Professor Sigmar Wittig, Chairman of the Executive Board of the German Aerospace Centre DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt), and Yannick d’Escatha, President of CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales), […]
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NASA Propulsion Guru Robert Sackheim Reflects on Past, Looks to Future
40 YEARS LATER, NASA PROPULSION GURU ROBERT SACKHEIM WOULDN’T TRADE HIS CHOSEN PROFESSION FOR ANYTHING There is nothing small about Bob Sackheim. And even less that is ordinary. Contemplating his […]
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Space Systems/Loral Awarded $103 Million Contract to Build Critical Power Systems for the International Space Station
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications, today announced that it has won a contract from Boeing NASA Systems, Houston, Texas, to build 40 replacement batteries for […]
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NASA Helps Reclaim 15,100 Acres of San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds
NASA technology is helping state and federal governments reclaim 15,100 acres of salt evaporation ponds in South San Francisco Bay, during one of the nation’s largest restoration projects. A small […]
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Leading Climate Scientists Reaffirm View that Late 20th Century Warming was Unusual
Warming resulted in part fromfrom human activity WASHINGTON – A group of leading climate scientists has reaffirmed the “robust consensus view” emerging from the peer reviewed literature that the warmth […]
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NASA’S Senior Financial Advisor Honored
The Minority Business & Professional Network recently honored Lloyd A. Blanchard, Ph.D., during its national 5th Annual Awards Gala. Blanchard was selected as one of this year’s “Fifty Influential Minorities […]
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Imaging vineyards from space will benefit Europe’s wines
Space data are set to become an added ingredient in future European wines. ESA is contributing Earth Observation data and expertise to a European Commission-backed project called Bacchus. The aim […]
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Newly Launched ‘Opportunity’ Follows Mars-Bound ‘Spirit’
NASA launched its second Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, late Monday night aboard a Delta II launch vehicle whose bright glare briefly illuminated Florida Space Coast beaches. Opportunity’s dash to Mars […]
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Space Systems/Loral Earns ISO 9001:2000 Quality Managment Certification
Contact: John McCarthy Loral Space & Communications 212-338-5345 Rigorous Quality Standard Earned Six-Months Ahead of Plan PALO ALTO, CALIF. – July 7, 2003 – Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of […]
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‘Opportunity’ Mars Exploration Rover Targeted For Launch July 7
The second of two Mars Exploration Rovers, Opportunity, is rescheduled for launch Monday, July 7 at 10:35:23 p.m. EDT. Liftoff will occur aboard the Boeing Delta II Heavy launch vehicle […]
