Changes in Brookhaven shock national lab system

Article Abstract:

Energy Sec Federico Pena surprised the scientific community in May 1997 with the announcement that the Brookhaven National Laboratory's contract with its operator, Associated Universities Inc, would be cancelled due to lapses in the management of the lab's environmental, safety and health concerns.

Safety and security measures, Contracts, United States. Department of Energy. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Government laboratories, Pena, Federico, Associated Universities Inc.

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Goldin drops plan for new institutes

Article Abstract:

NASA has dropped plans to create nonprofit science institutes that would conduct much of the agency's research. The decision came June 7, 1996, after resistance from both the administration and Congress doomed the plan. NASA will try to strengthen academic ties to protect its research programs.

Planning, Research institutes, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Joint mission gets off to slow start

Article Abstract:

Numerous delays have been plaguing the US-Russian space program. The 3-year research program, which aims to study the long-term effects of microgravity on the human body, will involve Russia's Mir space station and the space shuttle Atlantis.

Research, International aspects, Manned space flight, Microgravity

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