WASHINGTON — The platform for a satellite ordered up by the U.S. military for quick deployment to fulfill an urgent surveillance and reconnaissance need has been built and will soon ship off to have its primary sensor installed, industry and government officials said Feb. 17.
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NASA Increases Support Contract to Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
WASHINGTON — NASA has increased the support contract to the Virginia Space Flight Authority/Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va., to provide launch services for expendable […]
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NASA Explores Commercial Opportunities for Space Science
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. — NASA scientists, multi-disciplinary researchers, government officials and future space flight service providers are discussing new ways to access and utilize space science, life science and Earth […]
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Astrium Seeks Partners To Help Fund Solar-power Beaming Demonstration
PARIS — After several months of in-house review and a small ground demonstration, Astrium on Jan. 19 announced it would canvass European governments for support to build a satellite to gather solar energy to be delivered to Earth via infrared laser beam.
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NASA Taps Wrobel To Run Wallops
WASHINGTON — NASA’s chief expendable rocket buyer William Wrobel has been named director of the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s eastern shore, NASA said in a Jan. 19 news release. He replaces John Campbell, who retired Dec. 31.
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NASA Taps Wrobel To Run Wallops Flight Facility, Va.
WASHINGTON — NASA’s chief expendable rocket buyer, William Wrobel, has been named director of the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s eastern shore, NASA said in a Jan. 19 news release. He replaces John Campbell, who retired Dec. 31.
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NASA Offers Tranquility Node Satellite Interviews from Launch Pad
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Bill Dowdell, NASA Kennedy Space Center’s deputy director for International Space Station and Spacecraft Processing, is available for satellite interviews from 6 to 9 a.m. EST […]
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NASA Support Contracts Account for Bulk of Planned Awards
Under new leadership and awaiting potential changes to its goals, missions and organization in 2010, NASA is unlikely to embark on many high-profile hardware acquisitions in the current year. Instead, industry contractors can expect a slew of high-dollar service solicitations to provide information technology, facilities management, launch operations and other support to the U.S. space agency.
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Chris Pavlovski Jumps Aboard Next Giant Leap
Next Giant Leap, a space exploration company, has appointed Chris Pavlovski as its new Director of Marketing. Next Giant Leap, a space exploration company competing for the Google Lunar X […]
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PISCES hosts international space teams
PISCES, the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems, headquartered at the University of Hawai`i – Hilo, is playing a significant role in the space program, providing a unique forum […]
