Kansas Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Station
20 Aug
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Kansas Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Station

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NASA Space Technology Students from Topeka, Kansas, will have the opportunity Wednesday, Aug. 21, to have NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Tracy C. Dyson answer their prerecorded questions aboard the International Space Station.The 20-minute space-to-Earth call with students from Mose J. Whitson Elementary, Most Pure Heart Catholic School, and Aviation Explorers Post 8, will stream live at 10:30 a.m. EDT Aug. 21, on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agencys website. Learn how to stream NASA TV through various platforms, including social media.Media interested in covering the event must RSVP no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 19, by contacting Aaron Gray at agray@tps501.org or 785-295-2900.In preparation for the event, students from Whitson Elementary joined high school members of Aviation Explorers Post 8 for a local airport control tower tour and a...
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Powerful APC governor announces resolve on N70,000 new minimum wage
17 Aug
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Powerful APC governor announces resolve on N70,000 new minimum wage

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NASA Space Technology Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 5 years of experience covering metro and government policy Lafia, Nasarawa state - Governor Abdullahi Sule said Nasarawa state does not have the financial capacity to pay the new minimum wage of N70,000 to civil servants in the state.Sule said the state will be able to implement the new N70,000 minimum wage in the next two years.Governor Sule said Nasarawa can’t pay N70,000 minimum wagePhoto credit: Abdullahi SuleSource: FacebookHe stated this during a meeting with representatives of organised labour to discuss issues concerning the welfare of workers in the state at the Government House,...
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NASA evaluating plan to restructure OSAM-1 satellite servicing mission
17 Aug
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NASA evaluating plan to restructure OSAM-1 satellite servicing mission

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NASA Space Technology WASHINGTON — NASA is assessing a plan developed at the request of Congress to continue a satellite servicing mission but has made no decisions about rescinding earlier plans to cancel it.NASA announced March 1 that it would cancel the On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing (OSAM) 1 mission, citing extensive cost overruns and delays as well as a “lack of a committed partner” to use the satellite servicing technology the mission would demonstrate. The agency said at the time it would begin work to wind down the mission, supporting a project workforce of about 450 people through the end of the 2024 fiscal year.Language in the final fiscal year 2024 appropriations bill, released just days after NASA’s cancelation announcement, which fully funded OSAM-1 at $227 million, directed NASA to adjust the mission to...
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NASA is worried the Boeing Starliner could ‘spin out’ and hit the International Space Station
17 Aug
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NASA is worried the Boeing Starliner could ‘spin out’ and hit the International Space Station

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NASA Space Technology In This StoryBoeing (BA) launched its Starliner spacecraft into orbit on June 5. The plan was for the craft and its crew to dock with the International Space Station for eight days and then return to Earth safely. That didn’t quite happen, and the craft has now been stuck in space for more than 60 days and NASA is now worried that it could spiral out of control and hit the space station.Suggested ReadingMedicare patients could save $1.5 billion on 10 prescription drugsSuggested ReadingThe Starliner craft and its crew of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stranded in space after leaks were detected on the spaceship’s thrusters. Engineers back on Earth have been working to find a fix for the issue for weeks and rescue plans for Wilmore and Williams have...
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