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12.20.06 - President Bush Signs National Aeronautics Research and Development Policy
NASA ARMD contributed to this new policy that defines principles to guide federal aeronautics research and development activities through 2020. (Release from the Office of Science and Technology Policy)
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11.16.06 - NASA Announces New Systems Engineering Award Competition
NASA has partnered with SAE International on a new award opportunity where university students work with NASA engineers to design and build a radio-controlled aircraft.
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11.15.06 - NASA Airspace Systems Program Announces NRA Research Awards
Awards for research on topics of interest to the Airspace Systems Program.
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08.07.06 - NASA, Air Force Agree to Aeronautics Cooperation
NASA and the United States Air Force have formed an aeronautics research partnership.
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07.28.06 - NASA High-Temperature Tunnel Hosts Engine Test at Hypersonic Speed
NASA's High-Temperature Tunnel at Langley Research Center was used by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne for the first-ever closed-loop hydrocarbon-fueled scramjet propulsion system tests at hypersonic conditions. (Release from Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne)
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07.17.06 - NASA Selects 20 Teachers for Airspace Systems Education Cohort
NASA has selected 20 award-winning teachers from the Nation's K-12 classrooms to join a specially-trained network of teacher-mentors who use NASA-developed materials.
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04.20.06 - Loss of Aviation Pioneer A. Scott Crossfield
The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Michael Griffin on the tragic death of famed test pilot Albert Scott Crossfield.
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02.08.06 - Industry Uses NASA Wind Tunnels to Design New Airplanes
NASA-developed wind tunnel technology is being used by the Boeing Company to test new aviation concepts before applying them in flight.
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01.30.06 - NASA Test Gives Pilots Better Weather Forecasts
NASA researchers see 10 to 20 percent reduction in forecast errors during initial testing of a new airborne sensor designed to automatically sense and report atmospheric conditions.
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01.12.06 - NASA Restructures Aeronautics Research
NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate announces restructuring of research programs and a return to long-term investment in fundamental research.
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