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We believe that the exploration of space benefits humankind as the tremendous challenge it creates forces
us to use our creative intelligence to produce new technology to achieve our goals. Many of the tools we
use and take for granted everyday was the outcome of human exploration that dates back to our ancient
ancestors. For this reason alone we feel it necessary to spotlight NASA’s achievements of the past and
present, and pay tribute to those brave men and women who sacrificed themselves in the name of science.
July 20: Apollo 11- First Man to walk on the Moon (1969) - Forty years ago, men from Earth began for the
first time to leave our home planet and journey to the moon. From 1968 to 1972, NASA's Apollo astronauts
tested out new spacecraft and journeyed to uncharted destinations. It all started on May 25, 1961, when
President John F. Kennedy announced the goal of sending astronauts to the moon before the end of the
decade. Coming just three weeks after Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space,
Kennedy's bold challenge set the nation on a journey unlike any before in human history. Eight years of hard
work by thousands of Americans came to fruition on July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11 commander Neil
Armstrong stepped out of the lunar module and took "one small step" in the Sea of Tranquility, calling it "a
giant leap for mankind."
August 6: Curiosity Lands on Mars - Activities continue through July 20 to prepare Curiosity's redundant main
computers, or Rover Compute Elements, for arrival at Mars. Today, the computer that has been operating as
Curiosity's prime computer is being swapped with the backup computer. On Wednesday July 18, that computer will
be cold reset, or rebooted, while in online, or backup mode, following the same process used to cold reset the
redundant computer on July 16. In addition, beginning today and continuing through July 20, updated flight
sequences and communications parameters for Curiosity's entry, descent and landing and surface operations will
be uploaded to the spacecraft.
us to use our creative intelligence to produce new technology to achieve our goals. Many of the tools we
use and take for granted everyday was the outcome of human exploration that dates back to our ancient
ancestors. For this reason alone we feel it necessary to spotlight NASA’s achievements of the past and
present, and pay tribute to those brave men and women who sacrificed themselves in the name of science.
July 20: Apollo 11- First Man to walk on the Moon (1969) - Forty years ago, men from Earth began for the
first time to leave our home planet and journey to the moon. From 1968 to 1972, NASA's Apollo astronauts
tested out new spacecraft and journeyed to uncharted destinations. It all started on May 25, 1961, when
President John F. Kennedy announced the goal of sending astronauts to the moon before the end of the
decade. Coming just three weeks after Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space,
Kennedy's bold challenge set the nation on a journey unlike any before in human history. Eight years of hard
work by thousands of Americans came to fruition on July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11 commander Neil
Armstrong stepped out of the lunar module and took "one small step" in the Sea of Tranquility, calling it "a
giant leap for mankind."
August 6: Curiosity Lands on Mars - Activities continue through July 20 to prepare Curiosity's redundant main
computers, or Rover Compute Elements, for arrival at Mars. Today, the computer that has been operating as
Curiosity's prime computer is being swapped with the backup computer. On Wednesday July 18, that computer will
be cold reset, or rebooted, while in online, or backup mode, following the same process used to cold reset the
redundant computer on July 16. In addition, beginning today and continuing through July 20, updated flight
sequences and communications parameters for Curiosity's entry, descent and landing and surface operations will
be uploaded to the spacecraft.
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March 13, 2012 - Big Sunspot Remains Active: On March 13, 2012, the sun erupted with an M7.9-class flare that
peaked at 1:41 p.m. EDT. This flare was from the same active region, No. 1429, that has been producing flares and coronal
mass ejections all week. That region has been moving across the face of the sun since March 2, and will soon rotate
out of Earth view
March 20, 2012 - The Smart TV Is Here: Experience the next level of Samsung Smart TV technology, plus
unmatched picture quality, with the LED ES8000. Smart Interaction lets you access entertainment like never before
Voice Navigation and Gesture Control let you say commands and control TV. . .
March 14, 2012 - Everything Apple or is it iApple: Apple today introduced the new iPad — the third generation
of its category-defining mobile device, featuring a stunning new Retina display, Apple’s new A5X chip with quad-core
graphics, and a 5-megapixel iSight camera with advanced optics for capturing incredible photos and 1080p HD video
iPad with Wi-Fi + 4G connects to fast networks worldwide, including AT&T’s and Verizon’s 4G LTE networks, and still
delivers the same all-day 10-hour battery life while remaining amazingly thin and light. The new iPad will be available
in black or white through the Apple Online Store and in Apple Retail stores on Friday, March 16, beginning. . .
February 1, 2012 - Electronic Tattoo Monitors Brain, Heart & Muscles: On March 13, 2012, the sun erupted
with an M7.9-class flare that peaked at 1:41 p.m. EDT. This flare was from the same active region, No. 1429, that has been
producing flares and coronal mass ejections all week. That region has been moving across the face of the sun since March 2,
and will soon rotate out of Earth view.
January 28, 2012 - Cryptograph Your Handheld Device: LANL researchers have developed an impenetrable
line of defense known as QKarD (Quantum Smart Card) that loads quantum cryptography onto a smartcard or smart phone.
January 5, 2012 - New Path to Flex and Stretch Electronics: Imprinting electronic circuitry on backplanes that
are both flexible and stretchable promises to revolutionize a number of industries and make “smart devices” nearly
ubiquitous. Among the applications that have been envisioned are electronic pads that could be folded away like paper,
coatings that could monitor surfaces for cracks and other structural failures, medical bandages that could treat infections and
food packaging that could detect spoilage. . .
September 9, 2011 - Customizing Your Mac: Screen savers offer a great way to customize — and enjoy — your Mac.
You have a variety of screen savers to choose from. . .
September 19, 2011 - NASA's New Deep Space Exploration System: NASA is ready to move forward with the
development of the Space Launch System -- an advanced heavy-lift launch vehicle that will provide an entirely new national
capability for human exploration beyond Earth's orbit. The Space Launch System will give the nation a safe, affordable and
sustainable means of reaching beyond . . .
October 11, 2011 - Crab Pulsar Dazzles Astronomers with its Gamma-ray Beams: A thousand years ago,
a brilliant beacon of light blazed in the sky, shining brightly enough to be seen even in daytime for almost a month. Native
American and Chinese observers recorded the eye-catching event. We now know that they witnessed an exploding star, which
left behind a gaseous remnant known as the Crab Nebula more. . .
October 11, 2011 - Sharp Unveils World's Largest LED LCD TV: Continuing to build on its leadership in large
screen LCD TVs, Sharp today introduced the largest LED LCD TV to date, the 80-inch AQUOS (80-inch diagonal) LC-80LE632U.
This new TV is a full HD 1080p (1920 x 1080) Smart TV, equipped with built-in Wi-Fi and access to apps like Netflix®,
CinemaNow® and VUDU™ as well as Sharp’s exclusive AQUOS Advantage Live℠ online support. more. . .
October 24, 2011 - FBI Ramps Up Next Generation ID Roll-Out: NextGov.com is reporting that the FBI will begin
rolling out its Next Generation Identification (NGI) facial recognition service as early as this January. Once NGI is fully deployed
and once each of its approximately 100 million records also includes photographs, it will become trivially easy to find and track
Americans. more. . .
