NASA’s Centennial Challenges Program, NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, and the Spaceward Foundation are announcing that the 2009 Power-Beaming Challenge, part of Spaceward’s Space Elevator Games, will be held at […]
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NASA Dryden to Host 2009 Power Beaming Challenge July 14
NASA’s Centennial Challenges Program and the Spaceward Foundation will hold the 2009 Power-Beaming Challenge, part of Spaceward’s Space Elevator Games, at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force […]
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Rocketeers from Utah State University in Logan Win NASA’s University Student Launch Initiative for Second Straight Year
Student rocketeers from Utah State University in Logan — who launched a sophisticated rocket of their own design to an altitude of 5,333 feet — have won the 2008-2009 University […]
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OpEd: Space Exploration during an Economic Crisis
The daily barrage of bad economic news – soaring unemployment, sagging stock prices, bankruptcies, foreclosures and vanishing wealth – has battered the American psyche and eclipsed the national discussion about most other topics, including space exploration.
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NASA and NIA Announce Moon Design Team Competitors
HAMPTON, Va. – Fifteen teams have made it to the finals of a NASA and National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) sponsored competition that challenged university students to think about the […]
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Iridium Provides Update on Satellite Constellation
Iridium is pleased to announce that on Wednesday, March 4, 2009, the company completed the replacement of the operational Iridium satellite lost in the collision three weeks ago with a […]
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NASA Statement About Budget Overview for FIscal Year 2010
WASHINGTON — Acting NASA Administrator Christopher J. Scolese said the following in response to the 2010 fiscal year budget overview for NASA released Feb. 26: “The $18.7 billion budget proposal […]
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OpEd: Whither NASA?
When the Congress presided over the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew, there was a level of seriousness in the air that was different. For Congress, NASA and the aerospace community there was recognition that great and historic issues were at stake. Now, as space affairs have returned to the normalcy of great budget struggles over grand mission objectives, it is more a wonder as to what the conversation was all about in 2003, if about anything more than breaking away from the catharsis of recurring orbital human spaceflight.
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NASA To Recognize Winner of Lunar Lander Challenge
WASHINGTON — NASA will recognize Armadillo Aerospace, the winner of the 2008 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge, during a ceremony at 10 a.m. on Dec. 5 at NASA Headquarters, 300 […]
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National Geographic Channel Takes You On Real-life Adventures to the Red Planet and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
This November, let the National Geographic Channel take you on two real Space Age adventures — to the Red Planet and beyond! It could be the basis for a sequel […]
