NASA, Boeing to Discuss Starliner’s Mission
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NASA, Boeing to Discuss Starliner’s Mission

NASA Space Technology WEBWIRE – Monday, June 17, 2024NASA and Boeing will discuss Starliners mission and departure from the International Space Station as part of the agencys Boeing Crew Flight Test in a pre-departure media teleconference at 12 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 18.NASA, Boeing, and station management teams will evaluate mission requirements and weather conditions at available landing locations in the southwestern U.S. before committing to the spacecrafts departure from the orbiting laboratory.Participants in the news conference include:Steve Stich, manager, NASAs Commercial Crew ProgramDana Weigel, manager, NASAs International Space Station ProgramMike Lammers, flight director, NASAs Johnson Space Center in HoustonMark Nappi, vice president and program manager, Commercial Crew Program, BoeingTo ask questions, media must dial into the teleconference no later than 15 minutes before the start of the event.Audio of the teleconference will stream...
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Rocket Lab offers ‘heartbroken’ students tour after Nasa trip abruptly cancelled
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Rocket Lab offers ‘heartbroken’ students tour after Nasa trip abruptly cancelled

NASA Space Technology Navigation for News Categories Rocket Lab has 500 rocket scientists and engineers, and a big mission control at its Auckland facility. Photo: Supplied / Rocket LabRocket Lab is stepping in to fill the vacuum that more than a dozen students find themselves in after their space camp dreams came crashing down.It is offering the students a tour of its rocket factory and mission control in Auckland after a company organising to send the students to a US space camp collapsed.Actura charged up to $13,000 for...
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Inflation hits again: Italian town now sells houses for 3 euros
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Inflation hits again: Italian town now sells houses for 3 euros

Top Stories Tamfitronics Sambuca di Sicilia was among the first towns to initiate the ‘1-euro house’ concept Sambuca di Sicilia, located on the island of Sicily as evident from its name, was one of the first Italian towns to start offering 1-euro houses for sale as means to fight the phenomenon of rural depopulation and exodus of young people. The small town is once again in the news in relation to that programme with the announcement that it has raised the asking price to 3 euros. It may not seem like much, but if you think about it in percentage terms – that’s a 300% markup! However, that’s not entirely correct either, as the previous batch programme in the town offered houses for 2 euros. It looks like inflation has been slowly creeping...
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