The Inauguration Committee for President-elect Barack Obama officially extended an invitation Wednesday for NASA to be part of the 56th Inaugural Parade on Jan. 20.
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Goddard-Hosted Program to Air on Discovery Channel
Goddard played host to The Discovery Channel's "Young Scientist Challenge" program in October. That program is scheduled to air on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009.
62 Years at NASA and Still Going Strong
Sixty-two years ago today, Jack Boyd, senior advisor to the Ames director, first reported to work at Moffett Field, the home of NASA's Ames Research Center.
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Temporary Position or Exceptional Career?
When Erwin Zaretsky interviewed with NACA in Cleveland in 1957, he was looking for a temporary position. More than 50 years later, he's a NASA Glenn chief engineer.
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From Poquoson to the Moon on TV, Courtesy of Langley's Zawodny
Joe Zawodny will be in front of his television next Thursday night, watching "SciTrek: Mining the Moon" on the Discovery Channel and looking for pictures that he took.
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This Month in Exploration - December
Forty years ago the crew of Apollo 8 transmitted the first image of Earth from space. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
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Message 6
"I suddenly find myself on the last night before which I?ll no longer be considered part of the crew on the Space Station. This is a very strange feeling indeed."
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Standing the Test of Time
Earl Hanes started to work at NASA through the apprentice program in 1953. Today he's doing research that will send us back to the moon.
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Shuttle Crew to Visit NASA Headquarters, Available for Interviews
01.13.09 - NASA Headquarters will welcome the astronauts of the STS-126 space shuttle mission on Thursday, Jan. 22, at 10 a.m. EST.
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Space Station Crew Marks 40th Anniversary of First Human Moon Trip
12.18.08 - The International Space Station crew, paving the way for NASA's return to the moon, will honor the first humans to journey there 40 years ago with a special message.
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