NASA announced a modification in the Public-Private Competition to operate the NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC). The modification was announced after agency review of possible sites for the Center. NASA’s […]
Boeing Spectrolab Solar Cells Inducted into the Space Technology Hall Of Fame
Multi-junction solar cells manufactured by Boeing’s Spectrolab unit were inducted today into the Space Technology Hall of Fame at the 20th National Space Symposium sponsored by the U.S. Space Foundation. […]
United Nations Organizes Space Technology Workshop in Sudan
VIENNA, 6 April (UN Information Service) — The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA), within the framework of the United Nations Programme on Space Applications, is organizing a […]
Lockheed Martin-Built GPS Satellite Declared Fully Operational
A U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team has completed on-orbit checkout of the upgraded Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite launched successfully March 20 from Cape Canaveral. The spacecraft, designated […]
A UK-Led Micro-Mission to the Moons of Mars?
The planet Mars possesses two small moons named Phobos (Fear) and Deimos (Terror). Although their existence has been known since their discovery in 1877 and a number of long-range observations […]
NASA to Award Contract for Logistics Management Services
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., will award a Small Business Administration (SBA) Section 8 (a) Performance Based Contract valued at more than $38 million this month to Tessada […]
Microspace selects New Skies as provider of international satellite transmissions services
One of the world’s largest business satellite broadcasting networks expands services with New Skies for content distribution across Latin America THE HAGUE, Netherlands, March 31, 2004 – New Skies Satellites […]
NASA’s Associate Administrator for Space Science to Share Vision with Southfield’s Glenn Levey Middle School Students
NASA’s Associate Administrator for Space Science Dr. Edward Weiler and astronaut Drew Feustel will visit Southfield’s Glenn Levey Middle School next week to share the agency’s vision for space exploration […]
NASA Stennis Space Center Director Goes to Choctaw Central Middle School to Share Vision With Next Generation of Explorers
NASA Stennis Space Center Director Adm. Tom Q. Donaldson V, USN, (Ret.) will visit the Choctaw Central Middle School in Choctaw, Miss., a NASA Explorer School, on April 6 at […]
New Quasar Studies Keep Fundamental Physical Constant Constant
Summary Detecting or constraining the possible time variations of fundamental physical constants is an important step toward a complete understanding of basic physics and hence the world in which we […]