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... is awake and hears us, she will send us that beep. Based on models of Mars' weather and its effect on available power, mission managers believe that if Spirit responds, it ... months. The amount of solar energy available to Spirit then will increase until the southern Mars summer solstice in March 2011. If we haven't heard from it by March, it ... back to doing science with two rovers again. Spirit and its twin, Opportunity, began exploring Mars in January 2004 on missions planned to last three months. Spirit has been nearly stationary ...

... space agency Roscosmos, where they will continue important research that advances NASA's Journey to Mars. The trio launched aboard a Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan ... is considering the use of expandable habitats to support crew members traveling to an asteroid, Mars and other destinations. An expandable habitat such as BEAM takes up less room on a ...

V-2 missile V-2 Upper Atmosphere Research Panel, representing all U.S. interested agencies, was renamed the Upper Atmosphere Rocket Research Panel.

First successful solid-fuel ramjet research model flown at National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA 's Wallops Island.

First launching of a cluster of four Deacon rockets as a booster vehicle, at National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA Wallops Island.

As a result of guidance from the Secretary of Defense as to desired level of effort, the Atomic Energy Commission reduced its program on nuclear rocket propulsion to a single laboratory effort, phasing out work at the University of California Radiation Laboratory and concentrating AEC development efforts at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.

Dr. Herbert F. York was appointed as Chief Scientist for DOD's Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Army Signal Corps and RCA announced development of micromodules for electronic devices which ultimately could permit 500,000 components to be packed into a cubic inch of space. H. Rept. 226, Committee on Science and Astronautics, “Authorizing Appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,” published to accompany S. 1096 for supplemental appropriations authorization for ...

''MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-060 NASA LEADERS TO MENTOR NEW YORK STUDENTS ON MARCH 22'' WASHINGTON -- NASA is hosting a March 22 forum in New York City to share the excitement of space exploration and encourage students - especially girls - to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). NASA's Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and NASA's Associate Administrator for ...

Arthur C. Clarke reports for his first day of duty at Royal Air Force base in Chester, England.

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