NASA Research Validates Benefits of Napping
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ISS Astronauts #39;Visit #39; Virginia Classrooms
As NASA #39;s Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan addressed 300 sixth grade students from Berkeley Middle School in Williamsburg, Va., she recapped how, weeks earlier, ...

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NASA EDGE: MMS Propulsion
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NASA Chief Congratulates ISS Crew on Success of Cygnus Arrival
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The memory of Neil Armstrong lives on at a NASA center.

President Barack Obama on Thursday signed a bill into law that rebrands the Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California in honor of the late astronaut. Armstrong was a test pilot at the Mojave Desert facility and later became the first moonwalker.

The center is being renamed the NASA Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center. As a consolation, the center's test range will be named for Hugh Dryden, a former NASA executive.

It's not the first name makeover for NASA.

In 1999, the Lewis Research Center in Ohio named for George Lewis, the first executive officer of NASA's predecessor agency was changed to the John H. Glenn Research Center, after the first American to orbit Earth.

NASA says it's developing a timeline to carry out the latest name change.

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Michael Freilich, the scientist who directs the Earth Science Division, explains the importance of the Earth-monitoring satellites

By Stephanie Paige Ogburn and ClimateWire

Michael Freilich: Director of NASA's Earth Science Division. Image: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Flickr

NASA is well-known for its lunar landings and missions to Mars. But the agency makes major use of its space expertise running satellites that monitor the Earth, its climate and its weather.

It currently operates 16 Earth science research missions, and the agency's Earth Science Division is scheduled to launch up to five more in 2014.

Michael Freilich, the scientist who directs the Earth Science Division, took a few minutes to discuss with ClimateWire the importance of the Earth science missions and what he is looking forward to in the new year.

ClimateWire: Why is it important to observe the Earth from space?

Michael Freilich: If you are going to understand the connection between [biological, physical and chemical] processes, you have to be measuring lots of different quantities all at the same time.

The vantage point of space allows us to make measurements that have high spatial resolution but global coverage, and make frequent measurements at a particular place but for long periods of time. We couldn't look at the Earth as an integrated system where you have to measure all these different variables and over all these different scales before the advent of the space age.

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NASA's Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity landed on the Red Planet 10 years ago this month and the space agency will celebrate the milestone with a live webcast event tonight.

Spirit and Opportunity landed on Mars in January 2004 to begin a 90-day mission that continues to this day. Spirit, which landed first, went silent in March 2010, but Opportunity is still exploring a decade after reaching the Red Planet. You can watch NASA's Mars rover webcast live here beginning at 10 p.m. EST (0300 Jan. 17 GMT, 7 p.m. PST), courtesy of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.

"NASA's twin rovers launched separately in 2003 and landed three weeks apart in January 2004. They completed their three-month prime missions in April 2004 and went on to perform extended missions for years," NASA officials wrote in an announcement. "Spirit and Opportunity made important discoveries about wet environments on ancient Mars that may have been favorable for supporting microbial life." [10 Amazing Mars Discoveries by Spirit & Opportunity]

Tonight's 10th anniversary event will be held at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and feature:

You can also watch the Mars rover celebration directly from NASA here: http://ustream.tv/NASAJPL

10 Years on Mars: Smithsonian Celebrates Spirit, Opportunity Rovers: Photos

If you live in the Los Angeles area, you can attend the event free of charge, though admission is on a first-come, first-serve basis. The event will begin at 7 p.m. local time in JPL's Beckman Auditorium on the California Institute of Technology campus, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, Calif.

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NASA's Glenn Research Center Director Jim Free and former NASA astronaut Scott Altman recognized over 500 Glenn employees and contractors for exceptional contributions and achievements in science, technology, engineering, craftsmanship, leadership and administrative service at the 2013 Honor and Center Awards Ceremony.

Below are the Honor Award recipients, their hometowns and the award citations from the ceremony program.

Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Senior Professional: Rickey J. Shyne, Strongsville, the rank of Meritorious Executive in the Senior Executive Service for sustained superior accomplishment in management of programs of the United States Government and for noteworthy achievement of quality and efficiency in the public service.

Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished Senior Professional: Isaiah M. Blankson, Solon, for sustained extraordinary accomplishment in the conduct of programs of the United States Government and for professionalism exemplifying the highest standards of service to the public, reflecting credit on the career civil service.

Outstanding Leadership Medal: Ruben Del Rosario, Strongsville, for sustained leadership and exceptionally high-impact achievements in the development strategy to NASA research projects for commercial subsonic transport technologies.

Linda D. Dukes-Campbell, Beachwood, for exceptional leadership of dynamic media and outreach teams at the NASA Glenn Research Center.

Carol A. Ginty, Olmsted Township, for outstanding leadership of significant agency projects including Space Environmental Test, Commercial Space and Cryogenic Propellant Storage and Transfer.

Julie A. Grantier for exceptional and sustained leadership while serving as the technical lead for the European Space Agency Service Module team.

Glen M. Horvat, North Royalton, for exceptional and sustained leadership while serving as Glenn's Senior Spaceflight Chief Engineer.

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Glenn Research Center Employees Receive NASA Honor Awards

Climate experts from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will announce new data on 2013 global temperatures during a media teleconference at 1:30 p.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 21.

The scientists also will discuss 2013's most important weather and climate events. NASA and NOAA are two keepers of the world's temperature data and independently produce a record of Earth's surface temperatures and changes based on historical observations over oceans and land.

Consistency between the two independent analyses, as well as analyses produced by other countries, increases confidence in the accuracy of such data, the assessment of the data, and resulting conclusions. These analyses provide government and business leaders with critical information about climate change.

The NASA and NOAA 2013 global temperature analyses will be issued in a news release 90 minutes before the start of the teleconference.

The teleconference panelists are:

-- Gavin Schmidt, deputy director, NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York

-- Thomas R. Karl, director, NOAA's National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, N.C. and chair of the Subcommittee on Global Change Research

Media can participate in the teleconference by calling 888-810-6809 (toll-free in U.S./Canada) or 1-212-519-0808 (international) and using the passcode "climate." The briefing also will be streamed live at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

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NASA, NOAA To Announce 2013 Global Temperature, Climate Conditions

The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress, has released its 2013 annual report examining NASA's safety performance over the past year and highlighting issues and concerns to agency and government officials.

The report released Wednesday is based on the panel's 2013 fact-finding and quarterly public meetings; "insight" visits and meetings; direct observations of NASA operations and decision-making processes; discussions with NASA management, employees, and contractors; and the panel members' own experience.

"This year's annual report centers on risk, risk management, accountability, and transparency," said panel chairman Joseph W. Dyer. "The panel notes that in pursuit of a U.S. capability to launch humans into space, and in light of constrained budgets, an argument to accept additional risk could be rationally put forward. The ASAP underscores the need to speak transparently about risk and reward. Acceptable risk needs to be formally accepted, made accountable, and explained to the NASA team, Congress, and the public."

The 2013 report highlights:

-- Commercial Crew Program

-- Exploration Systems Development

-- Funding Uncertainty

-- International Space Station (ISS)

-- Technical Authority

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