpaceX, tried to keep the news under the radar, but it...... -
Poll: Constellation cancellation (and more on spaceflight)
Opinion L.A.When NASA does it, it's good for the country. That's the guiding philosophy I can glean from those throwing temper tantrums over President Obama's proposal to kill NASA's 4-year-old Constellation program, the onetime successor to the retiring space... -
Obama on future U.S. space exploration: Yes, but...
Top of the TicketFull text and commentary as Democratic president re-targets space plans on research; forget the Moon for now.... -
Obama launches his asteroid space plan to the thrill of several on this planet
Top of the TicketNeil Armstrong, Eugene Cernan and James Lovell really dislike it and so do many others outside NASA.... -
The Front Burner: Return to moon will better advance planetary missions
A human mission to Mars is routinely described as the "ultimate objective" for the U.S. space program, but it is too distant in time and too costly to serve as a guide for near-term, manned space activities. Currently, we continue to use and learn from...Tags: Environmental Issues, U.S. Congress, NASA, Conservation, Science
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NASA considers orbital outpost near moon as next big project
Los Angeles TimesTop NASA officials have picked a leading candidate for the agency's next major mission: construction of an outpost that would send astronauts farther from Earth than they've ever been. Called the gateway spacecraft, it would hover in orbit on the far...Tags: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, NASA, Science, White House
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NASA chief technologist Bobby Braun resigns post
NASA chief technologist Bobby Braun, a key ally in the nation’s capital for Langley Research Center, will resign his post next month.
Braun, who began his career at Langley working on the Mars Pathfinder program, was appointed to the job in Feb....Tags: Barack Obama, Georgia Institute of Technology, NASA, Space Programs, Technology
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NASA Administrator Bolden to speak in Virginia Beach Thursday
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden is scheduled to discuss the agency’s new deep space rocket in Virginia Beach on Thursday. Appearing at an aerospace conference, Bolden will talk about the Space Launch System, a vehicle NASA hopes will send...Tags: Barack Obama, NASA, Rocketry, Technology, Space Programs
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Shuttle blasts off while NASA Langley watches
George Ware’s cigar stayed in its wrapper — just as it did more than 30 years ago when the space shuttle program took flight.
A retired aerospace engineer, Ware wasn’t ready to celebrate Friday as Atlantis rocketed away from Earth on...Tags: Barack Obama, Atlantic Ocean, Richard Nixon, Atlantis, NASA
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NASA leaders expected at Langley on Tuesday
Leaders from six NASA facilities will visit Langley Research Center in Hampton on Tuesday to discuss the agency’s new deep space rocket. The meeting, which is closed to the media, comes less than two months after NASA announced the Space Launch...Tags: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, NASA, Orion Space Mission, Twitter, Inc.
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Sandy Adams’ space problem
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelWhile much of the nation was paying tribute to the space shuttle program's accomplishments Friday, freshman Rep. Sandy Adams was using the launch of Atlantis as a springboard to go after the president. Adams' office fired off this statement after the...
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