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NASA Awards Safety And Mission Assurance Contract ExtensionNASA has exercised two six-month options to the agency's Safety and Mission Assurance Support Services Contract with Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) of San Diego for the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The options are worth $32.9 million.
Source: NASA
NASA Hosts Briefing on New Observations of Interstellar MatterNASA will host a Science Update at 1 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, to discuss new analysis from NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft of material from outside our solar system and the interstellar boundary region that surrounds our home in space.
Source: NASA
NASA Deputy Administrator Visits Aurora Flight Sciences Highlights Importance Of Technology In An American Economy Built To LastNASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver will visit Aurora Flight Sciences in Manassas, Va., on Jan. 27 to highlight how government can partner with small business to help create the jobs of the future through investment in science and technology.
Source: NASA
NASA's Kepler Announces 11 Planetary Systems Hosting 26 PlanetsNASA's Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems hosting 26 confirmed planets. These discoveries nearly double the number of verified planets and triple the number of stars known to have more than one planet that transits, or passes in front of, the star.
Source: NASA
Energy Department Announces Student Teams, New Location for Solar Decathlon 2013Energy Department Announces Student Teams, New Location for Solar Decathlon 2013U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the 20 collegiate teams selected to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013 and unveiled the competition?s location, the Orange County Great Park in Irvine, California.
Source: Energy.gov
City of Houston Joins Better Buildings Challenge, Partners with Energy Department to Reduce Energy Waste and Boost Efficiency City of Houston Joins Better Buildings Challenge, Partners with Energy Department to Reduce Energy Waste and Boost Efficiency Washington, D.C. ? Building on President Obama?s call in the State of the Union address earlier this week for a new era for American energy, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu joined with Houston Mayor Annise Parker today to announce that Houston, Texas is joining the Better Buildings Challenge. Houston is the latest community to join the Challenge, a public-private ...
Source: Energy.gov
Secretary Chu Statement on Stockholm NobelPrize Events, Winners from DOE LaboratoriesSecretary Chu Statement on Stockholm Nobel Prize Events, Winners from DOE LaboratoriesU.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who is a co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics (1997), was in Stockholm over the past several days representing the United States as two scientists with ties to the Department of Energy were awarded Nobel Prizes. Secretary Chu made the following statement:
Source: Energy.gov
Online Voting Begins for ?America?s Next Top Energy Innovator?Online Voting Begins for ?America?s Next Top Energy Innovator?Americans Will Pick the Most Innovative Start-Up Companies Using Laboratory Inventions to Create New Businesses, Products
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NASA's J-2X Engine Kicks Off 2012 With Powerpack TestingA new series of tests on the engine that will help carry humans to deep space will begin next week at NASA?s Stennis Space Center in southern Mississippi. The tests on the J-2X engine bring NASA one step closer to the first human-rated liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen rocket engine to be developed in 40 years.
Source: NASA
Educators Selected to Fly on NASA's SOFIA Airborne ObservatoryTwenty-six educators from the United States have been selected for research flights aboard SOFIA, NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. As participants in the Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors program, the educators will partner with professional astronomers using SOFIA for scientific observations in 2012 and 2013.
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