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Crews recover failed blowout preventer at centre of Gulf spill
Investigators may now be able to answer the most elusive question since a rig explosion unleashed the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill more than four months ago, as they get a close-up view of a key piece of equipment for the first time: Why didn’t it stop the oil? A crewman guided a crane Saturday to hoist the 15-metre, 270-tonne blowout preventer from a kilometre and a half below the sea to the surface.
Federal Agencies Bolster Transparency Plans
In its May report, the transparency group also called for a do-over. It asked agencies to fill in the gaps in their plans and resubmit them by June 25.
NASA Kicks Off New Summer of Innovation Initiative
WASHINGTON, June 10 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — NASA Administrator Charles Bolden kicked off the agency’s new Summer of Innovation initiative Thursday while at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calf. The Summer…
Space station’s new $27 million observation deck attached
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — Astronauts successfully attached a fancy new observation deck to the International Space Station early Monday after a long, frustrating night spent dealing with stuck bolts and…
Endeavour space shuttle blasts off for 13-day mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Endeavour and six astronauts rocketed into orbit Monday on what’s likely the last nighttime launch for the shuttle program, hauling a new room and observation deck…
NASA Selects Illinois Teacher Holst to Inspire Next Generation Explorers
Michael Holst, Green Hill Academic School teacher in Chehalis, Ill., has been awarded a fellowship with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Endeavor Science Teaching Certificate Project was…
Boeing-Built GOES-14 Weather Satellite Accepted Into Service by NASA, NOAA
Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that GOES-14 (formerly GOES-O), the second satellite in a series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites built by Boeing for NASA and the National Oceanic and…
The Boeing Company Statement on NASA Test Launch of Ares I-X Rocket
The Boeing Company today released the following statement on NASA’s successful test launch of the Ares I-X rocket from Kennedy Space Center: Boeing congratulates NASA and its industry team on…
Boeing Submits Proposal for NASA’s Exploration Ground Launch Services
Today, one day before NASA’s first Ares I test flight, The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] submitted a proposal to NASA for the Exploration Ground Launch Services (EGLS) contract to manage…
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Submits Proposal for NASA Commercial Crew Transport System
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] submitted a proposal to NASA on Sept. 22 to accelerate the development of commercial human space transportation as defined by NASA in its Commercial Crew…
