June 24, 2010 - Lightfoot discusses Constellation reprioritization ...

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June 24, 2010 - Lightfoot discusses Constellation reprioritization ...

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• Sciences et techniques

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• Publié par: ykijarac
• Nombre de lectures: 96
• Langue: Français
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

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Natîonal Aeronautîcs and Space Admînîstratîon

Servîng the Marshall Space Flîght Center Communîty

June 24, 2010

Lightfoot discusses Constellation reprioritization, FY2011 By Amie Cotton From left, Marshall Space Flîght Center Marsall Space Fligt Center Dîrector Robert Director Robert Ligtfoot eld an all- Lîghtfoot, Ares Projects Manager ands meeting wit team members June Teresa Vanhooser 17 to furter discuss reprioritization of and Ofice of Procurement Dîrector te Constellation Program in fiscal year Byron Butler dîscuss 2010, te status of its implementation the Constellatîon Program fundîng at Marsall Center and center planning reprîorîtîzatîon at an for fiscal year 2011. all-hands meetîng Ligtfoot said tat Marsall’s Office June 17. of Procurement as been working wit Ares Projects and oter Constellation Doug Stoffer/MSFC SeeAllhandson page 4

STS131 crew visits Marshall to say ‘thanks for getting us into orbit’ By Sanda Martel Crew members wo flew te STS- 131 space suttle Discovery in April visited te Marsall Space Fligt Center June 22 to tank te Marsall team for its role in teir mission and sare igligts of te 15-day fligt to te International Space Station. Commander Alan Poindexter was joined on te stage in Morris Auditorium in Building 4200 by pilot James Dutton and mission specialists Rick Mastraccio and Stepanie Wilson.

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Marshall Star celebrates center's 50th anniversary with special issue July 1 In celebration of te Marsall Space Fligt Center's 50t anniversary July 1, te Marsall Star will publis a special anniversary issue tat day. he issue will look back at te creation of Marsall and te introduction of its first director, Werner von Braun. Two Marsall "carter members" – Ann McNair, director of te Office of Center Operations, and Jon Key, a tecnical manager for te External Tank Project – will sare te "awe moments" tey've experienced at te center during te past alf-century. he Star also will feature a Director’s Corner from Marsall Center Director Robert Ligtfoot, and a decade-by-decade look at NASA accomplisments in wic Marsall played a leading or critical role. he keepsake edition will devote 16 pages to istorical Marsall potograps – including images of President Jon F. Kennedy’s 1962 visit to te center, te launc of te Saturn V rocket and te first space suttle, and te first star formation captured by te powerful optics of te Candra X-ray Observatory. he issue will be available online at 2 p.m. June 30 at ttp://marsallstar. msfc.nasa.gov/. Classified ads will not publis July 1. hey will resume July 8.