The launch of a NASA Terrier-Improved Orion suborbital rocket was successfully conducted at 7:16 a.m. EDT today from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The launch was to test several […]
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Reports: LightSquared Plan Poses Unacceptable Risk to GPS Service
WASHINGTON — Disruption of GPS positioning and navigation signals used for aviation and other applications within U.S. territory will be unavoidable if startup firm LightSquared is permitted to deploy a hybrid satellite-terrestrial broadband network as currently planned, a pair of technical reports released June 9 concluded.
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Rocket Launch Rescheduled from NASA Wallops
The launch of a NASA Terrier-Improved Orion suborbital sounding rocket from NASA’s Wallops flight Facility in Virginia has been rescheduled between 7 and 10 a.m., Friday, June 10, after the […]
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Profile: Christine Anderson, Executive Director, New Mexico Spaceport Authority
The futuristic-looking terminal hangar rising from the New Mexico desert north of Las Cruces testifies to the success the state has had in making Spaceport America a reality. Championed by former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and financed by a combination of state and local funding, a portion of which voters agreed to provide in the form of a sales receipts tax, the $209 million facility boasts a high-profile anchor tenant in Virgin Galactic, Sir Richard Branson’s venture that aims to take paying tourists into suborbital space.
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Endeavour’s Next Mission: Getting Cleaned Up for Museum Life
SEATTLE — With its final space mission in the history books, the Space Shuttle Endeavour begins preparations for a life of leisure as a museum showpiece.
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NASA Rocket Launch Scheduled June 9
A test of several new rocket technologies will be conducted June 9 on a Terrier- Improved Orion suborbital sounding rocket from NASA’s Launch Range at the Wallops Flight Facility in […]
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Sounding Rocket Launch Slated for SMART Satellite
A new microsatellite designed to give scientists less-expensive access to space will make its debut aboard a suborbital sounding rocket scheduled to launch June 9 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The launch will not place the satellite in orbit.
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ORS-1 Ready to Ship to NASA Wallops Flight Facility
The Space Development and Test Directorate, in concert with the Operationally Responsive Space Office, marked a major milestone May 20 as the ORS-1 space vehicle is approved to ship to […]
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Lawmakers Question Plans for Space Station Resupply
SAN FRANCISCO — Members of a congressional panel questioned the wisdom of NASA’s plan to rely on two commercial companies to handle the critically important job of ferrying cargo to the international space station after the space shuttle concludes its final flight scheduled for July.
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Profile: Frank Cepollina, Deputy Associate Director, Space Servicing Capabilities Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
At times, Frank Cepollina imagines what it would be like to retire from NASA, return to Northern California where he was raised, and relax. For now, however, Cepollina, one of the world’s leading experts on refueling and repairing satellites in orbit, has far too much work to do.
