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Global Aerospace Corporation announced today that a decision has been made by the NASA’s Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) to fund the second year of the Phase II contract to […]
Stardust Team Develops Technique to Keep Camera Clear
In December, Stardust, the mission to Comet Wild 2 to capture dust particles and return them to Earth, cleared a coating that was clouding its camera optics by applying heat. […]
Orbital Selected By PanAmSat To Manufacture Three C-Band Geostationary Communications Satellites
With an important new contract, Orbital Sciences Corporation has solidified its place as a major supplier in the world market for geosynchronous orbit (GEO) communications satellites. Today, Orbital announced that […]
New clocks to keep time for Galileo satellite navigation system
If you want to know precisely where you are, get an accurate clock. This was true in the seventeenth century, when sailors struggled to find a way of measuring longitude […]
Athena II Added to NASA Launch Service Contract
NASA has announced that it is adding Lockheed Martin’s Athena II to the NASA Launch Services (NLS) contract using the contract’s “on-ramp” provision. This provides an opportunity for new, emerging […]
Listen to Earth’s ‘songs,’ tweeks and whistles live on the Web from NASA Marshall Center
If humans had radio antennas instead of ears, we would hear a remarkable symphony of strange noises coming from our own planet. Scientists call them “tweeks,” “whistlers” and “sferics.” They […]
Common Booster Core for Boeing Delta IV Family of Rockets Reaches Major Milestone
The Common Booster Core (CBC) for the Boeing Delta IV family of rockets successfully passed a critical test on Saturday. Boeing engineers say the results mark a major milestone for […]
XM-2 satellite successfully launched from Sea Launch platform at Equator
XM-2, a Boeing 702 satellite — designated “Rock” — built for XM Satellite Radio, Inc. was successfully launched today on board Sea Launch platform at the Equator in the Pacific […]
ParallelGraphics Web3D Project Tracks MIR’s Final Journey Back to Earth
ParallelGraphics (www.parallelgraphics.com), a pioneering world leader in the field of 3D Internet technologies, will be following the final days of the Russian MIR space station, one of the most famous […]