Boeing today successfully launched NASA’s Space Infrared Telescope Facility, or SIRTF, aboard a Delta II Heavy launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Liftoff occurred on schedule at […]
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NASA Employee CAIB Report Update with Sean O’Keefe and Scott Hubbard
Tuesday, August 26, 2 p.m. EDT, auditorium, broadcast live on NASA TV (NASA HQ Channel 3; NASA HQ Closed Circuit Channel 24). NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe will be joined by […]
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NASA’s Space Infrared Telescope Facility Launched Successfully
NASA’s Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), built, integrated and tested at Lockheed Martin facilities in Sunnyvale, California, roared into space this morning at 1:35 am EDT from the NASA Kennedy […]
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NASA Administrator Addresses CAIB Initial Findings
NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe will discuss the initial findings of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB), with the media, Wednesday, August 27 from 11:00 a.m. to noon EDT. The press […]
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Pratt & Whitney Delivers First Overhauled Space Shuttle Oxidizer Turbopump
The first overhauled Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) high-pressure liquid oxidizer (LOX) turbopump, which flew on six space shuttle flights during seven years of service, was delivered to NASA’s primary […]
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Catch “Mars Fever” at Center for Astrophysics
On August 27, 2003, the planet Mars will be closer to the Earth than it has been at any point in the past 60,000 years. In recognition of this rare […]
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Ground-breaking research to develop ‘conscious’ robot
Researchers at the Universities of Essex and Bristol will soon be launching a ground-breaking project to develop a ‘conscious’ robot. The aim of the project, which involves computer scientists and […]
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Lockheed Martin/Boeing Team Selects Courtland, Alabama, Facility for Kinetic Energy Interceptor Production
Lockheed Martin today announced that it will conduct final assembly of its Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) in Courtland, AL, if selected by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to proceed as […]
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MDA Signs $2.1 Monitoring and Mapping Order
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced today that the company’s Geographic Information Products Group has been awarded a $2.1 million (CDN) order by an Asian customer for information products from […]
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DART Spacecraft Demonstrator Completes Design Certification
The Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) spacecraft, recently completed design certification review for the Orbital Space Plane (OSP) program. The OSP is a NASA initiative to develop a crew […]
