Advertise with Googlier.com NASA | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics and Business Thu, 12 Oct 2023 21:21:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.11 https://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2023/05/az17.jpg NASA | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com 32 32 43761567 Arizona expert marvels at ‘scientific treasure’ from 7-year asteroid mission https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/10/12/arizona-expert-marvels-at-scientific-treasure-from-7-year-asteroid-mission/ Thu, 12 Oct 2023 21:21:54 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=483113 A University of Arizona scientist joined NASA officials Wednesday to unveil the results of a successful multiyear mission to a near-Earth asteroid that returned last month bearing what they called “scientific treasure.”

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]]> A University of Arizona scientist joined NASA officials Wednesday to unveil the results of a successful multiyear mission to a near-Earth asteroid that returned last month bearing what they called...

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]]> 483113 DeWit to resign April 3 for NASA job https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/03/27/dewit-to-resign-april-3-for-nasa-job/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/03/27/dewit-to-resign-april-3-for-nasa-job/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:19:25 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=112635 State Treasurer Jeff DeWit says he will step down next week to start a job as NASA's chief financial officer.

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]]> Jeff DeWit State Treasurer Jeff DeWit says he will step down next week to start a job as NASA’s chief financial officer. DeWit said Tuesday he...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/03/27/dewit-to-resign-april-3-for-nasa-job/feed/ 1 112635 Senate confirms DeWit to NASA post, Ducey to appoint successor https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/03/15/senate-confirms-dewit-to-nasa-post-ducey-to-appoint-successor/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/03/15/senate-confirms-dewit-to-nasa-post-ducey-to-appoint-successor/#respond Thu, 15 Mar 2018 22:38:40 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=112353 The U.S. Senate voted unanimously March 14 to confirm state Treasurer Jeff DeWit to become NASA’s chief financial officer.

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]]> Jeff DeWit The U.S. Senate voted unanimously March 14 to confirm state Treasurer Jeff DeWit to become NASA’s chief financial officer. DeWit has not said when...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/03/15/senate-confirms-dewit-to-nasa-post-ducey-to-appoint-successor/feed/ 0 112353 Climate-change science proven and certain as dangers to planet grow https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/02/08/climate-change-science-proven-and-certain-as-dangers-to-planet-grow/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/02/08/climate-change-science-proven-and-certain-as-dangers-to-planet-grow/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2018 01:09:49 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=111400 It would be great if climate change science was, as many people wish, unproven or uncertain. Alas, it is neither unproven nor uncertain and the impacts on our state, our country, and our planet are disastrous, certain, and growing ever more dangerous each year that we ignore the need for responsible, common-sense approaches to reduce emissions.

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]]> You recently published (January 12, 2018) a piece of nonsense by Dave Rothbard and Craig Rucker, which completely misstates the science of the greenhouse effect, the state of climate science,...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/02/08/climate-change-science-proven-and-certain-as-dangers-to-planet-grow/feed/ 1 111400 DeWit to stay treasurer as U.S. Senate confirmation unfolds https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017/11/30/dewit-to-stay-treasurer-as-u-s-senate-confirmation-unfolds/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017/11/30/dewit-to-stay-treasurer-as-u-s-senate-confirmation-unfolds/#comments Thu, 30 Nov 2017 19:58:24 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=109571 Arizona Treasurer Jeff DeWit ended speculation about a potential U.S. Senate run by accepting a job with the Trump administration in Washington, D.C.

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]]> Jeff DeWit Arizona Treasurer Jeff DeWit ended speculation about a potential U.S. Senate run by accepting a job with the Trump administration in Washington, D.C. As...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017/11/30/dewit-to-stay-treasurer-as-u-s-senate-confirmation-unfolds/feed/ 1 109571 Research, geography position Arizona for role in Mars missions https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/14/research-geography-position-arizona-for-role-in-mars-missions/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/14/research-geography-position-arizona-for-role-in-mars-missions/#respond Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:38:25 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=63941 When the Curiosity Rover collects soil from the surface of Mars, data from the samples will come to an Arizona State University laboratory to be compared with the composition of soil on Earth.

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]]> A model of the Curiosity rover is on display at Arizona State University. (Cronkite News Service Photo by Óscar A. Contreras) When the Curiosity Rover collects...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/14/research-geography-position-arizona-for-role-in-mars-missions/feed/ 0 63941 Kelly, Giffords watch Endeavour fly over Tucson https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/09/20/kelly-giffords-watch-endeavour-fly-over-tucson/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/09/20/kelly-giffords-watch-endeavour-fly-over-tucson/#respond Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:45:22 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=51126 Ex-astronaut Mark Kelly and his wife, former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, were among Tucson residents who joyfully viewed a flyover by the space shuttle Endeavour on Thursday.

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]]> [caption id="attachment_51127" align="alignnone" width="299" caption="Astronaut Mark Kelly, husband of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, talks about watching the space shuttle Endeavour flying over Tucson in honor of the former Congresswoman and...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/09/20/kelly-giffords-watch-endeavour-fly-over-tucson/feed/ 0 51126 Feds rely on locals to fight wildfires in national forests https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/06/20/feds-rely-on-locals-to-fight-wildfires-in-national-forests/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/06/20/feds-rely-on-locals-to-fight-wildfires-in-national-forests/#respond Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:22:25 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/news/2011/06/20/feds-rely-on-locals-to-fight-wildfires-in-national-forests/ When national forests go up in flames, as they are doing across Arizona right now, the U.S. government turns to local firefighters to help contain the blazes.

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]]> [caption id="attachment_36656" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Firefighter Craig Ogden of the Red Rock Interagency Crew looks on before going to fight the Wallow Fire in Luna, N.M. June 10. (AP Photo/ The...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/06/20/feds-rely-on-locals-to-fight-wildfires-in-national-forests/feed/ 0 36657 Rep. Giffords turns 41, gets framed cartoon https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/06/08/rep-giffords-turns-41-gets-framed-cartoon/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/06/08/rep-giffords-turns-41-gets-framed-cartoon/#respond Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:38:23 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/news/2011/06/08/rep-giffords-turns-41-gets-framed-cartoon/ Rep. Gabrielle Giffords turned 41 Wednesday, five months to the day after she was shot in the head in a Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/06/08/rep-giffords-turns-41-gets-framed-cartoon/feed/ 0 36408 Giffords: A poignant presence, but out of view https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/04/29/giffords-a-poignant-presence-but-out-of-view/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/04/29/giffords-a-poignant-presence-but-out-of-view/#respond Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:27:04 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/news/2011/04/29/giffords-a-poignant-presence-but-out-of-view/ It's a sight many Americans would surely love to see: a recovering Rep. Gabrielle Giffords watching as her astronaut husband blasts off into space.

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]]> It’s a sight many Americans would surely love to see: a recovering Rep. Gabrielle Giffords watching as her astronaut husband blasts off into space. But it’s unlikely they will see...

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