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A Day of Exploration Not Limited to Space
It was billed as “Space to Create,” but anybody who came looking for a day-long session on NASA’s exploration program -- all warnings to the contrary -- learned early Friday that the mission of ...
Ares rockets, Launch Abort System Earn Accolades
NASA's Ares rocket was recognized by TIME Magazine as one of the top 50 best inventions of 2009 and the LAS earned a top innovation nod by Popular Science Magazine.
NASA Langley Offers Education with Dinner
Jay Nolen emerged from Chili's in Hampton with a NASA bag and some important newly learned knowledge. "The moon may be a future place for a human to stay, to live on," said Nolen, 13.
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A Bit of the Grape for a Good Cause
essica Isenberg, a captain and dental resident at Langley Air Force Base, was trying a Sangiovese, an Italian red wine that she hoped would complement the cheese she had selected from a table in the middle of Reid Conference Center.
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TEDx NASA: It's a Meeting for Open Minds
The key is serendipity. It’s how Alexander Fleming, while studying bacteria that causes food poisoning, returned from a vacation to find a blue-green mold that arrested the bacteria.
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Rain and Wind Hit NASA Langley, Center Closes Early
Due to inclement weather, particularly high tides around 5 p.m., NASA Langley will be closed at 1 p.m. today.
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Good Food, Good Company, Good Reason
There is only one event at NASA Langley where employees can bid on lunch with the center director, taste and learn about chili, sit in a recliner or watch dance routines, all while raising money towards the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). It’s the annual chili cook-off, silent auction and bake sale.
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Some Extras in "The Box" Learn About Cutting Room Floor
Some people who attended the Virginia "premiere" of "The Box" in Richmond on Thursday learned an important lesson in movie-making: It's like putting together a 100-piece jigsaw puzzle from 300 pieces.
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Almost 2 Years Later, Diaz, Marsden Remember Langley Fondly
It was a Monday in late January of 2008, and the roar overhead brought Cameron Diaz out of the Full Scale Tunnel and onto the street on the East Side of NASA's Langley Research Center.
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Jellyfish Offers Clue to More Efficient Submarine Propulsion
What do jellyfish and submarines have in common? Both swim underwater, but more to the point, the jellyfish might lend attributes to the submarine propulsion of the future.
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It's Time for Talking -- and Listening -- at Langley
Open door sessions. Managers walking around, talking to employees. A path through some of the bureaucracy. Awards to those who deserve them. A new-look for @LaRC. All of those things and more are part of the Internal Communication Initiative.
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MLAS: Gift That Keeps on Giving
A report on the accomplishments of the Max Launch Abort System is being prepared that will list its contributions to the Constellation program and to NASA.
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People: News
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Olaf Storaasli Earns Concordia's 2009 Alumni Achievement Award
11.19.09 - Olaf Storaasli earned Concordia's 2009 Alumni Achievement Award "for outstanding service to scientific research, peerless work in support of America's space programs and service to young people, education and community."
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Jack Fishman Honored with Alumni Merit Award
10.06.09 - The Saint Louis University College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Board has selected Jack Fishman, a research scientist in the Science Directorate, as one of the recipients of the 2009 Alumni Merit Award for his accomplishments at NASA Langley.
People: Moves
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Retiree - Herb Gilliam
10.03.09 - "I think the work has kept me young," said Herb Gilliam, a 68-year-old Tessada and Associates contractor who retired Wednesday.
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May Retiree - Leah Meisel
05.25.09 - Leah Meisel, director of the Office of Human Capital Management, retired on May 8, 2009.
People: Alumni
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For the Love of Space
04.29.09 - Richard Davis retired from NASA Langley as a senior scientist in 2007, but that didn't mean his work was anywhere near complete.
People: Alumni Association
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Langley Alumni Association →
The Langley Alumni Association (LAA) was created to help develop a sense of community among former Langley employees and to provide a mechanism for the Center to maintain contact with its former employees.
People: Memoriam
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William L. Williams
HAMPTON - William L. "Bill" Williams, 79, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009.
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Mark Edward Price
YORKTOWN - Mark Edward Price, 77, a Peninsula native, died Wednesday Sept. 30, 2009.