Try on a "Bigger Story" about Religious Belief and Spirituality. 2013 10 13 13 29 48 – Video

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Margaret Placentra Johnston presents her book Faith Beyond Belief: Stories of Good People Who Left Their Church Behind at the New Authors Book Slam in Vienna...

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NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center to Reopen at Noon Thursday

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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AL.COM) -Nearly 2,500 NASA civil service workers will return to their jobs at Marshall Space Flight Center at noon Thursday, a center spokesman said Wednesday night. That will officially end the center closure in place since the federal government shutdown began Oct. 1.

Liberal leave will be in effect for employees on Thursday and Friday, spokesman Dom Amatore said in a statement. Employees should be especially diligent about observing safety precautions as they return to work.

Amatore said liberal leave means employees can take leave without requesting it in advance by notifying their supervisors. The advisory to be careful simply reflects that the centers labs and shops have been closed for 16 days, Amatore said.

NASA was one of the government agencies hardest hit by the shutdown. An estimated 95 percent of its workforce was sent home. In Huntsville, controllers remained on the job to assist astronauts aboard the International Space Station in science experiments.

Still unclear is how many of Marshalls estimated 2,500 civilian contract employees will be back on the job Thursday. But those workers support their NASA counterparts, so they will all be back soon.

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NASA Shutdown Update, What’s Still Running and What’s Not: Space Fan News #116 – Video

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Rolls-Royce Celebrates Expansion of Jet Engine Test Facility at NASA John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County …

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HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

NASA Stennis Space Center--Rolls-Royce North America today officially opened its second outdoor jet engine test stand, an investment of $50 million, at the Rolls-Royce Outdoor Jet Engine Test Facility at NASA John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Miss.

Mr. Brent Christensen, Executive Director of the Mississippi Development Authority joined local and state officials, and Rolls-Royce North America President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. James M. Guyette to mark the official opening of the second test stand.

Our decision to first build, and now expand, the Rolls-Royce Outdoor Jet Engine Test Stand here at Stennis embraces the spirit of partnership with the State of Mississippi. This relationship continues to grow, which is a direct result of a very positive public-private partnership. said James M. Guyette, President and CEO of Rolls-Royce North America. Rolls-Royce is investing in America because our collective innovation, competitiveness and cooperative spirit and we find the State of Mississippi is the perfect location to expand our operations.

The new jet engine test stand will play a key role in the companys development of next generation technology that will make important advancements in improving fuel efficiency and reducing emissions. The site conducts jet engine testing -- including noise, crosswind, endurance and other tests on the latest and most sophisticated Rolls-Royce civil aircraft engines including the Trent 1000 that powers the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the Trent XWB that powers the Airbus A350 XWB.

This expansion will result in 35 new, high-tech positions for the State of Mississippi when fully operational.

It is always a great testament to the strength of our states business climate and the quality of our workforce when an existing business chooses to expand in Mississippi, Brent Christensen, Executive Director of the Mississippi Development Authority said. Rolls-Royce selected the Stennis Space Center in Hancock County as the site of its first engine test stand located outside the United Kingdom, and I am proud the company has again looked to Mississippi as a prime location for the testing of their highly sophisticated jet engines.

Rolls-Royce North America first opened its Outdoor Jet Engine Testing Facility at Stennis Space Center in 2007. The company employs over 150 people in the state at this facility and Rolls-Royce Marine Propeller and Waterjet Foundry in Pascagoula, where it machines, manufactures, tests, and repairs propellers for the US Navy and Coast Guard. In Meridian, Mississippi the company also operates a defense regional field office at the Naval Air Station.

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NASA workers wary about future

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NASA workers and contractors in the Houston area, along with proprietors of businesses they patronize, greeted the prospect of an end to the government shutdown Wednesday with a mixture of relief and apprehension.

Employees welcomed the opportunity to return to work but said they were worried they might be furloughed again because the budget agreement only runs until Jan. 15.

It's bittersweet, said Bridget Broussard-Guidry, president of the local union representing workers at the Johnson Space Center. In the short term it's OK; in the long term there is still the possibility that on Jan. 15 we will be facing the same thing all over again.

The agreement includes back pay for furloughed federal workers but contains no assurances of payment to workers furloughed by federal contractors.

I'm a contractor, said Liz Lawler, 58, of Clear Lake. I have no idea if I will get paid for this time off.

Lawler was furloughed from her job as a personnel troubleshooter for REDE Critique NSS, a contractor for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, after Congress was unable to reach an agreement to fund the government two weeks ago.

The Johnson Space Center furloughed 3,200 workers and NASA contractors furloughed an undetermined number of their 12,000 employees in the Houston area.

NASA furloughed 97 percent of its 18,250 employees nationwide Oct. 1, a fraction of the 800,000 federal workers sent home.

Merchants near the Johnson Space Center said the return of federal employees would make a dramatic difference.

Of course I'm happy, Nidal Ayoub, owner of the Mediterranean Chef on NASA 1 Boulevard, said about the likelihood of NASA workers returning to their jobs. NASA workers made up about 80 percent of his lunch business.

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