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• NASA announces systems engineering student competition

  WASHINGTON - NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate is inviting teams of undergraduate and graduate students throughout the country to participate in the fourth annual Systems Engineering Paper Competition. Participants in the competition will submit a paper on an Exploration Systems mission topic.

• A change in NATO's doctrine? NATO needs a strategic vision to the future

  Madrid - Admiral Di Paola, Chairman of the Military Committee, talking to the students and staff of CESEDEN (Centro Estudios de la Defensa), confirmed that the Strategic Concept will be short, sharp and simple.

• Why sometimes pilots do leave behind overweight passengers?

  Broken seats in commercial aircraft are more than just inconveniences, and while a defective seat by itself cannot cause a major safety issue inside a plane, it is often an indication of a bigger, ongoing problem.

• Student teams ready to battle Lunar terrain at NASA's 17th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race

  WASHINGTON - More than 100 student teams from around the globe will drive their specially crafted lunar rovers through a challenging course of rugged, moon-like terrain at NASA's 17th annual Great Moonbuggy Race in Huntsville, Ala., April 9-10.

• NASA's International Space Station program wins Collier Trophy

  WASHINGTON - NASA's International Space Station Program has won the 2009 Collier Trophy, which is considered the top award in aviation. The National Aeronautic Association in Washington bestows the award annually to recognize the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America.