When the National Aeronautics and Space Administration came into being in 1958, Richard Cavicchi already had 14 years of service with the federal government.
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It Began Because He Was Crazy About Airplanes
On a Saturday in late May in 1958, Roy Harris graduated from Georgia Tech. A Saturday later, he got married. Two Saturdays after that, he and his new bride rented a small trailer, loaded it and drove ...
Astronauts To Vote From Space
This Nov. 4, few ballots will have traveled as far as those cast by two NASA astronauts.
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Sachs Lays Out Another Mission for NASA
When Jeffrey Sachs speaks of poverty, he's not talking about a hungry waif in New York or a homeless person in Chicago.
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From Taxidriver to Virginia's Aeronautics Hall of Fame
A freshly minted engineer from Catholic University was looking for a job in a new field when he first came to Langley Research Center. Norm Crabill had seen a helicopter land in Washington, D.C., and decided that he wanted to work on those new flying machines.
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Tools of the Trade
Bernhard Anderson began his career using a slide rule. Today this engineer utilizes sophisticated computer software to help NASA discover new approaches to achieving technology breakthroughs.
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Ochoa Honored as Hispanic 2008 Engineer of the Year
Johnson Space Center Deputy Director Ellen Ochoa has been chosen as the first woman to receive the Engineer of the Year award by the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference.
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Reightler: Human Space Exploration Is Man's Destiny
When President John F. Kennedy pitched to send Americans to the moon, he said, "We go ? not because it's easy, but because it's hard." It's still hard, said Ken Reightler to a colloquium audience at NASA Langley on Tuesday.
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Schmitt Completes NASA Advisory Council Service; Ford Named Chairman
10.16.08 - NASA Advisory Council Chairman Harrison "Jack" H. Schmitt announced Thursday he was leaving the council. Fellow council member Kenneth Ford will succeed him as chairman effective immediately.
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NASA Issues Space Shuttle to Constellation Workforce Transition Report
10.08.08 - NASA is releasing an updated version of the Workforce Transition Strategy Report, which was delivered to Congress on Wednesday.
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