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NASA Tests Lunar Rovers and Oxygen Production Technology

NASA Tests Lunar Rovers and Oxygen Production Technology

   NASA has concluded nearly two weeks of testing equipment and lunar rover concepts on Hawaii's volcanic soil.

Posted : Thu, Nov 13, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA's Carbon-Sniffing Satellite Sleuth Arrives at Launch Site

NASA's Carbon-Sniffing Satellite Sleuth Arrives at Launch Site

   NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying carbon dioxide, the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving changes in Earth's climate, has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., to begin final launch preparations.

Posted : Wed, Nov 12, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

MESSENGER Spacecraft Reveals More Hidden Territory on Mercury

MESSENGER Spacecraft Reveals More Hidden Territory on Mercury

   A NASA spacecraft gliding over the battered surface of Mercury for the second time this year has revealed more previously unseen real estate on the innermost planet.

Posted : Thu, Oct 30, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Launches IBEX Mission to Outer Solar System

NASA Launches IBEX Mission to Outer Solar System

   NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission, or IBEX, successfully launched from the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean at 1:47 p.m. EDT, Sunday.

Posted : Tue, Oct 21, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Launches IBEX Mission to Outer Solar System

NASA Launches IBEX Mission to Outer Solar System

   NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission, or IBEX, successfully launched from the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean at 1:47 p.m. EDT, Sunday.

Posted : Tue, Oct 21, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Increases Value of Engineering and Technology Contract

NASA Increases Value of Engineering and Technology Contract

   NASA has increased the maximum ordering value of a contract with Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (SGT) Inc., by $49.2 million to support the Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

Posted : Sat, Oct 18, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Spacecraft Ready to Explore Outer Solar System

NASA Spacecraft Ready to Explore Outer Solar System

   The first NASA spacecraft to image and map the dynamic interactions taking place where the hot solar wind slams into the cold expanse of space is ready for launch Oct. 19.

Posted : Tue, Oct 07, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Selects Science Teams for Astrobiology Institute

NASA Selects Science Teams for Astrobiology Institute

   NASA has awarded five-year grants, averaging $7 million each, to 10 research teams from across the country to study the origins, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe.

Posted : Fri, Oct 03, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

Boeing, Airborne Laser Team Begin Firing High-Energy Laser on ABL Aircraft

Boeing, Airborne Laser Team Begin Firing High-Energy Laser on ABL Aircraft

   The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency on Sept. 7 achieved a major milestone in the development of the Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense program by firing a high-energy chemical laser onboard the ABL aircraft for the first time during ground testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

Posted : Sat, Sep 13, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Conducts First Test on New Motor for the Ares I Rocket

NASA Conducts First Test on New Motor for the Ares I Rocket

   Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., have completed first-round testing of a critical motor for NASA's new Ares I rocket.

Posted : Thu, Sep 11, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Data Show Some African Drought Linked to Warmer Indian Ocean

NASA Data Show Some African Drought Linked to Warmer Indian Ocean

   A new study, co-funded by NASA, has identified a link between a warming Indian Ocean and less rainfall in eastern and southern Africa.

Posted : Wed, Aug 06, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Confirms Liquid Lake on Saturn Moon

NASA Confirms Liquid Lake on Saturn Moon

   NASA scientists have concluded that at least one of the large lakes observed on Saturn's moon Titan contains liquid hydrocarbons, and have positively identified the presence of ethane.

Posted : Wed, Jul 30, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Workshop Attracts Educators From Across United States

NASA Workshop Attracts Educators From Across United States

   NASA's Langley Research Center hosted its fourth annual MY NASA DATA workshop June 22 to 27 attracting 21 educators from regions across America.

Posted : Sat, Jul 12, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Extends Space Station Cargo Delivery Contract

NASA Extends Space Station Cargo Delivery Contract

   NASA has awarded Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems Inc. in Houston, a one-year contract extension valued at $42 million to provide integration services for cargo delivery to and from the International Space Station.

Posted : Wed, Jul 09, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Spacecraft Reveal Largest Crater in Solar System

NASA Spacecraft Reveal Largest Crater in Solar System

   New analysis of Mars’ terrain using NASA spacecraft observations reveals what appears to be by far the largest impact crater ever found in the solar system.

Posted : Sun, Jun 29, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA, ATK Conduct First Launch Abort System Igniter Test for Orion

NASA, ATK Conduct First Launch Abort System Igniter Test for Orion

   NASA and Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, reached another milestone Friday with the successful test firing of a critical safety component for the Orion crew exploration vehicle, NASA's next generation of spaceships.

Posted : Mon, Jun 16, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NEC to Debut System Continuity Software with Critical New Virtualization, Application Support

NEC to Debut System Continuity Software with Critical New Virtualization, Application Support

   NEC ExpressCluster to Deliver Leading Hypervisor Support; Reports 40+ Percent CAGR in North American High Availability and Disaster Recovery Software Market

Posted : Mon, Jun 16, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

Boeing Awarded Navy Contract for ScanEagle Services

Boeing Awarded Navy Contract for ScanEagle Services

   The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], in partnership with Insitu Inc., has been awarded a $65 million contract to provide continuing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) services through the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system.

Posted : Tue, Jun 10, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

Boeing's 1st C-130 AMP Aircraft Completes 100th Flight

Boeing's 1st C-130 AMP Aircraft Completes 100th Flight

   The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] said today that the first C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) aircraft, H2, has completed its 100th flight.

Posted : Mon, Jun 09, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

Lockheed Martin-Built Phoenix Mars Lander Primed for Landing at the Red Planet

Lockheed Martin-Built Phoenix Mars Lander Primed for Landing at the Red Planet

   As the Phoenix Mars Lander nears its final destination -- the planet Mars -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are in final preparations to land the spacecraft on the surface.

Posted : Fri, May 23, 2008

Category : Science / Space News
 
 
 
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