The operator of an underutilized Alaska launch site is offering more than $20 million to launch companies in a bid to attract a larger class of launch vehicles.
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Ariane 5’s 62nd Straight Success Puts Argentina in Satcom Driver’s Seat
Argentine officials said after the launch that their nation is determined not to repeat its previous experience in which non-Argentine commercial interests nearly caused the nation to lose access to the geostationary belt in which most telecommunications satellites operate.
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NASA Partners with Leading Technology Innovators to Enable Future Exploration
Recognizing that technology drives exploration, NASA has selected four teams of agency technologists for participation in the Early Career Initiative (ECI) pilot program. The program encourages creativity and innovation among […]
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The Milky Way Ransacks Nearby Dwarf Galaxies of Their Gas
Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia, along with data from other large radio telescopes, have discovered that our nearest galactic neighbors, the dwarf […]
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Takes Loss on AJ-26 Engine Problems
Aerojet Rocketdyne took a $17.5 million loss in its latest fiscal quarter because of issues with the AJ-26 rocket engine that it provides for Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares launch vehicle.
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Profile | Thomas Markusic, Founder and Chief Executive, Firefly Space Systems
Firefly Space Systems is part of a new wave of launch services startups looking to capitalize on a small-satellite boom fueled, at least in part, by a combination of advances in microelectronics technology and Silicon Valley investment capital.
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Gary Davis, Former NOAA Satellite Executive, Dies
Davis died Sept. 26 in California after a five-year battle with pancreatic and neuroendocrine cancer.
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Rocket Launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility
A Terrier-Lynx suborbital rocket was successfully launched this morning at 12:27 a.m. EDT for the Department of Defense from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The next scheduled launch from […]
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NASA to Unveil New Engineering Center and Demo Asteroid Redirect Hardware
HAMPTON, Va. – Media are invited to join Virginia’s governor and other officials at a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tour of NASA Langley Research Center’s new engineering services facility on Oct. […]
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NASA Selects Advanced Oxygen Recovery Proposals for Spacecraft Missions
NASA has selected four partners to develop game changing technologies with the potential to increase the oxygen recovery rate aboard human spacecraft to at least 75 percent while achieving high […]
