Court Allows Scientists to Work at NASA Until Trial Over Background Checks
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The United States Court of Appeals allowed the scientists to continue working until the question of their privacy challenge can be addressed at a full trial.
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Astronaut Lisa Nowak is free on bond and in seclusion after appearing in court to face charges including the attempted murder of a romantic rival. NASA and Nowak's family, meanwhile, are asking the public to withhold judgment.
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Jet Propulsion Lab -- As NASA's Spirit and Opportunity resumed reliable contact with Earth, after a period when Mars passed nearly behind the sun, the space agency extended funding for an additional six months of rover operations, as long as they keep working.     Both rovers successfully completed their primary three-month missions on the surface of Mars in April and have already added about five months of bonus exploration during the first extension of their missions...
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NASA is initiating a review to determine whether changes are required to how astronauts are psychologically analyzed throughout their careers, space agency officials announced Wednesday.
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Contradicting NASA policy in a long and bitter debate over science and safety, a panel of the National Academy of Sciences said Wednesday that the
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A former Nasa inspector has been accused of lying about inspecting crucial parts on the space shuttle Discovery before and after the Columbia disaster that killed seven astronauts and grounded the entire orbiter fleet.
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Scientists are selecting subjects to be locked in a self-sufficient capsule to test plans for a trip to Mars.
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By Mark CarreauReporters return to NASA's Johnson Space Center on Thursday with questions in the backs of their minds, if not on the tips of their tongues, about astronaut Lisa Nowak's allegedly criminal actions last week.
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NASA has launched a 24-hour global pollution monitoring service that will eventually allow scientists to give daily &quot;chemical forecasts&quot; from space.
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NASA Ames Research Center has entered into a Space Act agreement with Google, which will combine the technical expertise of the search engine giant with the space science expertise of NASA, to enable NASA's space exploration work to become accessible to everyone.
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Greenhouse gases that spur global warming are on the docket at the Supreme Court on Wednesday in a case that pits environmental groups against the U.S. agency meant to shield Americans from pollution.
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A group of U.S. biomedical scientists has won a $750,000 NASA grant to design a mini mass spectrometer to aid in the search for life on Mars.
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By ALICIA CHANG and JEREMIAH MARQUEZ LOS ANGELES - Dennis V. Byrnes, a veteran engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, fired off a 1,300-word letter to his congressman in April complaining of &quot;unwarranted intrusion&quot; into his life.
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A federal judge in Washington has ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to conduct more detailed reviews of applications to plant experimental plots of genetically engineered crops.
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For those who want to explore Mars but cant wait for a spacecraft to take them there, NASA scientists have reformulated a website that lets the general public search data and images from previous missions.
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NASA officials have said they plan to review screening procedures as they reeled from a bizarre love triangle which has left an astronaut facing attempted murder and kidnapping charges.
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Four North Carolina State University researchers have been asked by NASA to determine how greens ultimately can be grown on the red planet.