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Space Launch System (SLS) Managed at Marshall Space Flight Center Preparing for SLS Core Stage Testing (05/07/2013)

A test of the Saturn V first stage, S-1C-5, is conducted on Aug. 25, 1967, at Stennis Space Center. (NASA/SSC)
View larger image The Space Launch System (SLS) Managed at Marshall Space Flight Center is Preparing for SLS Core Stage Testing . The B-2 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center was originally built to test Saturn rocket stages that propelled humans to the moon, is being completely renovated to test the SLS core stage in late 2016 and early 2017.

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Marshall Space Flight Center Senior Scientist Selected for Membership in the National Academy of Science (05/07/2013)

Chryssa Kouveliotou (NASA/MSFC)
View larger image Marshall astrophysicist Chryssa Kouveliotou has been recognized for her distinguished and continuing achievement in original scientific research. Kouveliotou, a longtime leading researcher in NASA's space science mission, conducts extensive research on a host of astronomical phenomena including black holes, neutron stars and gamma-ray bursts. She is one of 84 new members and 21 foreign associates from 14 countries recently announced as members.

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NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center to Be Honored by Alabama Legislature April 18 (0/17/2013)

Marshall Space Flight Center. (NASA/MSFC) Marshall Space Flight Center will be honored by the Alabama Legislature with resolutions and proclamations recognizing the center's achievements in space exploration and its continuing significance to the state's economy and citizens. Marshall Center Director Patrick Scheuermann will meet with Gov. Robert Bentley, Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey, state officials and lawmakers, and also will be guest speaker at a luncheon for state leaders.

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Marshall Space Flight Center Engineers Begin Acoustic testing for Space Launch System (04/17/2013)

A collection of four thrusters representing the core stage engines of the new Space Launch System are ignited at Test Stand 115 at the Marshall Center.(NASA/MSFC) Engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center are making progress on the agency’s new rocket by listening to the roar of the four thrusters. The new Space Launch system will enable space exploration beyond low-Earth orbit and take astronauts farther into space than ever before.

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Marshall Space Flight Center -- Launching the future of Science and Exploration (03/19/2013)

Marshall Space Flight Center: Launching the future of science and exploration (NASA/MSFC) Marshall Space Flight Center has the engineering expertise to ensure our nation can send humans beyond Earth and into deep space. Our unique capability is in large-scale, complex space systems development with a core expertise in propulsion.

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Marshall Manages SERVIR – Global Network of Partners Dedicated to Environmental Management (04/09/2013)

This “first light” image from ISERV shows the mouth of the Rio San Pablo in Veragus, Panama, as it empties into the Gulf of Montijo. (ISERV)
View larger image From the Earth-facing window of the International Space Station's (ISS) Destiny module, nearly 95 percent of the planet's populated area is visible during the station's orbit.

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