So yesterday, a NASA employee flew from Russia to Florida, carrying a diplomatic pouch.
In 1999 Aspen Systems, a NASA contractor, began developing processes to create cheaper aerogels.
And everyone around us was a NASA engineer in one form or another.
Last August, Musk landed a NASA contract that could lead to SpaceX demonstrating cargo flights to the International Space Station.
Neil Armstrong served as a Navy pilot who flew almost 80 missions in Korea before becoming a NASA test pilot and astronaut.
High school students on the Isle of Man have been given the opportunity to win a trip to a NASA research centre.
She also worked as a NASA administrator for long-range and strategic planning.
In northern Utah, "ecliptomaniacs" are planning to travel south to view the event, said Patrick Wiggins, a NASA ambassador in Salt Lake City.
We spent an entire day in the shuttle simulator, as the crew executed the duties closely mirroring the reality of a NASA mission.
Taking a leaf from Scudder's book, Engadget researchers have tracked down a NASA video detailing the mission, located beyond the fold for your convenience.
Although a Nasa-managed mission, Swift has significant British and Italian contributions.
The mattresses are made from visco-elastic foam, a NASA padding innovation that is temperature-sensitive and softens to conform to the shape of the sleeper's body.
But Walter Sipes, a NASA psychologist at Johnson Space Center in Houston, said he thinks he knows where to look to start finding answers: history books.
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In 1996, a NASA study caused a sensation when it announced the mere possibility of fossilized bacteria in a meteorite believed to be from the Red Planet.
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Four compounds used on the space shuttle Columbia could pose an immediate hazard to people on the ground, a NASA spokeswoman said Sunday.
The lander Moon Express showed off Thursday is powered by compressed oxygen, for now, as Moon Express employees test it at a NASA facility in Mountain View, California.
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It's exciting to see a NASA-developed technology might one day help people with serious ambulatory needs to begin to walk again, or even walk for the first time.
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Kyle Herring, a NASA spokesman, said the U.S. space agency had yet to agree to the last-minute Russian change in plans, but would make a decision this week.
The first flight over the Antarctic is planned to take off October 15 from Punta Arenas, Chile, according to a NASA statement and scientists involved in the project.
The Los Angeles area has received less than 2 inches of rain since January, making the bone-dry region "definitely ripe for these fires, " said William Patzert, a NASA climatologist.
Organized with all the precision of a NASA space launch, Systems Go Rockets 2013 attracted groups of young rocket scientists assembled to show off their knowledge of physics and engineering.
Particularly a NASA organization named after Dr. Robert H.
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"It's a long way to go, and is like a combination of playing three-dimensional chess and bridge and trying to run a NASA space programme, all at the same time, " he added.
Mr Li, from China's Chengdu province, targeted software from big manufacturers including Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and Rockwell Automation before selling them on to 325 buyers, including a Nasa engineer as well as military contractors.
Every tile that's installed or a modification that's made to any space vehicle is closely monitored by NASA. A NASA supervisor was on hand with a clipboard, checking off various tasks by United Space Alliance engineers.
The probe's five-year mission is the cornerstone of a NASA science program called Living with a Star, which aims to help scientists better understand aspects of the sun-Earth system that affect our lives and society.
In continued collaboration with the social media platform, NASA is now providing a Curiosity Explorer badge to anyone who checks in to a NASA visitor center or a venue categorized as a science museum or planetarium.
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President Kennedy's ambitious goal of landing on the moon was achieved in eight years, by a NASA that was free to soar on a budget that rose to 4.4% of the annual federal budget in 1966, according to noted space historian John Logsdon.
Garan, a NASA spaceflyer on his second spaceflight, is the creator of the blog Fragile Oasis, which he launched before leaving Earth as a way to share his experiences (and the experiences of other astronauts) to inspire people to cherish the beauty and wonder of the Earth.
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