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July 19, 2013

NASA Announces Effort To Form New Partnerships With Private Space Industry

Program Intended To Help Companies Accelerate Space Development

NASA officials Wednesday released a synopsis requesting information from U.S. private enterprises interested in pursuing unfunded partnerships. The aim is to advance the development of commercial space products and services.

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Curiosity Mars Rover Passes Kilometer Of Driving

Rover Is On A Multi-Month Trek To A Nearby Martian Mountain

The latest drive by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover brought the total distance that the rover has driven on Mars to more than 1 kilometer, or about 0.62 mile. The drive covered about 38 meters and brought the mission's odometry to about 1.029 kilometers, or 3,376 feet. The drive was completed in the early afternoon of the rover's 335th Martian day, or sol, of work on Mars (July 17).

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Airborne 07.19.13: Small Airplane Revitalization, EAA's Next Prez Search, Aerial Trespass?

Also: ANN Announces 'AeroSports!' Book, ERAU ATP Students Get Advantage, A350 Flying Serious Hours, American Champion SAIB

In one of the few GA-positive stories to come out of Washington, DC, the House of Representatives passed the Small Airplane Revitalization Act, a bill sponsored by Congressman Mike Pompeo, R-Kansas, which would revitalize America's general aviation industry by updating outdated certification regulations. There will be no announcement of a new president for EAA at AirVenture this year, because the organization has not yet initiated a search for a new leader. A well known National Geographic photographer has been arrested for "trespassing in the air." George Steinmetz of Glen Ridge, NJ, while working on an assignment for National Geographic, was oper




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