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Kepler Captures Rare, Early Moments of Baby Supernovae
Astronomers are going gaga over newborn supernova measurements taken by NASA’s Kepler and Swift spacecraft, poring over them in hopes of better understanding what sparks these world-shattering stellar explosions. Scientists […]
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Using a Sounding Rocket to Help Calibrate NASA’s SDO
Watching the sun is dangerous work for a telescope. Solar instruments in space naturally degrade over time, bombarded by a constant stream of solar particles that can cause a film […]
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NanoRacks Grows Leadership Team
NanoRacks is pleased to announce changes in the Company’s leadership and management team. These changes reflect NanoRacks’ rapid growth and advancement of strong leaders in the Company, effective immediately. Michael […]
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NASA Technologist Advances CubeSat Concept for Planetary Exploration
Although scientists are increasingly using pint-size satellites sometimes no larger than a loaf of bread to gather data from low-Earth orbit, they have yet to apply the less-expensive small-satellite technology […]
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SNC Building Rotating Mount for JPSS-2 Instrument
Exelis Geospatial Systems of Rochester, New York, tapped Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) Space Systems of Louisville, Colorado, to build a rotating mount for an instrument Exelis is providing for a U.S. civilian weather satellite launching in 2021.
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NewSpace Initiative connects ASU with space industry
The next big thing in space research is small. Small, agile companies and small, inexpensive devices are changing how we explore the universe. Arizona State University researchers are working with […]
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Inmarsat First To Feel Ripple Effects of Latest Proton Failure
Russia’s Proton rocket failure on May 16 is having immediate ripple effects on future missions for commercial and government customers — starting with mobile satellite services operator Inmarsat.
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ILS Proton Failure Destroys Centenario Satellite, Leaves Inmarsat in Lurch
An International Launch Services (ILS) Proton rocket carrying Mexico’s Centenario mobile communications satellite failed about eight minutes and 10 seconds after liftoff May 16 in what early reports said was a problem with the rocket’s third stage.
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NASA Goddard Innovator Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
In honor of his many inventions and patents developed in a 34-year career at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, George E. Alcorn, a pioneering African-American physicist and […]
