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 Pedro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pedro is the Spanish and Portuguese version of the name Peter, derived from the word Petros (Greek for rock, from πέτρα or Petra, a translation of the Aramaic Kephas or Cephas), through the Latin Petrus.
Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, de facto president of Argentina from 1955 to 1958.
Pedro Rosselló, Governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pedro   (382 words)

  
 NASA's Marshall Center salutes Hispanic Heritage Month
Since Rodriguez began his NASA career at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., 25 years ago, he's worked alongside Dr. Wernher von Braun's original rocket team, and has been part of the teams building the Space Shuttle, Hubble Space Telescope, and X-34 technology demonstrator.
Rodriguez's parents, both Puerto Rican, met in New York where his father Pellin's salsa band was touring, and his mother worked as a secretary for American Express.
Rodriguez joined the Marshall Center in 1976, working under German rocket scientists Erich Engler and Gus Kroll, building test equipment for what would become the strust used to separate the external tank and solid rocket boosters from the Space Shuttle.
www.hispanianews.com /archive/2001/October05/07.htm   (1160 words)

  
 El Boricua, a bilingual , cultural publication for Puerto Ricans
He is the author and or co-author of over 13 conference papers and NASA formal publications in the areas of cockpit controls and displays, use of stereoscopy in flight displays and pictorial flight displays for situation awareness enhancement.
She works with representatives from the NASA research organizations to ensure that the NASA Science Policy is implemented as intended.
NASA also instated the Bonzzo Award, a pint-size Bonzzo statue that will be given annually to the individual who makes the biggest contribution to NASA's Hispanic program.
www.elboricua.com /news7.html   (1972 words)

  
 NASA - Puerto Rico native Pedro Rodriguez named director of major engineering department at NASA's Marshall Space ...
NASA - Puerto Rico native Pedro Rodriguez named director of major engineering department at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center - Marshall Space Flight Center Photo Release 04-266(11-04-04)
Pedro I. "Pete" Rodriguez has been named director of the Test Laboratory in the Engineering Directorate at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
Rodriguez is responsible for engineering services and facilities for environmental, structural and propulsion testing of NASA programs assigned to the Marshall Center.
www.nasa.gov /centers/marshall/multimedia/photos/2004/photos04-266.html   (157 words)

  
 HEP@NASA LaRC
NASA also recognized outstanding advocates within the agency for their contributions and innovative approaches to using minority and women owned businesses.
NASA's First Female Hispanic Astronaut Shares Experiences Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman to fly in space, has traveled the United States sharing her groundbreaking experience with students and educators.
Pedro “Pete” Rodriguez never fully realized he’s had a front-row seat in the history of the space program — until a colleague casually pointed it out one day.
oeop.larc.nasa.gov /hep/hep-newsrelease.html   (1419 words)

  
 Deep Impact: Collaborators' Public Images
These images were taken with the Optical Monitor blue filter, with which it is possible to measure the outcoming gas and dust.
These pictures of comet Tempel 1 were taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
This infrared picture highlights the warm, or sunlit side of the comet, where NASA's Deep Impact probe later hit.
deepimpact.umd.edu /collab_pub/spacep.shtml   (659 words)

  
 Corpus Christi Caller Times Caller.com - Goatee. Mustache. Mutton chops. For men, facial fashions can be a
Their facial hair has been a part of their personal identity for as long as they can remember.
Pedro Rodriguez has held onto his big, full-bodied mustache for 35 years.
Its color has changed from fl to white over the years, and he has worn it in several styles, including a handlebar.
www.caller2.com /2001/july/15/today/fea-livi/5277.html   (749 words)

  
 DR1 - Daily News 25 February 1998
The administrator of the Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad said that there has been an increase in the supply of energy.
Pedro Rodríguez Chiappini said that those who have made the denouncement to the press are persons whose interests have been affected by his administration.
Rodríguez said that if there has been corruption, the administrators of the sugar mills are involved as they handle 90% of the resources in question.
www.dr1.com /news/1998/dnews022598.shtml   (1581 words)

  
 Hispanic Staff Members   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
He also volunteers regularly as a Sunday school teacher for middle school-aged children and in his spare time enjoys running, traveling, and learning new languages to supplement his German and Spanish speaking skills.
Pedro A. Rodriguez is an electrical engineer in the Global Engagement Department.
Currently, Pedro is pursuing a master’s degree in biomedical engineering from the Johns Hopkins University.
www.jhuapl.edu /aboutapl/staff/HispanicHeritage/bios.html   (1618 words)

  
 El Boricua, a bilingual , cultural publication for Puerto Ricans
Pedro Albizu Campos (photo on the left), who later became the leader of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, held the rank of lieutenant in the 375th Infantry Regiment which was stationed in Puerto Rico and never saw combat action.
On October 30, 1950 the nationalists, under the leadership of Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos staged uprisings in the towns of Ponce, Mayaguez, Naranjito, Arecibo, Utuado, San Juan and Jayuya.
*Brigadier General Antonio Rodriguez Balinas, On December 23 1951, 1st Lieutenant Antonio Rodriguez Balinas fearlessly walked through a lethal hail of enemy fire directly toward the hostile bunker of the enemy, hurled his hand grenades and single-handedly completely destroyed the position and its occupants near Sorgyon-Myon.
www.elboricua.com /MilitaryHistory.html   (7863 words)

  
 NASA - Marshall Space Flight Center News Releases
08.19.04: NASA leaders and nationally renowned speakers to be featured at leadership symposium Aug. 24 in Huntsville
08.06.04: NASA Marshall Center's Lewis Wooten is leader to Space Station team and students in his classrooms
07.27.04: NASA to celebrate opening of advanced propulsion laboratory July 29 with ribbon cutting ceremony in Huntsville, Ala.
www.nasa.gov /centers/marshall/news/news/newsreleases2004.html   (3242 words)

  
 Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | X-ray view of the Red Planet
This embroidered mission patch celebrates NASA's Viking Project which reached the Red Planet in 1976.
For 11 days the crew of Apollo 7 fought colds while they put the Apollo spacecraft through a workout, establishing confidence in the machine what would lead directly to the bold decision to send Apollo 8 to the moon just 2 months later.
Gemini 12: The NASA Mission Reports covers the voyage of James Lovell and Buzz Aldrin that capped the Gemini program's efforts to prove the technologies and techniques that would be needed for the Apollo Moon landings.
www.spaceflightnow.com /news/n0312/15marsxray   (486 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "San Pedro de Buenavista": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Its first centers were in San Pedro de Buenavista and Cochabamba.
San Pedro CA Hotels -- Compare discount hotels in San Pedro CA.
San Pedro Hotels -- Travelers rate the top hotels in San Pedro.
www.amazon.com /phrase/San-Pedro-de-Buenavista   (591 words)

  
 DCS 440 -- Undergraduate Introduction to AI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
NASA's Deep Space 1 probe was operated by knowledge-based agent software during a test in 1998.
Researchers at NASA and the Robotics Institute at CMU have constructed an autonomous robot to find and classify meteors and other rocks in Antarctica.
An IBM team is using logic to guide the action of internet agents that run e-businesses.
www.cs.rutgers.edu /~mdstone/class/440-fall-00   (1368 words)

  
 Tempel 1 is weak X-ray source, XMM-Newton confirms
Ever since NASA's Stardust spacecraft delivered a payload of comet dust to Earth on Jan. 15, 2006, scientists by the hundreds have been clamoring for samples.
Stardust, the NASA spacecraft mission, was given that name in hopes that the seven-year journey to capture comet samples would bring back to Earth, well, stardust.
That's the tentative conclusion of Bill Cooke, head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, after his team observed two Leonids hitting the Moon on Nov. 17, 2006.
pda.physorg.com /lofi-news-comet-xmmnewton-xrays_4944.html   (836 words)

  
 U.S. Congressman José E. Serrano, Representing the 16th District of New York :: Press Release :: Serrano To Present ...
Who: Congressman José E. Serrano; Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat; Dario Medina, Vice-Consul, Dominican Republic; Astronaut Michael J. Massimino; Dr. Pedro Rodriguez, Director NASA test laboratory; Hostos President Dolores Fernandez; and other local officials.
At the Congressman’s request, the flags were both taken into space aboard a NASA space shuttle.
The Congressman felt that these space shuttle voyages would be a small token of honor for the vast contributions of both these proud communities to the
www.house.gov /list/press/ny16_serrano/061026nasa.html   (160 words)

  
 New Dimensions Charity Car Show 2001
A mobile detail shop was also on hand to help people get their cars detailed and cleaned from the long trips many people made to get to New Dimensions.
This year's show was held at Moffett Airfield which is owned and operated by NASA.
The show itself took place in and around the old blimp hanger on the grounds.
www.audiworld.com /news/01/nd2001/content.shtml   (325 words)

  
 X Rays From the Solar System and Beyond IV - Planetary Sciences [P]
Bhardwaj, A (Anil.Bhardwaj@msfc.nasa.gov), NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Space Science Branch, XD12, National Space Science and Technology Center 320 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805 United States
Rodriguez, P (pedro.rodriguez@sciops.esa.int), XMM-Newton SOC, Apartado 50727 Villafranca, Madrid, 28080 Spain
Spectral contributions of the magnetospheric and solar wind ions are compared.
www.agu.org /meetings/sm05/sm05-sessions/sm05_P44A.html   (1851 words)

  
 Tejano Association for Historical Preservation
This is because Chipita was legally hanged on Friday, November 13, 1863 for a murder she probably did not commit and until this year, as of Feb. 3, 1998, she was the last woman executed in Texas.
Hundreds of articles and stories have been written about Josefa Rodriguez, the daughter of Pedro Rodriguez who left Mexico because of Santa Anna, but then died defending Texas against his invasion of Texas.
Few records of the matter have survived, but it is thought that Sheriff Means found blood on the porch on Chipita’s Inn, and she was the only person living in the area.
www.tejanoahp.org /news/news0305.htm   (5312 words)

  
 Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | X-ray telescope provides wealth of data about comet
Available from the Astronomy Now Store in NTSC format (North America and Japan) and PAL (UK, most of Europe, Australia and other countries).
In this 2001 calendar, John Sexton turns the space shuttle into an art form with his unique fl and white photographs of the hardware.
The NASA "Meatball" logo appears on a series of stylish baseball caps available now from the Astronomy Now Store.
www.spaceflightnow.com /news/n0103/22comet   (1076 words)

  
 Doctrina Christiana
The first mission which Benavides and Maldonado (or de San Pedro Martyr as he was later known) built was near the village of Tondo, in a new settlement specially founded for Christian Chinese, called Baybay, and it was named for Our Lady of the Purification.
One further aide may have been the lay brother, Pedro Rodriguez, who had been sent to San Gabriel with Nieva, and who was a handyman or skilled mechanic, for Aduarte credits him with rebuilding and restoring the hospital.
Ama namin nasa langit ca y pasamba mo ang ngalã mo, mouisa amin ang pagcahari mo. Y pasonor mo ang loob mo. dito sa lupa parã sa langit, bigyã mo cami ngaion nang amin caca nin.
manybooks.net /support/a/anon/anon16111611916119-8.exp.html   (17605 words)

  
 Jayski's® Silly Season Site - Rumored CUP New Teams
Pedro Rodriguez became the first Mexican-born NEXTEL Cup driver after competing in six events between 1959-1971.
Starr was hoping to have NASA as a sponsor for his car.
Mike Starr sent a formal proposal to NASA officials, but reduced the asking price for the one-race sponsor fee from $150,000 to $100,000.
www.jayski.com /teams/newteams.htm   (11254 words)

  
 (meteorobs) Fwd: CCNet 45/2001 - 22 March 2001: THE "END IS MIR" SPECIAL
Europe's other involvement in the international Mars exploration programme will also be discussed, including plans for a Mars micromission and a Marskite.
Some of the latest results from NASA's Mars Global Surveryor will be presented, as will the latest controversial findings about fossilised life on Mars meteorites.
Most of the data collected during the recent Jupiter observation campaign by the Cassini and Galileo spacecraft will be presented for the first time.
www.meteorobs.org /maillist/msg21249.html   (5017 words)

  
 Six Years of Science with Chandra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Thus, the campaign to accumulate a 1Ms exposure of M101 allows thorough study of the point source populations; the combination of depth and coverage allows a more detailed study of the luminosity function as well as a spatially resolved study of luminosity functions.
Anil Bhardwaj (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Ronald F. Elsner (Presenter, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), J.
Preliminary results from the April XMM-Newton observations will also be presented and compared with the Chandra observations.
asc.harvard.edu /symposium_2005/proceedings/theme_pops.html   (1181 words)

  
 earthgoogle | James Fee GIS Blog
Victor Manuel Rodriguez // Oct 31, 2005 at 10:50 pm
Oi James - this thing is wicked - helps me a lot with the work when i cant visit a site meself.
Pedro Rodriguez // Jul 18, 2006 at 10:21 pm
www.spatiallyadjusted.com /2005/08/22/earthgoogle   (1860 words)

  
 Comet provides a wealth of new X-ray data
So once we had Project Scientist Fred Jansen's green light to make the attempt, as part of my guaranteed time, we had to find the right strategy."
Early in December, Konrad Dennerl and Pedro Rodriguez, a mission planner from XMM-Newton's Science Operations Center at VILSPA, started calculating whether the speed at which McNaught-Hartley was traveling was slow enough to get enough exposure as it passed over the telescope's field of view.
In three separate 10 thousand second duration observations on 29 and 30 January, XMM-Newton was able to catch its first comet.
heasarc.nasa.gov /docs/xmm_lc/archive/2001/03_21_01.html   (891 words)

  
 Scriptor.org : Writing
Sin enredarnos en la algarabía ininteligible (perdón por la redundancia) montada en y por algunos medios, quizá más pendientes de asegurar escándalos farisaicos y conflictos islámicos que de prestar atención a los documentos, para poder informar acerca de ellos.
A veces hay por ahí, escuchando, algunas mentes que parecen dispensadas de usar la razón para oir hablar de la razón y la fe.
Notably, the lead scientist on NASA's robotic mission to Pluto, Dr Alan Stern, contends that Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Neptune have also not fully cleared their orbital zones either.
www.scriptor.org /writing   (11554 words)

  
 Comet provides a wealth of new X-ray data | SpaceRef Canada - Your Daily Source of Canadian Space News
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www.spaceref.ca /news/viewpr.html?pid=4187   (1292 words)

  
 WikiMiki.net - 1968   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
leden - Pedro Rodriguez na voze Cooper zvítězil v Grand Prix JAR
dubna – NASA vypustila vesmírnou sondu Pioneer 11
května – NASA vypustila svoji první družicovou stanici – Skylab
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