Atlas III Mission Concludes Successful Year CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., Dec. 17, 2003 A Lockheed Martin-built Atlas III rocket carried a Navy communications satellite into orbit tonight, ending […]
Proton Energy Systems Awarded Two Contracts for Regenerative Fuel Cell Development with NASA and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency
Proton Energy Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Distributed Energy Systems Corp. (Nasdaq: DESC – News) and a leader in hydrogen generation and fuel cell technology and products, announced today the […]
ESA/Inmarsat agreement to improve satellite mobile phone and data services
An agreement signed by ESA and Inmarsat brings the reality of reliable mobile broadband communications services a step closer. For the first time, global mobile broadband services will be available […]
First Spectacular Images from SAO’s IRAC Camera on Spitzer Space Telescope
Washington, DC- NASA today released the first spectacular images from the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) instrument on board the Spitzer Space Telescope. The pictures, taken at infrared wavelengths of light, […]
Orbital Awarded Contract for Two GEO Communications Satellites by Optus of Australia
Company Extends Dominance of Global Market for Small Commercial GEO Satellites Orbital Sciences Corporation announced today that it has signed a major new contract in its geosynchronous (GEO) communications satellite […]
NASA and DOE lab team on fuel cell research
RICHLAND, Wash. — The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and NASA’s Glenn Research Center have agreed to collaborate in solving one of the toughest technical challenges to the […]
Space Adventures Concludes Agreement to Fly Four Private Tourists to the International Space Station
Continuing their Commitment to Open the Space Frontier to the Public Arlington, Va. – December 17, 2003- On the centennial anniversary of flight,Space Adventures, Ltd. announced today that the company […]
Undergraduate on her way to JPL as Mars mission controller
University of Arizona astronomy senior Nicole Spanovich will be working on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission to Mars for the next four months because she went to a lecture given […]
President Commemorates 100th Anniversary of Wright Brothers Flight
Remarks by the President at the Wright Brothers First Flight Celebration Wright Brothers National MemorialKill Devil Hills, North Carolina 9:37 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. Rain […]
SpaceDev Powers SpaceShipOne to Break Sound Barrier Flight on Historic 100th Anniversary of Wright Bros.
SpaceDev’s revolutionary rocket motor technology successfully powered SpaceShipOne on its historic first powered flight, on the 100th anniversary of the first human powered flight by the Wright brothers. Today, a […]