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GL’s Comprehensive SONET/SDH Testing and Analysis Solution

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Thursday, March 2, 2023
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“GL’s SonetExpert™ is a powerful network testing tool designed to analyze, monitor, and test SONET/SDH networks.

Key Points: 
  • “GL’s SonetExpert™ is a powerful network testing tool designed to analyze, monitor, and test SONET/SDH networks.
  • The software monitors the network in real-time and provides detailed analysis, reporting features of various types of SONET/SDH channels including STS-1, STS-3c, STS-12c, STS-48c, and STS-192c.
  • The tool offers scanning and detection of incoming SONET/SDH traffic, ATM/PoS features, which allow in-depth analysis of ATM/PoS networks.
  • It also supports test and measurement capabilities, such as Bit Error Rate Testing (BERT) to evaluate the performance of the network.

NASA, Lone Star Flight Museum Invite Media to Shuttle Simulator Move

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022
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Dr. Bonnie J. Dunbar, retired NASA astronaut and aerospace engineering professor at Texas A&M University, worked alongside a team of volunteers to restore the simulator -- a project that involved approximately 5,000 hours.

Key Points: 
  • HOUSTON, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA and the Lone Star Flight Museum are inviting media to the final move of the Space Shuttle Motion Base Simulator to its new home at the museum, located at Ellington Field.
  • The simulator, which supported space shuttle astronaut training at NASA for 35 years, will become an interactive exhibit at the museum in Houston.
  • News media may cover the simulator's move at 10 a.m. CDT Tuesday, April 12, at the Lone Star Flight Museum, 11551 Aerospace Ave.
  • All media should meet at the Lone Star Flight Museum for transport to the taxiway.

Media Invited to Naming of Ellington Field Hangar after Astronaut John Young

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Thursday, October 14, 2021
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will honor astronaut John Young by naming the hangar at Ellington Field in Houston that holds NASA's T-38 astronaut training jets, and media are invited to attend the ceremony at 11 a.m. CDT Tuesday, Oct. 19,at Ellington Field.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will honor astronaut John Young by naming the hangar at Ellington Field in Houston that holds NASA's T-38 astronaut training jets, and media are invited to attend the ceremony at 11 a.m. CDT Tuesday, Oct. 19,at Ellington Field.
  • Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche and NASA Astronaut Suni Williams will be available for interviews immediately after the event.
  • NASA astronauts regularly train for spaceflight in the T-38 jets housed in the Ellington Field hangar, so naming the facility for the accomplished pilot was considered fitting.
  • Young began his impressive career at NASA in 1962, when he was selected from among hundreds of young pilots to join NASA's second astronaut class, known as the "New Nine."

Media Invited to Naming of Ellington Field Hangar after Astronaut John Young

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Thursday, October 14, 2021
Astronaut, Human, Johnson Space Center, T-38, Astronomy, Altitude, Gemini 10, STS-9, Physics, Columbia, NASA, Spaceflight, Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, Wyche, Orbit, CDT, STS-1, Apollo, Gemini 3, René Descartes, Space Shuttle Columbia, Moon, Apollo 16, Edwards Air Force Base, Young, Communications satellite, Satellite navigation device

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will honor astronaut John Young by naming the hangar at Ellington Field in Houston that holds NASA's T-38 astronaut training jets, and media are invited to attend the ceremony at 11 a.m. CDT Tuesday, Oct. 19,at Ellington Field.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will honor astronaut John Young by naming the hangar at Ellington Field in Houston that holds NASA's T-38 astronaut training jets, and media are invited to attend the ceremony at 11 a.m. CDT Tuesday, Oct. 19,at Ellington Field.
  • Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche and NASA Astronaut Suni Williams will be available for interviews immediately after the event.
  • NASA astronauts regularly train for spaceflight in the T-38 jets housed in the Ellington Field hangar, so naming the facility for the accomplished pilot was considered fitting.
  • Young began his impressive career at NASA in 1962, when he was selected from among hundreds of young pilots to join NASA's second astronaut class, known as the "New Nine."