Twenty years ago, the first of three major reorganizations swept across Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.,…
Month: September 2010
Schriever Airmen get serious with Happy Hour
On Sept. 24, Schriever Airmen were invited to "Happy Hour" by base leadership where jokes about…
Managers Evaluating Lightning Strikes at Launch Pad
Engineers are evaluating five lightning strikes that occurred yesterday afternoon within five miles of Launch Pad…
[release] Discovery of an X-ray Nova by the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI)
The Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) mission team discovered an X-ray nova by MAXI's X-ray…
Hylas-1 gets green light for spaceport trip
Following extensive testing in India, the Hylas-1 telecommunication satellite has been given the go-ahead for shipping…
NASA Ames Scientists Train the Next Generation of Earth Explorers
South of the San Francisco Bay is a 100-year tidal floodplain near NASA Ames Research Center,…
NASA and NSF-Funded Research Finds First Potentially Habitable Exoplanet
A team of planet hunters from the University of California (UC) Santa Cruz, and the Carnegie…
NASA Awards Space Shuttle Main Engine Contract Modification
NASA has signed a $60.3 million contract modification to space shuttle main engine manufacturer Pratt &…