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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:01:14 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: NASA To Ship Fuel Tank For The Last Planned Shuttle Flight

NASA To Ship Fuel Tank For The Last Planned Shuttle Flight
Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:00:00 -0500

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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:02:42 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: NASA Funded Study Shows Desert Dust Cuts Colorado River Flow

NASA Funded Study Shows Desert Dust Cuts Colorado River Flow
Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:00:00 -0500

Snow melt in the Colorado River basin is occurring earlier, reducing runoff and the amount of crucial water available downstream.

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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:04:28 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: NASA Awards Infrared Sounder Contract For First JPSS Spacecraft

NASA Awards Infrared Sounder Contract For First JPSS Spacecraft
Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:00:00 -0500

NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has awarded a sole source contract to ITT Corporation of Ft. Wayne, Ind. The award is for the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) instrument planned for flight on the first Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1) in 2014.

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:00:26 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: NASA To Ship Fuel Tank For The Last Planned Shuttle Flight

NASA To Ship Fuel Tank For The Last Planned Shuttle Flight
Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:00:00 -0500

The external fuel tank that will power the last planned space shuttle into orbit will be shipped Tuesday to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:01:48 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: NASA'S Shuttle Discovery At Launch Pad, Liftoff Practice Set

NASA'S Shuttle Discovery At Launch Pad, Liftoff Practice Set
Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:00:00 -0500

After safely reaching its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery awaits the next major milestone for its upcoming and final mission to the International Space Station, STS-133.

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:03:40 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: NASA Grants Increase STEM Learning For Minority Students

NASA Grants Increase STEM Learning For Minority Students
Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:00:00 -0500

NASA has awarded grants to nine academic institutions and their partners that serve large numbers of minority and underrepresented students to strengthen offerings in science, technology, engineering, and math, or STEM.

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:03:41 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: NASA Awards Ames Facilities Maintenance Services Contract

NASA Awards Ames Facilities Maintenance Services Contract
Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:00:00 -0500

NASA has selected IAP World Services Inc. in Cape Canaveral, Fla., to provide facilities maintenance services at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif.

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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:02:16 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: NASA Selects High Schools To Compete In New Challenge:

NASA Selects High Schools To Compete In New Challenge:
Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:00:00 -0500

NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Mass., have selected 24 high schools to participate in a new science, technology, engineering, and math education program. The teams will design software to program small satellites aboard the International Space Station.

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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:02:54 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: International Partners Discuss Space Station Extension And Use

International Partners Discuss Space Station Extension And Use
Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:00:00 -0500

The International Space Station partner agencies met Tuesday, Sept. 21, by videoconference to discuss continuation of space station operations into the next decade and its use as a research laboratory.

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Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:02:23 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Nasa Astronauts On Space Station Connect With Houston Students

Nasa Astronauts On Space Station Connect With Houston Students
Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:00:00 -0500

International Space Station astronaut Shannon Walker will speak on Wednesday, Sept. 29 to students from three schools she attended while growing up in Houston.

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Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:03:33 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: NASA Awards Radiometer And Ground System Contracts For JPSS

NASA Awards Radiometer And Ground System Contracts For JPSS
Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:00:00 -0500

NASA has awarded two sole source contracts on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the common ground system and a scientific instrument on the first Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1).

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Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:01:42 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: NASA Awards Contract For JPSS-1 Spacecraft

NASA Awards Contract For JPSS-1 Spacecraft
Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:00:00 -0500

NASA on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded a sole source contract for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1) spacecraft to Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. in Boulder, Colo.

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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:04:34 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: NASA Awards Contract For Earth And Space Science Support

NASA Awards Contract For Earth And Space Science Support
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:00:00 -0500

NASA has selected Earth Resources Technology Inc. Laurel, Md., to provide proposal evaluations, assessments and studies supporting NASA Earth and space science programs and missions.

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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:02:39 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: NASA Invites Media To Two Historic Events At Kennedy Space Center

NASA Invites Media To Two Historic Events At Kennedy Space Center
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:00:00 -0500

Reporters are invited to two historic Space Shuttle Program events at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Sept. 28

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Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 01:01:29 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: International Space Station Expedition 24 Crew Lands Safely

International Space Station Expedition 24 Crew Lands Safely
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 23:00:00 -0500

Expedition 24 Commander Alexander Skvortsov and Flight Engineers Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Mikhail Kornienko landed their Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft in Kazakhstan on Saturday, Sept. 25, wrapping up a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station.