Sentences with phrase «u.s. planetary science»

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It serves as the model for collaboration among disciplines and nations in planetary science, with its instrument teams featuring balanced rosters of U.S. and European scientists.

Bill Nye, CEO of The Planetary Society who is popularly known as «the science guy,» pointed to the vision of the nation's framers for enshrining in the U.S. Constitution support for promoting the progress of science.

The team, including researchers from Brock University in Canada, the U.S. non-profit Planetary Science Institute, and the Nordic Volcanological Center in Iceland collected samples from Askja for the first time last summer.

In the meantime, speculation about the U.S.'s future in space has reached its highest point in recent memory, as made clear here last week by the proceedings of the 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC).

«Since its early formulation, NASA has invited mission concept feedback and development ideas from the planetary science community, general public, U.S. and global industry, and international partners,» said Gates.

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) initiated Planetary Biodiversity Inventories (PBIs) to facilitate description of species that were known to a handful of scientific specialists but not yet officially published.

In addition to planetary science, the new budget also allocates $ 1.243 billion for Commercial Crew (sending U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station starting in 2017), $ 2 billion for the Space Launch System (SLS), $ 1.921 billion for Earth Science studies, and $ 686 million for the Space Technology Mission Directorate science, the new budget also allocates $ 1.243 billion for Commercial Crew (sending U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station starting in 2017), $ 2 billion for the Space Launch System (SLS), $ 1.921 billion for Earth Science studies, and $ 686 million for the Space Technology Mission Directorate Science studies, and $ 686 million for the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD).

Hofstadter has taken part in various studies through the years that have investigated concepts for missions to Uranus which haven't been selected by the U.S. space agency to date, due to severe budget cuts to its planetary science programs.

Dr. Jim Green, Director of NASA's Planetary Science Division, will address the U.S. agency's current and future plans for international cooperation and partnership on exploring the planet Mars at the 19th Annual International Mars Society Convention, scheduled for September 22 - 25 at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Green began... Read More

He served as professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (1971 — 94); distinguished research professor at the Institute for Space Science and Technology, Gainesville, FL (1989 — 94); chief scientist, U.S. Department of Transportation (1987 — 89); vice chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Oceans and Atmosphere (NACOA)(1981 — 86); deputy assistant administrator for policy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1970 — 71); deputy assistant secretary for water quality and research, U.S. Department of the Interior (1967 — 70); founding dean of the School of Environmental and Planetary Sciences, University of Miami (1964 — 67); first director of the National Weather Satellite Service (1962 — 64); and director of the Center for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Maryland (1953 — 62).

With a decision that could have far - reaching implications, a federal judge in California has ordered the first ever U.S. court hearing on climate science for a «public nuisance» lawsuit, meaning that major oil and gas companies for the first time may have to go on the record regarding what they knew about the planetary impacts of their products — and when.

The 2018 lineup of speakers will explore some of the most fascinating subjects in science today including the historical origins of the U.S. opioid crisis, understanding how the brain controls parenting behavior, and how «frugal science» can improve science accessibility to better human and planetary health to communities around the world.

It is a private, nonprofit organization with six research departments throughout the U.S. Carnegie scientists are leaders in plant biology, developmental biology, astronomy, materials science, global ecology, and Earth and planetary science.

This comes two years after the U.S. National Research Council's Planetary Science Decadal Review put out its 10 - year recommendation for NASA's planetary explorationPlanetary Science Decadal Review put out its 10 - year recommendation for NASA's planetary explorationplanetary exploration program.