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LCHS students attend conference in China
La Caņada High School students Caitlyn Seo and Mena Hanna traveled to China last month to attend an international education conference. The students were joined by English teacher Ben Powers, Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist Benyang Tang and Lindi...
Tags: China, Students, Teaching and Learning
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NASA's JPL to 'lasso' an asteroid
A proposed mission to capture an asteroid and bring it into orbit in the Earth-moon system is a stepping stone to sending humans to Mars, NASA administrator Charles Bolden said Thursday at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Bolden visited the La Caņada...
Tags: NASA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Google Inc., Space Programs, Science and Technology
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NASA chief views prototype ion engine for asteroid-capture mission; meets with engineers
AP Science WriterPASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid and tow it closer to Earth for astronauts to explore. Bolden checked on...Tags: NASA, Space Programs, Orion Space Mission, Science and Technology, Science
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Boy Scouts lift ban on openly gay youth
GRAPEVINE, Texas — In an emotionally charged vote Thursday, the Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban on gay youth starting in January next year, the latest sign of a shift in American attitudes toward gays and lesbians. After months of debate in...
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JPL begins work on two new missions to Mars
Less than a year after the rover Curiosity's successful landing on Mars, scientists and engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are at work on two new missions to the Red Planet. The space agency last year announced that a new lander and rover...
Tags: NASA Mars Exploration Program, Aerospace Manufacturing, NASA, Science and Technology, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Dark, massive asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.It's 1.7 miles long. Its surface is covered in a sooty black substance similar to the gunk at the bottom of a barbecue. If it impacted Earth it would probably result in global extinction. Good thing it is just making a flyby. Asteroid 1998 QE2 will make... -
Local stargazers escape to the desert
They traveled more than 200 miles from the San Gabriel Valley to reach one of the darkest corners in Southern California. Three hours before sunset on Saturday, half a dozen amateur astronomers unloaded high-powered telescopes onto a concrete platform...
Tags: Mojave National Preserve, Saturn, Astronomy
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Judge rules in favor of JPL scientists disciplined for emails sent from work accounts
Scientists and engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory were unfairly disciplined for sending emails about a U.S. Supreme Court decision involving background checks at the agency, a judge has ruled. The ruling comes after the JPL employees...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, NASA, Google Inc., Employees
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La Caņada Library still serving its purpose
La Caņada was one of the first communities in Los Angeles County to lend books to residents, setting up a library at the back of a general store in 1913. The library was located at the intersection of Union and Michigan avenues, near the current...Tags: Libraries, Arts and Culture, Human Interest
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Caltech to appeal judge's order to rescind disciplinary actions
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Tuesday said it planned to appeal a National Labor Relations Board judge’s order to rescind disciplinary actions against five engineers and scientists who shared emails at work about a Supreme Court decision...Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, NASA, Work Relations, Justice System
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JPL to appeal NLRB order rescinding discipline of 5 employees
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Tuesday said it planned to appeal a National Labor Relations Board judge's order to rescind disciplinary actions against five engineers and scientists. "Caltech respectfully disagrees with the decision and intends...Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, NASA, Work Relations, Employees
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Judge orders JPL to drop discipline over scientists' email
A National Labor Relations Board judge has ordered NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to rescind disciplinary actions against five scientists who shared emails at work about a Supreme Court decision on background security checks for JPL employees....Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, NASA, Justice System, Employees
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