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    Boeing Launches Deep Space Habitat, Transport Concepts for Manned Lunar, Mars Missions

    Boeing has introduced concepts for its deep space habitat and transport platforms designed to help NASA advance manned exploration missions to the moon and Mars. The company said Monday the proposed habitat called Deep Space Gateway would fly aboard the Space Launch System to facilitate scientific research in cislunar space and help open commercial and government partnerships for […] More

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    SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket With Reused Booster Into Orbit; Elon Musk Comments

    SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 rocket with a reused lower stage to deliver a communications satellite into orbit from NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center, Space.com reported Thursday. Irene Klotz writes the launch was the first reflight of a used orbit-class rocket booster and the second time it landed on SpaceX’s Of Course I Still Love You robotic drone ship at sea. […] More

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    NVI Awarded Follow-On NASA Baseline Interferometry Support Contract

    NVI has secured a five-year, $12 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to continue support work on NASA‘s very long baseline interferometry. NASA said Thursday that NVI will coordinate and examine VLBI observations as well as support the development, documentation, implementation and maintenance of related software under the follow-on contract. The company will also assist NASA in operation of the geophysical and astronomical observatory at the […] More

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    Orbital ATK Completes 17-Year Support for NASA Earth Observation Satellite; Frank Culbertson Comments

    Orbital ATK has concluded its support services for an Earth observation satellite the company built for NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center to aid the validation and development of satellite and instrument technologies. The company said Thursday NASA has decommissioned the Earth Observing-1 satellite  after a nearly 17-year mission that began in 2000. Orbital ATK supported the EO-1 mission as […] More

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    Accura-Rosser JV Gets NASA Contract for Marshall Center Support Services

    A joint venture of Accura and Rosser has been awarded a potential five-year, $39.8 million contract to perform engineering design, inspection, master planning and surveillance services at NASA‘s Marshall Space Flight Center. Accura Rosser 8(a) JV will perform contract work to help address the center’s project, institutional and program objectives for the space agency, resident organizations and […] More

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    Robyn Gatens: Orbital ATK’s Next Cargo Mission to Space Station Rescheduled for April

    NASA has postponed Orbital ATK‘s next cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station to address booster problems on the launch vehicle that will be used to launch a company-built spacecraft, Space News reported Wednesday. Space News’ Jeff Foust quoted Robyn Gatens, deputy director of NASA’s ISS division, as saying the investigation on the booster engine for the Cygnus OA-7 mission will push back the launch no sooner than mid-April. […] More

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    Parsons to Provide Engineering, Technical Services at NASA Goddard; Carey Smith Comments

    Parsons has secured a potential five-year contract from NASA to provide a range of engineering and technical services to the Goddard Space Flight Center. The company said Wednesday the Facilities Construction, Engineering and Technical Services III contract covers engineering, construction, design-build, information technology and program management services. “We are honored to be awarded this contract and continue our relationship […] More

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    NASA-Backed Mission Aims to Shed Light on Interstellar Medium

    NASA has picked a potential $40 million science mission that aims to measure emissions from the cosmic material – interstellar medium – that can be found among stars in order to generate data for use in research into the Milky Way galaxy. The Galactic/Extragalactic [Ultralong-Duration Balloon] Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory mission seeks to offer a “complete […] More

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    NASA Test-Fires 1st Engine Controller Unit for SLS Rocket

    NASA has conducted a 500-second, live-fire test of an engine controller installed on an RS-25 development engine for the Space Launch System rocket at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The space agency will verify the data collected from the live-fire test held Thursday and then install the Engine Controller Unit-2 on one of the four Aerojet Rocketdyne-built RS-25 flight […] More

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    Rockwell Collins, NASA Conduct Sonic Boom Display Usability Demo

    NASA and Rockwell Collins have conducted a usability test and a pilot working group meeting that showcased a sonic boom display at the space agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center. Rockwell Collins said Wednesday the two-year Sonic Boom Display project resulted in the creation of an impact visualization system designed to help pilots reduce or mitigate the risk of sonic boom impacts during […] More

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    Carahsoft to Market Druva’s Cloud Data Protection Tech via NASA SEWP Contract Vehicle

    Carahsoft Technology and Druva have partnered to sell the latter’s cloud data protection and information management platform to public sector customers through NASA‘s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement vehicle. Druva said Wednesday Carahsoft will market the Druva inSync cloud offering as its public sector distribution partner. Brian O’Donnell, a Carahsoft vice president, said the addition of inSync technology to the company’s […] More

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    Charles Chase: Lockheed, NASA Eye Preliminary X-Plane Design Review Completion in June

    Charles Chase, a program lead at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works unit, has said Lockheed and NASA expect to wrap up the evaluation phase on the preliminary design of a supersonic aircraft by June before the company and the agency begin the critical design review, FlightGlobal reported Wednesday. Chase told the publication that NASA and Lockheed […] More