NASA and the National Science Foundation have achieved a new milestone in conducting scientific observations from balloons, by launching and operating three long-duration flights within a single Antarctic summer. “Having […]
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Scientific Balloons Achieve Antarctic Flight Record
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have jointly achieved a new milestone in the almost 20-year history of scientific ballooning in Antarctica, by […]
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GeoEye Obtains 2008 Insurance for Its IKONOS Satellite
New Technical Analysis Suggests Extended Mission Duration GeoEye, Inc., a premier provider of satellite, aerial and geospatial information, announced today that it has secured insurance in the amount of $20 […]
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Griffin Says MSU Study with Surrey Will Go No Further
WASHINGTON
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Responding to a pair of U.S. congressmen upset that Mississippi State University (MSU) is paying Surrey Satellite Technology around $2 million to teach its faculty about small satellite design, NASA Administrator Mike Griffin
said the U.S. space agency has no plans to continue supporting the effort once current funding runs out.
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U.S. Lawmakers Irked Over Surrey-Miss. State Contract
WASHINGTON —
Two U.S. lawmakers are citing Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.’s ties to China in urging NASA to cancel an agency-funded small-satellite research and education partnership between the British company and
Mississippi State University.
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X Prize Cup Executive Summit Links Adventurers with VCs
HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M.
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On the eve of the X Prize Cup, executives from companies big and small and a mix of senior government officials gathered here to network and hash out the opportunities and challenges confronting the personal spaceflight industry and other such “new space” ventures.
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“Space Angels 2.0” Gravitate Toward an Online Deal Source Launched by Space Angels Network
New Virtual Angel Investor Group Focuses on Seed- and Early-Stage Funding for Space Ventures HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, NM (X PRIZE Foundation Executive Summit) / October 26, 2007 – Space […]
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Entrepreneurs Envision a Sea Change in Commercial Space
LONG BEACH, Calif. —
Entrepreneurial companies are determined to reshape the commercial space industry in the years ahead with ventures designed to reduce the cost of access to space. The wide scope of projects includes the development of vehicles for suborbital tourism, eventually leading to orbital vehicles that could provide transportation to and from lower cost habitats and laboratories in space and even take advantage of one of the planned orbiting fuel depots.
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BAE Systems Radiation-Hardened Computers Aboard WorldView-1 Satellite
Two BAE Systems RAD750(TM) radiation-hardened single-board computers are managing the command and control functions onboard the WorldView-1 satellite, launched Sept. 18 aboard a Delta II rocket. WorldView-1 was built by […]
