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    NASA to Start Orion, Space Launch System Base Development at Kennedy Center

    NASA plans to build ground infrastructure to process the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket that the agency plans to launch in 2018 for an unmanned deep-space exploration. The initiative comes after NASA engineers and aerospace specialists completed a comprehensive assessment on proposed spaceport development at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, the agency said Monday. An engineering team […] More

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    Johns Hopkins APL Team to Work on NASA Solar Array Devt Program

    Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory will collaborate with SolAero Technologies, Deployable Space Systems and RA Stall Consulting on a NASA program that seeks to develop solar array platforms designed for deep space missions. APL said Thursday the team has entered into contract negotiations with NASA on the Transformational Solar Array for Extreme Environments proposal under the space agency’s Game […] More

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    SaiTech Lands Stennis Space Center IT Support Contract From NASA

    SaiTech has received a potential $43.9 million contract from NASA to provide information technology services support to the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The government IT contractor will provide a range of IT services for Stennis, including planning, management, audiovisual, communications and technology support, NASA said Tuesday. The contract entails a 17-month base period, which could extend up to five years […] More

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    Orbital ATK Cargo Spacecraft Completes ISS Berthing; Frank Culbertson Comments

    The Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft launched by NASA Tuesday has arrived at the International Space Station to deliver 7,900 pounds of cargo that includes crew supplies and scientific experiments. S.S. Rick Husband Cygnus‘ arrival marks the company’s fourth berthing with ISS under the space agency’s Commercial Resupply Services contract, Orbital ATK said Saturday. “As we accomplish our fifth Cygnus […] More

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    Iron Bow to Offer Agencies Zipit Messaging Platform Via 2 GWACs

    Iron Bow Technologies and Zipit Wireless have partnered to sell an enterprise-grade messaging tool to federal customers through two governmentwide acquisition contract vehicles. The Zipit-built Enterprise Critical Messaging Solution will work to help agencies secure data and comply with federal information processing standards, Keith Finley, director of Iron Bow’s veterans affairs and defense healthcare business, said Wednesday. Iron […] More

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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion System Backs Orbital ATK Cygnus Launch for SS Cargo Resupply Mission

    An Aerojet Rocketdyne-built propulsion system helped to launch a Orbital ATK-made Cygnus space vehicle onboard a United Launch Alliance-made Atlas V rocket to transport cargo to the International Space Station. The OA-6 flight’s launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida Tuesday represents Orbital ATK’s fifth cargo delivery mission to the ISS under the company’s Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA, Aerojet […] More

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    NASA, Orbital ATK Launch OA-6 ISS Cargo Delivery Mission

    NASA has launched Orbital ATK‘s Cygnus spacecraft that will carry more than 7,000 pounds of cargo for delivery to the International Space Station. The OA-6 mission launch from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station late Tuesday marks the company’s fifth operational mission under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services program, the agency said Wednesday. Cygnus is expected to dock with the orbiting laboratory on Saturday […] More

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    NASA Puts Webb Telescope Instruments Through Cryogenic Test

    NASA has performed a cryogenic test on the cameras and spectrographs of the James Webb Space Telescope in order to determine if the systems could withstand extremely cold temperatures inside a space environment simulator. The Webb telescope’s scientific instruments have been removed from a cylindrical  simulation chamber at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland following completion of […] More

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    NASA to Launch Orbital ATK Spacecraft for 5th Resupply Mission to ISS

    Orbital ATK and NASA are set to launch a company-built Cygnus spacecraft on Tuesday to transport approximately 7,900 pounds of science experiments and crew supplies to the International Space Station. The cargo spaceship, nicknamed S.S. Rick Husband, is scheduled to take off Tuesday at 11 p.m. Eastern Time aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida, NASA said […] More

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    Jacobs Joins US Space Advocacy Trade Group; Ward Johnson Comments

    Jacobs Engineering Group has become a member of an organization that represents U.S.-based industry and nonprofit groups to advocate for government investment in space exploration, the company said Tuesday. The Seabrook, Texas-based Coalition for Space Exploration counts close to 30 aerospace industry companies as members and aims to raise awareness and build support for U.S. space exploration programs. “We share the commitment […] More

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    NASA Picks 4 Proposals for Deep Space Solar Array Tech Development Program

    NASA has chosen four proposals to enter contract negotiations as part of a program to develop solar array technologies to operate in high-radiation and low-temperature environments for future deep space missions. The space agency said Tuesday initial contract awards have a value of $400,000 each and cover a nine-month period of design, testing and analysis work for the Game Changing Development program. […] More

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    ASRC Federal Receives Lockheed Award for Orion Project Support; Mark Gray Comments

    ASRC Federal has won a Small Business of the Year award from Lockheed Martin in recognition of the company’s work on a contract for NASA’s Orion spacecraft. ASRC Federal’s space and defense business accepted the 2015 Rigel Award in February during a ceremony that was held to commemorate the arrival of the spacecraft’s pressure vessel at […] More