Mississippi Business Journal » NASA http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 DCI selects Beasley http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/22/dci-selects-beasley/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dci-selects-beasley http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/22/dci-selects-beasley/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:14:27 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=71025 Charlie Beasley, president and CEO, Mississippi Enterprise for Technology Inc., has been selected as a winner in the economic development profession’s “40 Under 40” awards. The award’s program was managed by Development Counsellors International (DCI), a New York-based firm that specializes in economic development marketing. Beasley has been an employee of the MSET at NASA’s [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/22/dci-selects-beasley/feed/ 0 Bill Yates to be honored at Innovators Hall of Fame Awards Gala Nov. 13; Fred Haise to headline Conference on Technology Innovation Nov. 14 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/06/bill-yates-to-be-honored-at-innovators-hall-of-fame-awards-gala-nov-13-fred-haise-to-headline-conference-on-technology-innovation-nov-14/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bill-yates-to-be-honored-at-innovators-hall-of-fame-awards-gala-nov-13-fred-haise-to-headline-conference-on-technology-innovation-nov-14 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/06/bill-yates-to-be-honored-at-innovators-hall-of-fame-awards-gala-nov-13-fred-haise-to-headline-conference-on-technology-innovation-nov-14/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:44:18 +0000 Ross Reily http://msbusiness.com/?p=64920 The Mississippi Technology Alliance (MTA) will host the Mississippi Innovators Hall of Fame Awards Gala, Nov. 13. The 13th Annual Conference on Technology Innovation, hosted by MTA, will be held Nov. 14. Both events will be held at the Jackson Convention Complex. The Mississippi Innovators Hall of Fame was established in 2008 as a tribute [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/06/bill-yates-to-be-honored-at-innovators-hall-of-fame-awards-gala-nov-13-fred-haise-to-headline-conference-on-technology-innovation-nov-14/feed/ 0 October 8, 2012- Chuck McIntosh http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/05/october-8-2012-chuck-mcintosh/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=october-8-2012-chuck-mcintosh http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/05/october-8-2012-chuck-mcintosh/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:56:23 +0000 Chuck McIntosh http://msbusiness.com/?p=63542

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/05/october-8-2012-chuck-mcintosh/feed/ 0 Webb awarded fellowship http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/04/webb-awarded-fellowship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=webb-awarded-fellowship http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/04/webb-awarded-fellowship/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 06:01:14 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=53289 Ashley Webb, a teacher at DeSoto Central High School, Southaven, has been awarded an Endeavor Fellowship with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). NASA’s Endeavor Science Teaching Certificate Project provides live, online training for educators working to earn a STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) certificate from Teachers College, Columbia University, N.Y. The project was [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/04/webb-awarded-fellowship/feed/ 0 The World-Changer: Steve Jobs knew what we wanted http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/05/the-world-changer-steve-jobs-knew-what-we-wanted/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-world-changer-steve-jobs-knew-what-we-wanted http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/05/the-world-changer-steve-jobs-knew-what-we-wanted/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:07:20 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=46816 CUPERTINO, Calif. — In dark suit and bowtie, he is a computing-era carnival barker — eyebrows bouncing, hands gesturing, smile seductive and coy and a bit annoying. It’s as if he’s on his first date with an entire generation of consumers. And, in a way, he is. It is Jan. 24, 1984, and a young [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/05/the-world-changer-steve-jobs-knew-what-we-wanted/feed/ 0 Apple says company co-founder Steve Jobs has died http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/05/apple-says-company-co-founder-steve-jobs-has-died/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=apple-says-company-co-founder-steve-jobs-has-died http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/05/apple-says-company-co-founder-steve-jobs-has-died/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:50:38 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=46810 NAME: Steven Paul Jobs BORN: Feb. 24, 1955, in San Francisco DIED: Wednesday at 56. Apple announced his death without giving a specific cause. EDUCATION: Graduated from high school in 1972 and enrolled in Reed College in Portland, Oregon, but dropped out after six months. FAMILY: Wife, Laurene Powell; their three children, Reed Paul, Erin Sienna [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/05/apple-says-company-co-founder-steve-jobs-has-died/feed/ 0 Read the September 19th issue of the MBJ online http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/16/read-the-september-19th-issue-of-the-mbj-online/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=read-the-september-19th-issue-of-the-mbj-online http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/16/read-the-september-19th-issue-of-the-mbj-online/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:04:32 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=46181 In this week’s MBJ, Amy McCullough analyzes the recent saga at Parkway Properties and looks into the potential of its headquarters leaving Jackson. All of this is happening about 100 days after its combination with Eola Capital LLC as Parkway Properties Inc. announced CEO Steve Rogers’ retirement and succession by Eola chairman and Parkway board [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/16/read-the-september-19th-issue-of-the-mbj-online/feed/ 0 Last space shuttle comes home, ends 30-year era http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/07/21/last-space-shuttle-comes-home-ends-30-year-era/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=last-space-shuttle-comes-home-ends-30-year-era http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/07/21/last-space-shuttle-comes-home-ends-30-year-era/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:24:42 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=43749 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis is back on Earth, and the shuttle era is over. Atlantis and its four astronauts glided through the twilight Thursday and landed in Florida shortly before sunrise. Hundreds gathered near the runway to welcome Atlantis home — and to bid NASA’s 30-year space shuttle program goodbye. Atlantis’ successful [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/07/21/last-space-shuttle-comes-home-ends-30-year-era/feed/ 0 ‘Where the smoke and fire happens’ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/06/05/%e2%80%98where-the-smoke-and-fire-happens%e2%80%99/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=%25e2%2580%2598where-the-smoke-and-fire-happens%25e2%2580%2599 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/06/05/%e2%80%98where-the-smoke-and-fire-happens%e2%80%99/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2011 06:00:57 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=42061 That earth-shaking, rumbling sound that’s come from the John C. Stennis Space Center the last 45 years is not going away, even though the space shuttle program is all but over and the Constellation deep space exploration project died in infancy. “No matter what the architecture is going to be after the shuttle,” the rockets [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/06/05/%e2%80%98where-the-smoke-and-fire-happens%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 Words to remember the shuttle program by: We were lucky http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/03/06/words-to-remember-the-shuttle-program-by-we-were-lucky/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=words-to-remember-the-shuttle-program-by-we-were-lucky http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/03/06/words-to-remember-the-shuttle-program-by-we-were-lucky/#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2011 06:00:37 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=37839 The highlights of a new NASA internal safety study are sobering, but hardly breaking news to the Cape workers who begin occupying the bar stools at Neeka’s in Titusville by six every morning. They go there for a beer and a shot as they come off the midnight shift at Kennedy Space Center 15 miles [...]

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