Still Flying At Over 111,000 Feet, 12 Days After Launch
NASA and the National Science Foundation have successfully
launched and demonstrated a newly-designed super pressure balloon
prototype that may enable a new era of high-altitude scientific
research. The super-pressure balloon ultimately will carry large
scientific experiments to the brink of space for 100 days or
more.
NASA is on track for its first space shuttle mission of the New
Year. At Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle
Discovery completed its journey from Orbiter Processing Facility-3
to the Vehicle Assembly Building at 3:30 pm EST Wednesday. An
earlier rollover was delayed to allow technicians to replace a tire
with low pressure and wait out a midday rainstorm.
Bandleader Compares Task To "Steering An Aircraft Carrier"
"Welcome to one of the greatest moments of your career." With
those words, Air Force Col. Dennis M. Layendecker, commander, music
director and conductor for the US Air Force Band, impressed on his
airmen the importance of their upcoming mission supporting the
inauguration of President Barack Obama.
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