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News, Space 24 August 2016

Veteran Astronaut Terry Virts Retires from NASA

With more than 3,600 orbits of the Earth under his belt, astronaut Terry Virts will leave NASA on Aug. 23. Over the course of his 16-year-career at NASA, he piloted…

News, Space 10 August 2016

NASA Selects Six Companies to Develop Prototypes, Concepts for Deep Space Habitats

NASA has selected six U.S. companies to help advance the Journey to Mars by developing ground prototypes and concepts for deep space habitats. Through the public-private partnerships enabled by the…

News, Space 28 July 2016

The Changing Nature of Space Exploration

In the summer edition of Issues in Science and Technology is the changing landscape of space policy. Bhavya Lal, a researcher at Washington, DC’s Science and Technology Policy Institute, explores…

News, Space 25 July 2016

United Launch Alliance and Ball Aerospace Interns, Colorado Students Participate in Record-setting Launch

A 50-foot-tall high-power sport rocket carried payloads thousands of feet above Fort Carson Army Post today at the Student Rocket Launch. Sponsored by United Launch Alliance, Ball Aerospace and the…

News, Space 5 July 2016

Hello Jupiter: Lockheed Martin-Built Juno Spacecraft Placed into Orbit

After a five-year, 1.76-billion-mile journey, NASA’s Juno spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), was placed into a large, elliptical polar orbit around Jupiter this evening. The spacecraft’s flight operations…

Space 29 June 2016

Toulouse Space Show

Toulouse Space Show: Fifth edition attracts record attendance CNES, the Occitanie regional council, Toulouse Métropole, the Toulouse Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Madeeli, the regional agency for economic development,…

News, Space 24 June 2016

NASA Extends Hubble Space Telescope Science Operations Contract

NASA is contractually extending science operations for its Hubble Space Telescope an additional five years. The agency awarded a sole source contract extension Thursday to the Association of Universities for…

News, Space 15 June 2016

ISS National Lab Flight Opportunity to be Awarded Based On the Vascular Tissue Challenge

ISS National Lab Flight Opportunity to be Awarded Based On the Vascular Tissue Challenge. Based on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced partnership with the New Organ Alliance…

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News, Space 13 June 2016

NASA, UAE Sign Significant Outer Space, Aeronautics Cooperation Agreement

NASA, UAE Sign Significant Outer Space, Aeronautics Cooperation Agreement The United States and United Arab Emirates (UAE) have entered into an agreement to cooperate in aeronautics research, and the exploration…

News, Space 9 June 2016

Scientific Balloon Launches Return to NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility

Following a nine-year hiatus, NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program has re-established the Agency’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF) in Palestine, Texas, as a launch site for heavy-lift balloons. First out to…

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News, Space 3 June 2016

NASA Announces Coverage, Media Activities for Juno Mission Arrival at Jupiter

This Fourth of July, NASA’s solar-powered Juno spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter after an almost five-year journey. News briefings, photo opportunities and other media events will be held at NASA’s…

Space 1 June 2016

Thierry Mandon visits CNES’s Launch Vehicles Directorate

Thierry Mandon visits CNES’s Launch Vehicles Directorate (DLA) Presentation of Ariane 6 and Vega-C programmes and their future evolutions Wednesday 1 June, Thierry Mandon, Secretary of State for Higher Education…

News, Satellites, Space 24 May 2016

Galileo: 14 satellites in orbit after today’s double launch

Named for the astronomer who pinpointed Earth’s true position in the Solar System, the Galileo satellite navigation system that will help Europe find its way in the 21st century now…

News, Space 20 May 2016

From Daejeon 2016 to Marseille 2018 CNES all set to organize next SpaceOps

The 14th SpaceOps International Conference on Space Operations took place from Monday 16 to Friday 20 May in Daejeon, South Korea, organized by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics…

News, Space 19 May 2016

NASA Administrator to Visit Marshall Center for Awards Presentation May 20; Media Invited

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will visit NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on Friday, May 20, to present a major agency award to representatives of the…

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