On the heels of their participation in the historic research that resulted in the detection of gravitational waves, West Virginia University astrophysicists continue to plow new ground and build upon […]
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Op-ed | Ending ban on retired ICBMs would allow U.S. companies to reclaim small satellite launch market
Orbital ATK’s Scott Lehr makes the case for letting U.S. industry use retired ICBMs to launch commercial satellites.
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Op-ed | Dumping excess boosters on market would short-circuit commercial space renaissance
Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides that relaxing longstanding restrictions on using surplus ICBM motors to launch commercial satellites would harm ventures poised to bring new launch services to market.
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Roscosmos gives detailed rebuttal to reports of Proton ExoMars launch anomaly
The head of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency on March 31 rebutted claims from amateur satellite watchers that the Proton rocket’s upper stage came apart in orbit March 14 shortly after releasing the Euro-Russian ExoMars satellite.
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Spaceport America and MARS Scientific Partner to Offer “First Flight First Sight” Promotion
Spaceport America, the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport, and MARS Scientific (MARS), the USA’s civilian leader in telescopic spacecraft tracking and imaging, have partnered to make the entry into the […]
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NASA Awards Contract for Atmospheric Science Research
NASA has awarded a contract to Science Systems and Applications, Inc. of Lanham, Maryland, to conduct atmospheric sciences support services for the Science Directorate at NASA’s Langley Research Center in […]
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Earth-Space Telescope System Produces Hot Surprise
Astronomers using an orbiting radio telescope in conjunction with four ground-based radio telescopes have achieved the highest resolution, or ability to discern fine detail, of any astronomical observation ever made. […]
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NASA Langley Gets Down to Earth This Year With Globe-Spanning Expeditions
NASA is sending scientists around the world in 2016 – from the edge of the Greenland ice sheet to the coral reefs of the South Pacific – to delve […]
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Atlas launches Cygnus cargo spacecraft to space station
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 successfully launched a Cygnus cargo spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station March 22, the second such mission in less than four months.
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Bright Spots and Color Differences Revealed on Ceres
Scientists from NASA’s Dawn mission have unveiled new images from the spacecraft’s lowest orbit at Ceres, including highly-anticipated views of Occator Crater. Occator Crater, measuring 57 miles (92 kilometers) across […]
