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Rotary Gala Honors Unsung Heroes of Space

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The Rotary National Award for Space Achievement (RNASA) Foundation will recognize the dedication of the space workers at their annual awards banquet on Friday, April 11, 2014, at the Houston Hyatt Regency.

When people think of achievements in space, they usually think of astronauts or they might picture spacecraft like the Mars Curiosity rover bravely exploring the unknown, but it is the dedication of the workers on Earth that make the astronaut's historic deeds possible.

To publicly recognize all the "unsung heroes" of the space program alongside the more well-known achievers, the Rotary National Awards for Space Achievement (RNASA) Foundation was formed by the Space Center Rotary Club in 1985, and presents an American citizen with the National Space Trophy each year.

This year the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement (RNASA) Foundation will present its top award, the 2014 National Space Trophy (NST), to the Honorable Charles F. Bolden, Jr., NASA Administrator, retired Major General United States Marine Corps (Ret.) and former NASA astronaut, STS-61-C, STS-31, STS-45, and STS-60.

Col. Robert Cabana, Director of the Kennedy Space Center and former astronaut, STS-41, STS-53, STS-65 and STS-88, will present the 2014 Rotary National Award for Space Achievement to Bolden. Bolden was nominated by Cabana and Robert Jacobs, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Communications.

Former CNN correspondent John Zarrella will serve as the Master of Ceremonies; Veronica McGregor, the 2013 Space Communicator Award winner, and Manager of News and Social Media at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, will be presenting the 2014 Space Communicator Award to former Canadian Space Agency astronaut (STS-74, STS-100, and International Space Station mission Soyuz TMA-07M), author, and musician Chris A. Hadfield. Gemini/Apollo Astronaut Lt. Gen. Thomas Stafford, USAF (Ret.), will present an OMEGA watch to Bolden. David W. Thompson, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Orbital Sciences Corporation will be the Keynote Speaker.

The RNASA Foundation's Board of Advisors selects the NST honoree each year and represents a Who's Who of government and corporate aerospace leaders, including former Trophy and Space Communicator Award recipients.

The RNASA Stellar Awards Evaluation Panel selects the winners from nominations received from industry and government based on whose accomplishments hold the greatest promise for furthering activities in space and the extent to which the nominee meets the goal of recognizing "unsung heroes". The 2014 judges are Dr. Glynn S. Lunney, Arnold D. Aldrich, and Gen. Kevin P. Chilton.

RNASA Chairman Rodolfo Gonzlez said, "We received 51 government and 113 corporate nominations for awards this year." The nominations came from Aerojet Rocketdyne, ARES, ATK, Barrios, Bastion Technologies, Boeing, Booz Allen Hamilton, Catholic University of America, DARPA, Draper, Jacobs, Keystone Engineering, L-3 Communications, L-3 STRATIS, Lockheed Martin, MEI Technologies, National Space Biomedical Research Institute, NASA Glenn Research Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Johnson Space Center, NASA Kennedy Space Center, NASA Langley Research Center, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA White Sands Test Facility, National Reconnaissance Office, Oceaneering Space Systems, Orbital Sciences Corporation, SpaceX, United Space Alliance, United States Air Force, United States Air Force Research Laboratory, and United Technologies Aerospace Systems."

The Stellar Award nominees and team representatives will enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour of Johnson Space Center and a luncheon presentation by NASA Astronaut Dr. Stanley G. Love, STS-132. He flew on STS-122 Atlantis from February 7 to February 20, 2008, logging more than 306 hours in space, including more than 15 hours in two spacewalks.

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Debris in space can make future space missions impossible

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LONDON: There may soon be so much debris in orbit around the Earth that future space missions could become impossible, scientists have warned.

Researchers at the European Space Agency (ESA) have said that the amount of debris from man-made objects is about to reach "criticality".

This means that there is so much debris that it is colliding with other debris generating particles of space junk at an accelerating rate.

Scientists said that it would eventually surround the planet in so much speeding space junk that swathes of space will become inaccessible.

"If the current launch rate continues, then collisions will soon be 25 times higher than now. This would make space flight in low Earth orbits almost impossible," ESA said.

"There are already 17,000 trackable objects larger than a coffee cup, which threaten working missions with catastrophic collision. Even a 1cm nut could hit with the force of a hand grenade."

To tackle the problem, the space agency is designing a hunter-killer space probe to track down and destroy defunct satellites and so halt the growth of the burgeoning cloud, 'Sunday Times' reported.

The e.DeOrbit probe would deploy a Roman gladiator-style array of nets and harpoons to first trap rogue satellites and then drag them downwards until they burn up in the atmosphere.

While the question remains as to how long it will take for the debris cascade to render space unusable, researchers said there are already certain orbits, popular with communication and military satellites, that could become unusable within a decade or two.

The worst affected are orbits of 800-965 km altitude that pass over the poles, because these already contain many of the 5,000 or so satellites launched by humanity since the space age began.

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ASU Heads To Semis after Wild 4 Overtime Win Over UALR

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Arkansas State University's Melvin Johnson III converted a three-point play with 6.8 seconds left in the fourth overtime for the game winner as the Red Wolves claimed a 116-114 victory over UALRFridaynight in Sun Belt Conference (SBC) Championship Tournament Quarterfinal-Round action at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, La.

Johnson III, who was one of five A-State players to score double figures, finished with 19 points in a game which was the longest both in Sun Belt Conference and A-State history. The contest featured 23 ties and 31 lead changes as A-State never held more than a three-point advantage throughout the entire contest.

The win advances A-State to this Saturday's (March 15) semifinals where the Red Wolves will take on SBC Regular-Season Champion and tourney number one seed Georgia State at 2 p.m. (CT). The game will be televised on the Sun Belt Network and ESPN3.

For Johnson III, none was bigger than the senior guard's three-point play in the final seconds of the fourth overtime as Johnson III sank a free throw after having twisting through the Trojans' defenders in the paint for a layup and the go ahead basket.

"It was a classic and I'm proud of our team because they found a way to win it," said A-State head coach John Brady. "We made enough plays to win the game and had it won two or three different times but we missed some free throws. Both teams fought hard and got into foul trouble as the game went along.

"This was a great game and fun to watch for the fans," added Brady.

A-State had trailed by a point at 114-113 with 14 seconds left in the fourth overtime after UALR's Stetson Billings made the second of a two free throws. But, Johnson III's basket and subsequent free throw made on a Trojans' foul put the Red Wolves up 116-114 with 6.8 seconds remaining. UALR would have one final opportunity but senior guard Ed Townsel blocked Josh Hagins' three-point field goal attempt with about two seconds left and the Trojans were unable to get off a shot as the final buzzer sounded.

The Red Wolves managed to send the contest into a fourth overtime as senior guard Brandon Reed sank a pair of free throws with 19 seconds to go after being down 105-103 with under a minutes remaining. Josh Hagins missed a three-pointer with four seconds left and Ed Townsel collected the rebound to end the third session tied all up at 105 apiece.

A-State appeared to have the game won in the second overtime, leading 97-94 with 6.7 seconds left on an Ed Townsel free throw. But, UALR utilized the remaining time as Leroy Isler took the ball down the court and drained a three-pointer midst three A-State defenders with two seconds on the clock as the teams went into the third overtime knotted at 97-all. In the first overtime, the Red Wolves trailed 89-87 with 1:28 to be played following a Josh Hagins' jumper. However, A-State accounted for the final points as senior forward Kirk Van Slyke made both of his free throws with 29 ticks left on the clock to extend the game.

UALR claimed a 41-37 lead at halftime and would hold the upper hand with 1:20 left to be played in the second half at 76-70. A-State proceeded to net the next seven points to go up 77-76 on Melvin Johnson III's driving layup with 7.7 seconds in regulation. UALR's James White would notch the game-tying point on a free throw with 2.3 seconds remaining after being fouled on a shot off a defensive rebound.

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