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Scientist Alan Stern chosen by NASA for Virgin Galactic space flight – The CEO Magazine
Dr Alan Stern, planetary scientist, picked by NASA to take experiments on board an as yet unscheduled Virgin Galactic flight to edge of space
Planetary scientist Dr Alan Stern has been selected by NASA to be among the first group of researchers to conduct science experiments while flying aboard Virgin Galactic’s commercial spacecraft.
Virgin Galactics vehicle, SpaceShipTwo, is designed to take customers high above Earth to experience weightlessness.
Stern, Associate Vice President of Southwest Research Institutes Space Science and Engineering Division in San Antonio, Texas, will oversee two different experiments while on board the f…
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