NASA is looking for innovative and “out-of-the-box” ways to tell the nation about the agency’s projects and programs. NASA is looking to the private sector for suggestions to help keep […]
Green Hills Helps JPL Go to Mars – Software Tools Critical to Mars Rover Missions
Green Hills Software Inc. today announced that all the flight software aboard the two Mars Exploration Rover missions was written by engineers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) using software […]
Integral Systems Announces Financial Results for the Third Quarter of 2003
Company Also Announces Quarterly Dividend of Three Cents Per Share Integral Systems, Inc. today reported financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2003. Revenues for the quarter were $19.3 […]
NASA Funds Colorado University at Boulder Study of Changes in Earth’s Glacier Systems
Researchers at the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder will receive $1.8 million from NASA to compile an online database of the world’s […]
Teledyne Awarded $4.3 million NASA Contract Option to Deliver a PEM Fuel Cell Power System
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated today announced that Teledyne Energy Systems, Inc., was awarded a $4.3 million contract option to develop and deliver an “engineering model” Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell […]
NASA Names Michael O’Brien as New Assistant Administrator for External Relations
NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe today announced the appointment of Michael O’Brien as the Assistant Administrator for External Relations, effective immediately. O’Brien replaces John Schumacher who became the NASA Chief of […]
SpaceX Launch Vehicle on Track for First Launch; SpaceX Successfully Fires Falcon Rocket Upper Stage Engine
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.–Aug. 11, 2003–Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) announced today the successful test firing of the Falcon rocket’s upper stage engine, called Kestrel. The liquid oxygen and rocket grade […]
Sea Launch signs with XM Satellite Radio for Additional Launch Services
Boeing Launch Services, Inc. (BLS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, today announced a contract with XM Satellite Radio for the launch of the XM-4 satellite on a Sea […]
Boeing EDD Awarded Amplifier Contract For JCSAT-9
Boeing [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems to provide amplifiers and power conditioners for the JCSAT-9 satellite being built for JSAT Corporation of […]
USNO Knows Where the Stars Are
The United States Naval Observatory (USNO) has officially released the Second Edition of the USNO CCD Astrograph Catalog (UCAC2), the most astrometrically precise star catalog ever produced by ground-based instrumentation. […]