Sentences with phrase «space agency requested»

The missions that are publicly known span a few categories for which the space agency requested missions.

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Follow - up observations taken at Weryk's request by astronomer Marco Micheli, using a European Space Agency telescope in the Canary Islands, only deepened the mystery.

The deal didn't cover NASA, however, so Congress's action — or lack of it — in effect freezes the space agency's 2007 budget at 2006 levels — $ 545 million below the president's $ 16.7 billion request for FY 2007.

The president's budget request for fiscal year 2011, not yet approved by Congress, would bring sweeping changes to the space agency

As a result of that request, both government space agencies and commercial enterprises provided thousands of images.

Bolden answered that if Congress were to grant the $ 858 million that NASA requested in the 2015 budget for the development of a commercial crew vehicle, the agency would expect to have access to the space station without reliance on the Russians by 2017.

In Congressional hearings over the past few weeks, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has warned lawmakers that the space agency would have to scale back its plans for exploration and science if Congress funded NASA at a level considerably lower than the Administration's request of $ 19 billion for 2011.

Part of President Obama's FY 2014 budget request for NASA, the asteroid initiative capitalizes on activities across the agency's human exploration, space technology and science programs.

The space agency received $ 13.65 billion, $ 100 million above the request and close to the 1997 level.

Nevertheless, Steven Running, chair of a NASA earth science advisory committee meeting, was pleased both with the funding request, as well as with a year that had seen the launch of three major missions: the Global Precipitation Measurement mission, joint with the Japanese Space Agency; the Orbiting Carbon Observatory - 2 mission; and the Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, which just launched on 31 January.

Steven Running, chair of a NASA earth science advisory committee meeting, was pleased both with the request, as well as with a year that had seen the launch of three major missions: the Global Precipitation Measurement mission, joint with the Japanese Space Agency; the Orbiting Carbon Observatory - 2 mission; and the Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, which just launched on 31 January.

One surprise is the administration request for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a joint mission with the German space agency that consists of a converted 747 jet with a telescope riding in the rear.

The space agency fares relatively well in the budget request compared to other programs, subject to only a roughly one percent cut below FY 2016 levels.

March 26, 2014: Statement of Dr. John P. Holdren to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the United States House of Representatives on «The President's FY2015 Budget Request for Science Agencies».

President Barack Obama requested about $ 17.7 billion for NASA during his 2013 budget proposal, $ 59 million less than what the space agency received in 2012.

The report was requested by NASA and executed by the NRC on an expedited basis because the European Space Agency (ESA) needs an agreement to be signed through the U.S. State Department by the end of April if the United States wants to participate.

On March 10, 2011, the House Science, Space and Technology Committee held a hearing on the FY2012 budget requests for research and development activities at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Environmental Protection Agency.

The Energy and Environment Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee held a hearing on March 6, 2012 on the FY2013 budget requests for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Is there a different standard when a libertarian or industry group does the same, as with this example of a NASA request by Christopher Horner, the same lawyer whose fresh requests to the space agency helped inspire the science group's statement?

This report responds to an August 2014 request to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) from Representative Lamar Smith, Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for an analysis of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed Clean Power Plan under which states would be required to develop plans to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions rates from existing fossil - fired electricity generating units.1 Appendix A provides a copy of the request letter.

By Investors Business Daily Editorial Board For two years, our space agency has refused Freedom of Information requests on why it has repeatedly corrected its climate figures.

A group of 49 former NASA employees from Johnson Space Center have written a letter to NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, requesting that the space agency refrain from «unproven and unsubstantiated remarks» regarding how human activities are causing global climate chSpace Center have written a letter to NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, requesting that the space agency refrain from «unproven and unsubstantiated remarks» regarding how human activities are causing global climate chspace agency refrain from «unproven and unsubstantiated remarks» regarding how human activities are causing global climate change.