NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission has received the Popular Mechanics 2014 Breakthrough Award for innovation in science and technology. The 10th annual Breakthrough Awards recognize innovators, […]
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ORBCOMM Completes Credit Agreement to Access up to $160 Million
ORBCOMM Inc. (ORBC), a global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions, today announced that it has entered into a multi-facility Credit Agreement providing up to $160 million with Macquarie Group (Macquarie). […]
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Scaled Composites Marks 10th Anniversary of Milestone Spaceflight
A decade after winning the Ansari XPRIZE with one of the most innovative vehicles ever flown, the employees of Scaled Composites, a Northrop Grumman (NOC) subsidiary, continue to push the boundaries […]
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Federal grant emphasis on STEM affords Community College of Aurora students chance to visit NASA facility
Dreams will take flight for a few select CCA students chosen to launch rockets at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility next June. CCA is one of the Colorado community colleges. Prospective […]
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Johns Hopkins University APL Engineer First Recipient of New Heinlein Award
The Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein Prize Trust (HPT) has recognized Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory engineer Daniel J. O’Shaughnessy as the first recipient of the Heinlein Award for […]
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Magellan Aerospace Black Brant Rocket Successfully Launched
A Magellan Aerospace (“Magellan”) Black Brant IX rocket was successfully launched from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia in the early morning of 28 August 2014 at […]
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Russian Proton Delivers in 1st Launch since May Failure
Russia’s heavy-lift Proton rocket on Sept. 28 successfully returned to flight four months after a failure, placing a Russian military satellite into geostationary orbit, the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, said.
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SpaceX Bringing the Right Stuff to Patent Slog with Blue Origin, Expert Says
One patent attorney said a recently approved Blue Origin patent for landing rockets on water-going barges stands a good chance of being overturned, thanks to a review initiated by SpaceX.
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NASA Requests Proposals for Follow-on ISS Cargo Contract
NASA said the CRS2 contracts will cover ISS cargo transportation through fiscal year 2020, with options through 2024.
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The World’s Biggest Satellite Fleet Operators Are Lobbying To Keep Global Flight Tracking Off WRC Agenda
A group including several of the world’s largest commercial satellite fleet operators is proposing that global regulators not extend current radio spectrum allocations for air-to-ground communications links to satellite services.
