NORFOLK, Va. – Today, September 30, marks the completion of the major repair work at the Virginia Space – MARS Launch Pad-0A, located on NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. This is […]
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Dawn Team Shares New Maps and Insights about Ceres
Mysteries and insights about Ceres are being discussed this week at the European Planetary Science Conference in Nantes, France. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is providing scientists with tantalizing views and other […]
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Missile Defense Agency Retires NFIRE Satellite
The once-controversial Near-Field Infrared Experiment was designed in part to characterize rocket exhaust plumes.
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Background Ozone is a Major Issue in the Western U.S.
In parts of Northern California, background ozone levels already account for more than three-quarters of total ozone, leaving little room for local ozone production if stricter standards go into effect. […]
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FIRST UP | Your Tuesday Briefing
Mars water — HTV’s delayed departure — Space Fence passes CDR — NASA terminates B612 agreement
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Q&A with Frank DiBello: Serving Industry and State
Frank DiBello both leads Space Florida, the state’s space development agency, and supports the broader commercial space industry as chairman of the board of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation (CSF), an industry group with more than 60 member organizations.
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Commercial Space Stations Face Economic and Regulatory Challenges
Proposals to develop commercial space stations in low Earth orbit that could serve as successors to the International Space Station face both an uncertain regulatory environment and questions about their economic viability, according to both those planning such stations and those who might regulate them.
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Air Force Solicits Info on Outsourcing WGS Operations
The request for information is one of the first steps to commercialize some of the service’s satellite operations and transfer others to a new common ground system.
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GAO Criticizes FAA for Lack of Commercial Space Budget Details
A report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office Sept. 21 concluded that the Federal Aviation Administration has not provided enough information about the workload of its commercial space office to justify the $1.5 million in additional funding it requested for 2016.
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In Next Earth Venture Mission, ISS Payloads Need Not Apply
After heavily promoting the International Space Station’s exterior as an Earth observation platform, NASA told aspiring principal investigators to steer clear of the outside of the orbital outpost in the second-ever Earth Venture mission competition that began in early September.
