Events of Interest: Week of May 10-14, 2010

Events of Interest: Week of May 10-14, 2010

The following events may be of interest in the coming week. For more details, see our calendar on the right menu or click the links below. Times, dates and witnesses …

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APL's Faulconer Starts New Consulting Business

APL's Faulconer Starts New Consulting Business

J. Walter (“Walt”) Faulconer, the Applied Physics Laboratory’s (APL’s) business area executive for civilian space, is leaving May 14 to start a consulting business, Strategic Space Solutions, with his wife, …

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Orion Pad Abort System Test Successful

Orion Pad Abort System Test Successful

The much anticipated Pad Abort 1 test of the launch abort system for the Orion spacecraft was successful today. Conducted at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the …

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Giffords Seeking Compromise on Human Space Flight Plan

Giffords Seeking Compromise on Human Space Flight Plan

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), chair of the House Science and Technology Committee’s Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee, believes that there is a “third way” to resolve the dispute between the President’s …

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House Appropriations Chair Obey To Retire

House Appropriations Chair Obey To Retire

Representative David Obey (D-WI) will announce this afternoon that he will retire at the end of this session of Congress according to Congress Daily (subscription required). Obey is one of …

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