Engineers preparing NASA’s Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle for a 2014 test flight were locked out of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida when the federal government shut down Oct. 1.
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Cygnus Payloads Get Power Units from Andrews Space
Each of the Andrews Space parts can “provide up to 150 Watts of [28-volt direct current] payload power to mid-deck locker payloads destined for the International Space Station aboard the Cygnus cargo vehicle.”
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Commercial Firms Push Alternative Approaches for NASA Asteroid Initiative
To develop a deep-space exploration program to follow the international space station, NASA cast a wide net, hoping to infuse its plans to detect, engineer and ultimately visit an asteroid with fresh mission concepts, alternative technological approaches and, perhaps most important, partners to share costs, build support and enrich educational outreach.
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Nearby Double Star Fomalhaut Is Actually a Triple
The nearby star system Fomalhaut — of special interest for its unusual exoplanet and dusty debris disk — has been discovered to be not just a double star, as astronomers […]
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Industry, FAA Look To Stay One Step Ahead of Congress with Draft Safety Document
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation produces a 50-page list of safety practices that could serve as the cornerstone for future commercial human spaceflight safety regulations.
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NASA and Homeland Security Test Radar for Locating Disaster Victims
NASA and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are collaborating on a first-of-its-kind portable radar device to detect the heartbeats and breathing patterns of victims trapped in large piles of […]
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Crew Arrival, Communications Glitch Further Delay Cygnus Berthing
Orbital Sciences postpones the berthing of its Cygnus spacecraft with the international space station until Sept. 28 at the earliest.
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Commentary | Why the Space Station Must Trump Exploration
Operating the space station for as long as possible is critical to the future of human spaceflight, even if it means setting aside lunar bases, Mars missions or even asteroid retrievals for the immediate future.
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ATK’s CASTOR 30 Motor Supports Launch of Antares COTS Demonstration Mission to International Space Station
ATK’s (NYSE: ATK) CASTOR® 30 upper stage solid rocket motor supported the successful cargo demonstration launch of Orbital Sciences Corporation’s (NYSE: ORB) Antares™ rocket as it lifted off from NASA’s […]
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DARPA To Start Reusable Launch Vehicle Program
DARPA is about to start a program to develop a reusable first stage that could be used to launch medium-sized satellites for as little as $5 million each.
