Buckle up, because it’s back… two days of intense student racing kicks-off April 17-18 for the annual NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge. This competitive international design challenge boasts 95 registered […]
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U.S. Air Force Hopes To Wring Some Utility from Balky SENSE Nanosats
The U.S. Air Force plans to award Boeing a $400,000 contract to correct problems on a pair of experimental weather satellites that launched in 2013 but are not yet providing data.
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SES Satellite Chosen To Host NASA Solar Science Payload
SES said it would fly a U.S. solar-science mission, called GOLD, as a hosted payload on the company’s SES-14 satellite to launch in 2017 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
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Dawn’s Ceres Color Map Reveals Surface Diversity
A new color map of dwarf planet Ceres, which NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has been orbiting since March, reveals the diversity of the surface of this planetary body. Differences in morphology […]
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Iridium Next Seen as Likely Host For MDA’s Kill Assessment Sensors
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has been careful not to identify the satellites that would host its planned network of experimental kill assessment sensors, but industry sources say the likeliest candidate is the Iridium Next constellation of mobile communications satellites.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Faces June Deadline for Taking RD Amross Stake
Aerojet Rocketdyne, which is suffering from two separate headaches caused by Russian rocket engines, on April 9 said it is likely to decide by June 12 whether to exercise its option to buy a 50 percent stake in the company that sells Russian RD-180 rocket engines for use in U.S. Atlas 5 rockets.
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Bad Wiring Could Delay JWST Mirror Installation
Replacing faulty electrical wiring that runs behind the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) primary mirror could delay assembly of the flagship observatory’s primary optics package, although the overall mission remains on schedule, a NASA official said April 8.
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Surrey Satellite US Joins Aerojet Rocketdyne and NanoRacks for FeatherCraft Development
Colorado-based Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (SST-US) today announced its collaboration with Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. and NanoRacks LLC on the development of the FeatherCraft platform, a 100-kilogram-class satellite platform optimized […]
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Aerospace Leadership Changes Effective April 1
Two Aerospace leadership changes are effective today, both involving senior vice presidents. Catherine Steele is the senior vice president of National Systems Group, and succeeds Dr. Manuel De Ponte, who […]
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France, UAE Sign Cooperative Space Accord
The United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAESA) concluded a cooperation accord with the French space agency, CNES, which includes joint work on the UAE’s planned 2020 launch of a probe to Mars, the two agencies announced.
