This month, for the first time, an International Space Station crew will conduct a spacewalk with all crewmembers working outside the vehicle. This milestone event will be the subject of […]
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Title of the Hero of the Russian Federation given to Sergei Yevgenievich Treshchev
Korolev, Moscow region: By Decree No.140 of the President of the Russian Federation dated February 4, 2004, for courage and heroism displayed in the space mission to the International Space […]
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ATK Awarded $97 Million Contract to Supply Orion Rocket Motors to Orbital Sciences Corporation
Rocket Motors Will Launch Orbital’s Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Orbital Boost Vehicle (OBV) ATK (Alliant Techsystems, NYSE: ATK) has received contracts worth over $97 million to produce first, second, and […]
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NASA Extends Science, Engineering, Analysis and Test Contract
NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston, has awarded Lockheed Martin Space Operations an extension to the Science, Engineering, Analysis and Test (SEAT) contract worth $39 million. Under the SEAT contract, […]
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Lockheed Martin-led team submits proposal to design and build u.s. navy’s next generation narrowband tactical satellite communication system
A team led by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] today submitted its proposal to design and build the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), a next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system for […]
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NASA Updates Space Shuttle Return to Flight Plans
Members of NASA’s Space Flight Leadership Council, which is charged with the oversight of the agency’s Return to Flight efforts, today moved the target window for the next flight of […]
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Breakthroughs in capacity, power consumption set to revolutionize photonics
For years, organic electro-optic polymers have held the promise of vastly improving technologies such as communications, data processing and image displays. Now it appears scientists are on the verge of […]
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NSF sensors activities in focus at AAAS annual meeting in Seattle
In the 1990s, the Internet connected us to a planet-wide web of information-all the zillions of bits that are stored in computer memories and hard drives. But now, thanks to […]
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Public Hearings Set for Moon to Mars Commission
The President’s Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond, chaired by Edward C. “Pete” Aldridge, has announced four more public hearings to be held in locations around the country. The hearings […]
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NASA to Update Media on SLEP Summit
The second summit of the Space Shuttle Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) is under way this morning at the San Luis Resort in Galveston, Texas. Armed with the President’s clear […]
