NASA’s commercial partner Northrop Grumman is scheduled to launch its Antares rocket carrying its Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the international Space Station at 4:46 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 17. The launch, as […]
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NASA Invests in 18 Potentially Revolutionary Space Tech Concepts
Smart spacesuits and solar surfing may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but they are just two of the technology concepts NASA has selected for further research as part […]
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Air Force rapid prototyping effort achieving SpEC-tacular speeds
SpEC is an Air Force initiative focused on rapid prototyping of spacecraft, sensors, propulsion systems, ground stations and other space-related technology and services. Since early 2017, SpEC has awarded 37 prototype projects with a total value of $206 million.
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Lunar habitat and rocket engines on display this year at Space Symposium
In addition to more than 200 exhibitors spread over two exhibit halls, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Lockheed Martin and Virgin Galactic have brought along full-scale space hardware this year for outdoor display during the show.
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Peraton enhances OS/Comet telemetry, tracking and control
Peraton is enhancing OS/Comet, the firm’s telemetry, tracking and control platform, to address challenges and opportunities posed by massive constellations, cloud computing and hosted payloads.
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U.S. space dominance dominates 35th Space Symposium agenda
U.S. Vice president Mike Pence, the big draw at the 34th Space Symposium, won’t be delivering a keynote address at this year’s conference. However, the speech Pence gave two weeks ago at a meeting of the National Space Council is sure to reverberate across the four days of briefings and panel discussions on tap for the 35th Space Symposium here April 8-11.
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NASA Highlights Science on Next Northrop Grumman Mission to Space Station
NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 10, to discuss select science investigations and technology demonstrations launching on the next Northrop Grumman commercial resupply mission […]
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Rocket Lab to launch Air Force satellites
Days after Rocket Lab launched a payload for one U.S. military agency, the company announced its next mission will place three technology demonstration satellites into orbit for the U.S. Air Force.
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Space Access 2019 marks return of conference on affordable, reliable access to space
The space industry is feeling seismic shifts in the technologies and economics of launching and operating Earth-orbiting satellites. While casual observers greet these trends with surprise and excitement, radical reduction […]
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Europa Clipper High-Gain Antenna Undergoes Testing
This is a high-gain antenna (HGA) and a future version of it will send and receive signals to and from Earth from a looping orbit around Jupiter. The antenna will […]
