Category: Science
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NASA Invites Media to Uncrewed Artemis Moon Mission Update
NASA will host a media teleconference at noon EST today, Wednesday, Feb. 2, to discuss progress toward the launch of the agency’s uncrewed Artemis I mission. Audio of the teleconference will stream live online at: https://www.nasa.gov/live The agency will roll the combined Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft out…
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SPACEX WATCH LIVE: NROL-87 MISSION
SpaceX is targeting today, Wednesday, February 2 for Falcon 9’s launch of NROL-87 to orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The instantaneous launch window is at 12:18 p.m. PST (20:18 UTC), and a backup opportunity is available on February 3 at 12:18 p.m. PST (20:18 UTC). Following stage separation,…
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AMTRAK SCORES A 90 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION’S 2022 CORPORATE EQUALITY INDEX
Scored out of 100, the annual rating assesses LGBTQ+ workplace equality WASHINGTON – Amtrak received a score of 90 out of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). The nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measures corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality. The results of the…
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Wisconsin Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station
Students from Wisconsin will have an opportunity this week to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live at 10:20 a.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 3, on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. NASA astronauts Kayla Barron and Thomas Marshburn will answer prerecorded video…
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Dallas’ Light Rail & Commuter Rail Network Evolution
Vanishing Underground From its beginning in 1996, Dallas’ light rail and commuter rail network has grown to 84 stations, spanning 175 miles (282 kilometres). This animated video takes you through the timeline of when new stations were opened, forming the DART, DCTA, and Trinity Metro network that we know today. Featured Image: By Michael…
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BRIGHTLINE BREAKS GROUND ON BOCA RATON STATION
Boca Raton, Fla. – Brightline, the only provider of modern, eco-friendly, intercity rail in America, breaks ground on its new Boca Raton station with Kaufman Lynn Construction, Inc. as the construction manager for the garage and train station. Once completed, the station will be Brightline’s fifth operational in the state, connecting travelers in Boca Raton…
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Walking Los Angeles Union Station
ActionKid I walk through Los Angeles Union Station, the “last of the great train stations”. It is the main passenger railway of Los Angeles and designed in a Moderne, Art Deco, and Mission/Spanish Revival architectural style. It serves Amtrak, LA Metro, LA Metrorail, and multiple bus lines. Google Maps Location: https://goo.gl/maps/52ApAJsKfBVS9Wjc9
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NASA Awards Multiple Construction Contracts
NASA has awarded 12 construction contracts for work to be performed predominantly at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, and at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Each contractor has been awarded an 8(a) small business set-aside, indefinite delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that will be accessed using firm-fixed price task orders. Every contract…
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Train Theft Package Cleanup | LOS ANGELES, CA 1.17.22 (video)
L L N @PMTV LINCOLN HEIGHTS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – Cleanup crews hard at work picking up all the discarded packages thieves stole off of freight trains. Workers were seen loading a bulldozer to be dumped into an awaiting trailer. Some of the crew members were wearing hazard PPE picking up medical waste. A…
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NASA Statement on New Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Appointment
The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on the appointment of Dr. Laurie Leshin as director of the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California. “NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has a storied history of defying what was once thought impossible in the field of space exploration. In this new era…