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NASA

• NASA Selects Sounding Rockets Operations Contractor
NASA selected Orbital Sciences Corp.'s, Technical Services Division in Greenbelt, Md., for the agency's Sounding Rockets Operations contract.
—Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT • NASA Sets Briefing To Preview Space Station Spacewalk
NASA managers will discuss an upcoming spacewalk at the International Space Station during a news briefing at 1 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, Aug. 3.
—Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT • NASA Opens Online Voting For Next Desert RATS Exploration Site
NASA is inviting the public to choose an area in northern Arizona where explorers will conduct part of the annual Desert Research and Technology Studies, known as Desert RATS.
—Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT • NASA Simulates Space Exploration At Remote Arctic Crater Site
NASA personnel are among a group of international researchers who are in the Canadian Arctic assessing concepts for future planetary exploration as part of the Haughton-Mars Project, or HMP-2010.
—Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT • NASA Astronaut Sends First Signed Message from Orbit
The number of languages used on the International Space Station has recently increased.
—Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT

EAA

• Scratchin' out a new design
In today's world of kit build-this and quick build-that, it is ever rarer to see an all-original, scratchbuilt airplane, once a common site at Oshkosh and other fly-ins around the country. One of those rare one of a kind scratchbuilt creations is here at EAA AirVenture 2010, parked by the Brown Arch, Chris Christiansen's one of a kind Savor.
—Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:46:23 GMT • Seventy-five years of Flying Fortresses
It's been 75 years, that's three quarters of a century, since the prototype of the Flying Fortress series took to the skies for the first time over Seattle, Washington. For so many reasons, the B-17 Flying Fortress became an American icon.
—Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:46:23 GMT • The Business of Oshkosh is on solid ground
On Monday, after one of the most unusual days in the 40 years of Oshkosh, I ran into Hartzell Propeller patriarch Jim Brown. After we made universal comments about the soggy ground and the thousands of airplanes that weren't here because they couldn't find a place to park, Jim, without me asking, said Hartzell had one of the best days ever at its exhibit with big numbers of airplane owners shopping for new propellers.
—Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:46:23 GMT • Maverick roadable aircraft on a mission
Glancing at its spec sheet you'd think it was a high-performance compact sports car: zero to 60 in 3.9 seconds, a Subaru EJ22 engine, a CVT belt-drive transmission, and less than 1,000 pounds total weight. And while you'd be mostly correct.
—Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:46:23 GMT • Cinderella at the Anniversary Ball
Call N74589 the Cinderella of AirVenture's DC-3 Anniversary Ball. Seven and a half weeks ago the DC-3 was sitting in a field at the Covington Municipal Airport (9A1) in Georgia-virtually abandoned, a landmark to area pilots and some residents, and an eyesore to others.
—Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:46:23 GMT

Scott with Walter Cronkite Scott and Alice Scott with J. Doolittle Scott and family
Scott in his youth Scott with son Tom Scott honored by Regan Scott with Bill Lear
Speaking at NASA Dryden Scott with Chuck Yeager Riding Dooley On Airplane
with daughter, Sally Scott with JFK and sons Tom and Paul X-15 Pilots Arlington Cemetary
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