NASA has awarded five additional space station cargo-supply missions to SpaceX in a late-December contract with an undisclosed value that industry officials estimate at around $700 million.
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18,300 apply for NASA astronaut corps
Monday’s briefing begins with NASA receiving a record number of applicants for 8-14 astronaut jobs, plus a look at the week ahead.
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NASA Issues Asteroid Redirect Mission Report
A new report chartered by NASA provides input to important areas of robotic mission requirements development and explores the science benefits and potential knowledge gain from the agency’s Asteroid Redirect […]
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EU taking closer antitrust look at Airbus Safran Launchers’ Arianespace purchase
European antitrust authorities appear poised to withhold immediate approval of the purchase by Airbus Safran Launchers of the French government’s stake in launch-service provider Arianespace pending an investigation that could last for several months, European industry officials said.
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NASA engineer awaits launch of CubeSat mission demonstrating virtual-telescope tech
NASA engineers Neerav Shah and Phil Calhoun will realize a long-held ambition later this year when a Space-X launch vehicle deploys two tiny satellites that will fly in a precise […]
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Boeing’s CST-100 crew capsule takes a dip
Thursday’s briefing begin with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner crew capsule going for a dip in the Hydro Impact Basin at NASA’s Langley Research Center.
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India to hand over PSLV operations to private sector
Monday’s briefing begins with India setting an end-of-the-decade goal for handing over PSLV operations to a consortium.
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WVU Astrophysicist Part of Team that Detects Last Prediction of Einstein’s Theory
Over the past 100 years every prediction that Albert Einstein made in his theory of general relativity has been directly observed, except for one. Now, on the centennial of the […]
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Delta 4 rocket lofts U.S. spy satellite
A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket launched Feb. 10 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, carrying a classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
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ViaSat details $1.4-billion global Ka-band satellite broadband strategy to oust incumbent players
Satellite broadband hardware and service provider ViaSat Inc. on Feb. 9 fully unveiled its plan to cover the world with three 1-terabit-per-second-throughput Ka-band satellites and accelerate its near-term market expansion by changing launch-service providers and forming a joint venture with Eutelsat of Europe.
