Some stars have orbits that take them to interesting places, and they have interesting stories to tell about how they were formed. For more than a decade, the Sloan Digital […]
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ORBCOMM Announces Successful Launch of VesselSat2
ORBCOMM Inc. ORBC +0.94% , a global satellite data communications company focused on two-way Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, today announced the successful launch of VesselSat2, an Automatic Identification Service (AIS) enabled […]
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Sources: United Space Alliance Directed To Stop Pursuing New Business
WASHINGTON — United Space Alliance (USA), the Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture created in 1995 to operate NASA’s now-retired space shuttle, has been barred by its corporate parents from pursuing any new business, according to industry sources.
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Rocket Launch From NASA Wallops Flight Facility Scheduled for 11 January 2012
WALLOPS ISLAND, VA – A flight test of a NASA Terrier-Improved Malemute suborbital sounding rocket is scheduled for January 11 from NASA’s launch range at the Wallops Flight Facility in […]
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ORBCOMM and SpaceX Improve Launch Plans for OG2 Satellites
Enhanced Worldwide Coverage with an Additional Polar Launch of Two OG2 Satellites ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBC) and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) today announced the launch schedule for ORBCOMM’s second generation […]
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New York’s Intrepid Museum Takes Ownership of Enterprise
NASA’s space shuttle prototype, Enterprise, now belongs to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City.
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NASA’s Voyager spacecraft that toured outer planets nearing solar system edge
In 1977, Jimmy Carter was sworn in as president, Elvis died, Virginia park ranger Roy Sullivan was hit by lightning a record seventh time, and two NASA space probes destined […]
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Paul Allen Announces Revolution in Space Transportation Stratolaunch System
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Paul G. Allen announced today that he and aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan have reunited to develop the next generation of space travel. Allen and Rutan, whose SpaceShipOne […]
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Paul Allen Teams with Burt Rutan, SpaceX on Air-launched Rocket
WASHINGTON —Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen announced Dec. 13 the formation of Stratolaunch Systems, a Huntsville, Ala.-based company that aims to build an air-launched orbital launch system comprising a SpaceX-built booster and carrier aircraft developed by Scaled Composites.
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Conducting Research on SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo – Payload Opportunities
We at Virgin Galactic believe that providing researchers and their experiments affordable, routine, and safe access to space is a core part of our mission. The same novel and innovative […]
