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NASA Earth Observing Fleet including Landsat 8 2013 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center – Video

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NASA Earth Observing Fleet including Landsat 8 2013 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
more at http://scitech.quickfound.net/ "This animation shows the orbits of NASA #39;s current (as of May 2013) fleet of Earth remote sensing observatories. The s...

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NASA Advisory Council Science Committee Planetary Science Subcommittee Meeting 19 Jul 2013

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 126 (Monday, July 1, 2013)] [Notices] [Pages 39341-39342] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2013-15677]

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice: 13-070]

NASA Advisory Council Science Committee Planetary Science Subcommittee Meeting

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Planetary Science Subcommittee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). This Subcommittee reports to the Science Committee of the NAC. The Meeting will be held via Teleconference and WebEx for the purpose of soliciting, from the scientific community and other persons, scientific and technical information relevant to program planning.

DATES: Friday, July 19, 2013, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, local time.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will take place telephonically and by WebEx. Any interested person may call the USA toll free conference call number 800-857-7040, pass code PSS, to participate in this meeting by telephone. The WebEx link is https://nasa.webex.com/, meeting number 994 987 970, and password PSS@Jul19.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Marian Norris, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358-4452, fax (202) or mnorris@nasa.gov.

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NASA Launches New Website Look

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The online portal to all things NASA NASA.gov has a new look as of today (July 1), with a lightened color palette and new navigation tools.

Among other changes, NASA has added a new window on the top right to highlight live events and upcoming news.

"When we solicited feedback on what people wanted from NASA.gov, the most-popular idea (among those we could actually implement) was to make live events more prominent," Brian Dunbar, internet services manager at NASA's Office of Communications, explained in a statement. "So here is where we'll be putting links to launches, major press conferences and speeches, planetary encounters and anything else we want to draw your attention to."

The new live events box has replaced a menu of icons directing visitors to NASA's popular topics, such as space station, solar system, commercial space, and universe news. Those channels are now available under a small drop-down menu below the live events module.

The space agency also plans to integrate social media into its online features more closely.

Most noticeable among the changes is the new look and feel of the site, which has gone from a black, grey and blue color scheme to a white and blue one.

"We hope this will address some of the complaints we've had about clutter and the page being hard to navigate visually," Dunbar wrote.

The site is a popular destination for space followers, and has been honored with numerous awards. In 2012, NASA.gov won the People's Voice Award as well as the Judges' Award for best government site in the annual Webby competition.

Check out NASA's new website design on NASA.gov here.

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NASA RFI for In Situ Dating Instrument for Mars 2020 Mission

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Synopsis - Jun 28, 2013

General Information

Solicitation Number: RFI-ZP13 Posted Date: Jun 28, 2013 FedBizOpps Posted Date: Jun 28, 2013 Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: No Original Response Date: Jul 12, 2013 Current Response Date: Jul 12, 2013 Classification Code: 99 -- Miscellaneous NAICS Code: 333314

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NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812

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Instrument Development for In Situ Dating Instrument for Mars 2020 mission

NASA, George C Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) is hereby soliciting information for potential sources for the Instrument Development for In Situ Dating Instrument for Mars 2020 mission Acquisition.

Following the announcement of the Mars 2020 rover mission in November 2012, NASA MSFC is seeking information regarding development of a potential in situ dating instrument to be flown on the rover. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), the information requested is for planning purposes only and is not intended to bind the Government. This is a Request For Information (RFI) issued for information and planning purposes. It does not constitute a Request For Proposal.

Absolute dating of planetary samples is an essential tool to establish the chronology of geological events, including crystallization history, magmatic evolution, and alteration. NASA MSFC has developed a breadboard for the Potassium (K) - Argon Laser Experiment (KArLE), whose main objective is to conduct in situ potassium-argon dating. The experimental concept measures K using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), Ar using mass spectrometry, and images the sample using optical cameras. Public presentations on the KArLE concept can be found at http://planetary.msfc.nasa.gov/KArLE.html

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NASA picks Florida agency to take over shuttle landing strip

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June 29, 2013 at 1:24 PM ET

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The space shuttle Atlantis leaves the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida November 2, 2012.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida NASA has selected Space Florida, a state-backed economic development agency, to take over operations, maintenance and development of the space shuttle's idled landing site at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, officials said on Friday.

Terms of the agreement, which have not yet been finalized, were not disclosed, but Space Florida has made no secret about its desire to take over facilities no longer needed by NASA to develop a multi-user commercial spaceport, somewhat akin to an airport or seaport.

The state already has a lease for one of the space shuttle's processing hangars, and an agreement with Boeing to use the refurbished facility for its planned commercial space taxi.

The so-called CST-100 is one of three spaceships under development in partnership with NASA to fly astronauts to the International Space Station, a permanently staffed, $100 billion research outpost that flies about 250 miles above Earth.

NASA ended its 30-year space shuttle program in 2011, leaving Russia's Soyuz capsules as the sole means to transport crews to the station, a service that costs the United States more than $70 million per person. NASA hopes to buy rides commercially from a U.S. company by 2017.

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