December 8, 2016 : John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an international hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died December 8. The last survivor of the original Mercury 7 astronauts was 95. Before his first flight, Glenn reportedly asked Katherine …
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Fact Sheet Vice President Biden The White House September 21, 2016 For Immediate Release Announcements as part of the Cancer Moonshot include ten new Memoranda of Understanding (or Memoranda of Cooperation) for international cancer research and care, U.S. investment in regional centers of research excellence for low- and middle-income countries, and a commitment from the …
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Remarks Daniel A. Sepulveda Ambassador Deputy Assistant Secretary and U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs Center for Strategic and International Studies Washington, DC July 14, 2016 (As delivered) Thank you, Shane, for the introduction. I also want to thank the U.S. IGF Multistakeholder Planning Committee for planning …
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What makes Earth Day special and why we still need it Earth Day is celebrated every year on April 22. The Earth Day Network, a loose coalition of 22,000 groups in 192 countries, coordinates activities that raise awareness of local environmental issues, as well as global climate change. U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson came up with the idea for a “national teach-in on the environment” to …
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Ambassador Mark Lippert visits NASA’s KORUS-Air Quality field research project site in Osan.
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Ambassador Mark Lippert discusses US-ROK space issues with the leadership of the Daejon-based Satrec Initiative, an innovative hi-tech Korean that makes satellites.
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Marc Knapper, Deputy Chief of Mission tours the inside of the NASA DC-8 that is part of the Korea United States-Air Quality (KORUS-AQ) Experiment at Osan Air Base. (NASA Photo)
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