Engineers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, will crash test a small plane Wednesday, July 29, to test the performance of five emergency locater transmitters (ELTs) installed onboard. […]
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ILS Now Marketing Small Angara Variant
ILS has begun marketing Russia’s new Angara rocket, adding the light-lift Angara 1.2 to its commercial portfolio for launches starting in 2017.
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China Eyes Purchase of Sea Launch Assets
Sea Launch and its Russian owner are in talks with the Chinese government on selling the Sea Launch command ship and launch platform to Chinese interests.
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Asteroid-mining Company’s 1st Spacecraft Deploys
The International Space Station deployed a three-unit cubesat from its satellite dispenser for a 90-day mission meant help an aspiring asteroid-mining company make progress toward its long-term goal of extracting resources from space rocks.
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Op-ed | Embracing the Bubble
There is nothing to trigger a collapse and plenty of time to adjust to new market perceptions. A bubble could deflate slowly and create a soft landing.
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Radar Observations Shine New Light on Near-Earth Asteroid
A team of scientists participating in a radio astronomy summer school had the unexpected opportunity to observe a recently discovered near-Earth asteroid as it zipped past our planet on July […]
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Regulatory Challenges Undercut Power of Thaicom’s High-throughput Satellite
PARIS — At a time when high-throughput satellites, in both Ku- and Ka-band, appear about to disrupt the conventional satellite business, Thaicom’s experience with Thaicom-4/IPStar offers lessons. IPStar was launched […]
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Science Jamboree Attracts Interns, Scientists from Across Goddard
From cryogenically frozen marshmallows and pennies to 3D printed supernova, Tuesday’s Science Jamboree filled the atrium in Building 28 with science displays and demonstrations. The sixth annual jamboree gave scientists […]
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Musk Says Communications Satellite Constellation Still in Early Stages
Despite a wave of funding and contract announcements by competitor OneWeb, SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said July 7 that his company is still taking a “careful” approach to plans for a communications satellite constellation.
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NASA Data Shows Surfer-shaped Waves in Near-Earth Space
The universe overflows with repeating patterns. From the smallest cells to the largest galaxies, scientists are often rewarded by observing similar patterns in vastly different places. One such pattern is […]
