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| 08.15.2008 |
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Analyst: Russian Hostilities May Affect NASA Shuttle Plans 
[Satellite News 08-15-08] Industry analyst Tim Farrar told Satellite News that NASA’s dependency upon the Russian Soyuz space capsules and rockets to carry astronauts to and from the space station could leave the organization vulnerable to setbacks in...
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| 03.20.2008 |
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GOES-R Contract On Schedule For December Award
[Satellite News – 3-18-08] The deadline for proposals to build the spacecraft for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-R series (GOES-R) program passed March 11, with Northrop Grumman, Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin submitting bids to...
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| 02.01.2008 |
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The Electra-fication Of Deep Space
A team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is using the agency’s first software-defined radio (SDR) system in deep space to communicate with spacecraft studying Mars. The system, dubbed Electra, is a fully redundant UHF relay solution aboard...
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| 12.06.2007 |
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FAA Official: Private Sector Key To Commercial Space Growth
[12-06-07 – Satellite News] The business of space is heating up, particularly in the area commercial private human spaceflight, Patricia Grace Smith, associate administrator in the Office of Commercial Space Transportation for the U.S. Federal Aviation...
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| 12.01.2007 |
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NASA And The Space Channel
The time is right for NASA to transform its TV channel — NASA TV —- into something more international, more engaging and more likely to attract a larger audience. In effect, NASA TV should be put to rest and in its place should be — The...
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| 09.25.2007 |
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Lockheed Wins NASA Contract
[09-26-07 - Satellite Today] Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $178 million NASA contract to design and build an instrument for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)-R series, Lockheed Martin announced Sept. 25. The Solar...
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| 09.14.2007 |
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AeroAstro Wins Contracts
[09-14-07 – Satellite Today] AeroAstro has won two contracts to provide communications equipment to NASA and another unnamed U.S. government agency, the company announced Sept. 12. AeroAstro, a business unit for Radyne Corp., received a...
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| 08.02.2007 |
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Restructured NPOESS Program Looking 'Back To Basics'
Northrop Grumman Corp. and three U.S. government agencies have completed a restructuring of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), the organizations announced July 30. As part of the restructuring, Northrop Grumman...
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| 08.01.2007 |
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Moon Plans Place Strain On Budget
NASA wants to have astronauts back on the moon by 2020, and this expensive effort is in addition to everything else the agency has on its plate. A debate is raging over NASA’s priorities as the agency strains under a lack of budgetary resources and must...
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| 07.19.2007 |
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Global Exploration Strategy Reality Check
In May, NASA and 13 other space agencies released "The Global Exploration Strategy: The Framework for Coordination,” which is designed to spur sharing of space exploration-related information. Along with NASA, signatories include the European...
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| 07.01.2007 |
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Companies Playing Key Role In NASA Moon Plans
When President Bush unveiled his Vision for Space Exploration in early 2004, he declared that the United States would return to the moon, with a series of robotic missions paving the way for future human exploration by 2020. Not all of these planned lunar...
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| 06.04.2007 |
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SPOTLIGHT: NASA's FUSE Satellite Discovers Two Bright Young Stars Much Larger Than The Sun
NASA astronomers using the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite and ground-based telescopes, have discovered the properties of a rare, extremely massive, and young binary star system at sizes dwarfing the Sun, NASA announced May 28. Known...
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| 05.28.2007 |
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Contractors Urge $1.4 Billion Increase In 2008 NASA Funding Or 'Risk An Epic Failure' In Space Leadership
NASA needs a $1.4 billion increase in financial support or it will be sorely underfunded in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2008, leading contractors stated. As described by sister publication Defense Daily, nearly two dozen aerospace corporations told...
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| 04.09.2007 |
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Recent Solar Eruption Sends A Warning Shot Over Earth's Technological Bow, Scientists Warn
Recent solar activity has proven a previously unrealized weakness of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, scientists warned last week during the first Space Weather Enterprise Forum, held in Washington, D.C.. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
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| 03.05.2007 |
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NASA Budget Woes Could Delay Orion-Ares Up To Six Months
A shortage of funds will mean that NASA will see a delay of up to six months for the scheduled first launch of the next-generation Orion-Ares crew exploration vehicle, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said Feb. 28. That will only lengthen further an already...
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| 02.05.2007 |
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Where's Walrus? NASA Students Track Animals' Movement, Habitat By Using Satellite Imagery
Much like cattle within the continental United States, walrus are a staple for Native Alaskans' livelihood, be it hides for clothing, meat for food, grease for cooking and ivory for tools and scrimshaw for trade. The Pacific walrus is the only subspecies of...
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| 01.22.2007 |
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Spacehab Makes Cuts As Space Shuttle Work Winds Down
Spacehab Inc., which provides commercial space services to NASA, has eliminated 36 jobs as the company's contract to support space shuttle operations nears completion, Spacehab announced Jan. 18. The elimination of redundant capabilities will save the company...
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| 01.22.2007 |
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Webb Telescope Component Passes Space Readiness Tests
A prototype structure that holds the primary mirrors for the optical element of the James Webb Space Telescope passed a series of cryogenic tests, Webb prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. announced. The tests, conducted at NASA's...
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| 01.18.2007 |
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Integral Systems To Upgrade GOES Ground System
Integral Systems Inc. has been awarded a contract modification to upgrade several command and control subsystems...
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| 01.16.2007 |
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NASA Boosts Contract With MDA By $28 Million
NASA has increased the value of its Canadarm shuttle remote manipulator system contract with MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA), the...
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