ATK (Alliant Techsystems) announced today that it successfully flight-tested a first stage rocket motor aboard an Orbital Sciences Corporation interceptor boost vehicle being developed for the U.S. Ground-based Missile Defense […]
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NASA to Use Remotely Piloted Airplane to Monitor Grapes
NOTE TO EDITORS AND NEWS DIRECTORS: You are invited to cover test flights of a small, remote-control airplane – an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) — on Aug. 19 from 9 […]
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Boeing EDD Awarded Electric Propulsion Contract for NASA Mission
Boeing [NYSE:BA] has been awarded a contract by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to provide the electric propulsion system to be used on the Dawn spacecraft. Boeing Electron Dynamic Devices, […]
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Leaders to Discuss Trillion-Dollar Nanotechnology Market at NASA Ames
To discuss the trillion-dollar nanotechnology market that experts believe will be born from research at the molecular scale, 250 leaders from industry, academia and government will converge Aug. 19 at […]
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NASA Inspector General Issues Letter to NASA Administrator Regarding Observations on the Independence of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board
Today, NASA Inspector General Robert W. Cobb issued a letter to Administrator Sean O’Keefe highlighting his observations on the independence of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB). As an observer […]
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ROBOCAMP Graduation Showcases Student’s New Robotic Skills
NOTE TO EDITORS AND NEWS DIRECTORS: News media are invited to cover the graduation ceremony of the second annual RoboCamp-West summer robotics program co-sponsored by NASA and Carnegie Mellon University. […]
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Data-Taking Begins at MINOS Neutrino Detector, Half a Mile Underground
Batavia, Ill.-Scientists of the MINOS collaboration at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory today (August 14) announced the official start of data-taking with the 6,000-ton detector for the […]
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SpaceDev Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter of 2003
SpaceDev, Inc. , a leading provider of microsatellites and hybrid propulsion technology, today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2003. Net sales for the six-month period ending June […]
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NASA Awards Contract for R&D Engineering Services to SRC Aerospace Corporation
NASA’s Ames Research Center (ARC), Moffett Field, Calif., today awarded an 8(a) cost-plus-award-fee contract valued at approximately $51 million to ASRC Aerospace Corporation, Greenbelt, Md. ASRC is an Alaska Native […]
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EMS Technologies Announces Successful Launch of Space Science Equipment Aboard SCISAT-1 Spacecraft
EMS Technologies, Inc., through its Space & Technology/Montreal division, celebrated the successful launch of the SCISAT-1 spacecraft this week. SCISAT-1 is the first new Canadian scientific satellite since 1971. EMS […]
