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GOP's Chambliss jumps to early lead in Ga. Senate- Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss jumped out to an early lead Tuesday over Democrat Jim Martin in Georgia's U.S. Senate runoff that attracted light voter turnout despite the contest's high stakes on the balance of power in Washington.
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Nixon records show aides dishing dirt on critics- In Richard Nixon's time, all the president's men fretted about threats on every front: disquiet out on the streets, disloyalty inside the administration and trouble from political opponents who had to be discredited at any cost.
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NHL suspends Stars' Sean Avery for crude comments- The NHL suspended Dallas Stars forward Sean Avery indefinitely Tuesday for making a crude reference to former girlfriends while talking with reporters.
Lockheed Martin Executive to Speak on NASA's Spaceflight Program
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Reightler, a former astronaut who has logged over 325 hours in space, will speak at the first of four lectures celebrating 50 years of NASA history. He will reflect on past milestones of the space program, starting with its early beginnings at NASA Langley, through the successful moon landings and on to current day operations of the space shuttle and the International Space Station. In his discussion, Reightler also will include the future of manned spaceflight -- to live and work on the moon.
The colloquium lecture, called "NASA Human Spaceflight: Past, Present and Future," will take place on
Reightler will present the same lecture for the general public on Tuesday evening at
As vice president of the NASA Program Integration for the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Reightler is responsible for ensuring that all NASA activities Lockheed Martin is supporting are well integrated from an organizational and technological perspective. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, Reightler spent eight years as an astronaut with NASA and piloted two shuttle missions. He also held various technical and management positions, including Chief of the Astronaut Office's Space Station and Mission Support Branches.
Before joining NASA, Reightler served as Chief Flight Instructor at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in
For more information on NASA Langley's Colloquium and Sigma Series lectures, visit:
http://shemesh.larc.nasa.gov/Lectures/colloq/colloqsigma.htm
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