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    Surrey Subsidiary to Research Landsat Sensor Alternatives; Doug Gerull Comments

    Surrey Satellite Technology US will conduct a study on sustainable land imaging reduced instrument envelope as an alternative to the current Landsat imaging sensors under a new contract from NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center. The Colorado-based subsidiary of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. said Friday the six-month study will look into developing a smaller form factor for the sensors installed on […] More

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    NASA Introduces Welding Tech for Heavy-Lift Rocket; Charles Bolden Comments

    NASA demonstrated a 170-foot welding platform for the Space Launch System at a ceremony held Friday at the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The Vertical Assembly Center is designed to weld large cryogenic tanks that would power the rocket’s four-engine core stage, which is being constructed by Boeing, NASA said Friday. “This rocket […] More

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    NASA Extends Wyle’s NASA Space Crew Support Contract

    Wyle‘s science, technology and engineering business unit in Houston has received a $75 million contract modification from NASA for continued support to the Johnson Space Center’s human health and performance directorate. The modification brings the contract’s value to nearly $1.5 billion and extends Wyle’s support until at least the end of April 2015, NASA said Thursday. Wyle STE Group […] More

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    NASA’s Mark Geyer: Orion Spacecraft Set for Flight Test in December

    NASA‘s engineers have completed work on the crew module on the Lockheed Martin-built Orion spacecraft, a move the agency says marks the end of work on all major components of Orion. The engineers attached the crew and service modules to the adapter and deliver the spacecraft to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for ammonia and hyper-propellant fueling in preparation […] More

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    Tech, Aerospace Exec Gretchen McClain Joins Booz Allen Board of Directors

    Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. has appointed Gretchen W. McClain as the newest member of its board of director. McClain’s experiences gleaned from previous leadership roles in government and industry will help in the company’s push to expand its engineering and technology services portfolios, Ralph Shrader, Booz Allen chairman and CEO, said Tuesday. “Her experience as […] More

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    John Vickers: NASA Tests Boeing-Made Composite Rocket Cryotank

    NASA engineers have assessed a Boeing-built cryogenic fuel tank in a series of tests that simulated the physical stresses a rocket experiences during launch. Testing on the 5.5-meter composite cryotank occurred inside a platform at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, NASA said Tuesday. “This is the culmination of a three-year effort to […] More

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    John Shannon: Boeing Eyes 2016 Delivery of NASA ISS Docking System

    Boeing will move forward on its work to build a fresh docking system for the International Space Station following completion of the technology’s critical design review. The company will design the NASA Docking System Block-1 to lock current and emerging aircraft system to the ISS’ docking adaptor, Boeing said Tuesday. “With this milestone, our team remains on […] More

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    DynCorp-NASA Team Rebuilds WB-57 Aircraft to Carry New Payloads

    DynCorp International has helped NASA rebuild the WB-57 aircraft as part of the agency’s Aircraft Maintenance Operational Support program in a move to revive the plane 40 years of extended storage at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. DynCorp said Thursday that the team worked with mechanics, engineers, logisticians and other specialists as they reconstructed the aircraft – now known as N927 – and addressed issues […] More

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    Kathy Lueders: NASA, Partners Discuss Progress on Commercial Space Vehicles

    Four contractors met with NASA throughout July to discuss updates on space capsules they are developing under a second round of the agency’s Commercial Crew Development competition. NASA said Thursday it holds regular meetings with Boeing, Sierra Nevada Corp., SpaceX and Blue Origin to review the companies’ work on spacecraft systems and launch vehicles. “These […] More

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    Boeing Wraps Up CST-100 Design, Risk Evaluations

    Boeing has evaluated the safety features of a commercial spacecraft the company is building for NASA‘s human flight missions into low-Earth orbit. The company said Thursday it conducted the CST-100 hazard analysis to identify possible life-threating risks and ensure that capsule design is safe. CST-100 would transport up to seven astronauts and cargo to the […] More

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    Frank Culbertson: Orbital Sciences-Built Capsule Returns From ISS Cargo Delivery Mission

    The Orbital Sciences-built Cygnus spacecraft has returned from its voyage to the International Space Station, where the cargo ship delivered 3,669 pounds of supplies for the ISS crew. Cygnus unberthed from the orbiting laboratory Friday after staying 31 days there and reached Earth’s atmosphere Sunday at around 9:15 a.m. Eastern Time, Orbital Sciences said Monday. […] More