Nov. 23, 2015 Astronaut application window opens mid-December Eligible active duty officers and enlisted members interested in astronaut duty can submit an application package to NASA via the USAJobs website between Dec. 15 and mid-February, 2016.Interested Airmen must also submit a separate application package to the Air Force Astronaut Nomination Board using
May 13, 2013 AtHoc info needs to be updated to stay alert, alive Team Edwards members are urged to ensure that their AtHoc personal information is updated on their workstations.AtHoc is a mass alerting system used to provide Air Force Materiel Command units and their base populace with essential emergency notifications in a rapid and reliable fashion.In
May 28, 2009 Atlantis lands at Edwards Team Edwards welcomed home space shuttle Atlantis and its crew May 24 after completing the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. This is the 53rd space shuttle landing at Edwards after the orbiter was diverted from Kennedy Space Station, Fla., due to bad weather. "It was a very
June 26, 2007 Atlantis successfully touches down at Edwards Space Shuttle Atlantis safely returned to Earth when it landed at Edwards on June 22, which concluded STS-117's assembly mission to the International Space Station. Because of unfavorable weather, the orbiter landed at Edwards, its secondary landing site, instead of its primary landing site at
Dec. 5, 2006 Atlas V solid rocket booster modifications validated As radios crackled with the countdown "five, four, three, two, one ... ignition," members of the Air Force Research Lab at Edwards witnessed the third validation-static firing of Aerojet's Block B Solid Rocket Booster.This 90-second static firing occurred Jan. 27 at the Lab's Edwards Research Site,
Nov. 4, 2009 ATSEP evaluator considers Edwards to be outstanding The 412th Operations Support Squadron was evaluated on their Air Traffic Systems Program Oct. 26 through the 30. "Every day is inspection day for AOF systems supporting the flying organizations," said Capt. Valentine Maldonado. "In this career field you can't really have a bad day and survive."The
Aug. 28, 2018 Attendees get info, prizes at Women’s Equality Day gathering Women’s Equality Day was celebrated across the country last Sunday with the Edwards community getting a head start to the commemorative weekend. The 412th Test Wing and NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center hosted an informative social event in observance of Women's Equality Day, Aug. 24 at the
Nov. 1, 2013 Attention all Airmen: Air Force holds sexual assault offenders accountable, sexual assault convictions are now online The Air Force now publishes sexual assault convictions online. Anyone can go to this website and review more than 100 sexual assault convictions from across the Air Force, to include viewing them by base. After a few minutes of reviewing the facts of these cases, you will soon see many cases are
July 28, 2015 August Family Advocacy classes The New Pregnancy Orientation (OBO) & Dads4Dads Class 1 will take place August 6, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 in the Family Advocacy conference room at Bldg. 5513. This one session class will help all expectant parents to navigate their way through pregnancy. Participants will get information on the New