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Researchers Recall Work on First Rendezvous in Space
Dec 17, 2015 (SPX)
Fifty years ago, the two-tiered NASA mission Gemini 7/6A made history by proving that two independently launched spacecraft - piloted by astronauts - could meet...
NASA Accepting Applications for Future Explorers
Dec 17, 2015 (SPX)
Recently named the best place to work in the federal government for the fourth year in a row, NASA is looking for the best candidates to work in the best job on...
China drives global patent applications to new high
Dec 14, 2015 (AFP)
China accounted for nearly a third of the world's patent applications last year, once again driving strong global growth, despite a sharp decrease in industrial...
A Year After Maiden Voyage, Orion Progress Continues
Dec 08, 2015 (SPX)
Dec. 5 marks a year since the successful first deep-space flight of NASA's Orion on Exploration Flight Test-1, a test that took the uncrewed spacecraft 3,600 mi...
NASA's Work to Understand Climate: A Global Perspective
Dec 08, 2015 (SPX)
NASA is uniquely positioned to study our home planet, and Earth observation has been at the core of the agency's work since our founding. In addition to a fleet...
Australia seeks 'ideas boom' with tax breaks, visa boosts
Dec 07, 2015 (AFP)
Australia will introduce an entrepreneur visa and offer tax breaks for start-ups, the government said Monday as it tries to unleash an "ideas boom" to move the ...
Orion's power system to be put to the test
Dec 01, 2015 (SPX)
NASA is about to begin testing the heart of Orion's power systems at the world's largest, most powerful space environment simulation facility early next year. T...
The Ins and Outs of NASA's First Launch of SLS and Orion
Nov 30, 2015 (SPX)
NASA is hard at work building the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the ground systems needed to send astronauts into deep space. The agenc...
Aerojet Rocketdyne tapped for spacecraft's crew module propulsion
Nov 24, 2015 (UPI)
A propulsion system for a crew service module for a spacecraft is to be designed, developed, qualified and produced by Aerojet Rocketdyne. The company said the ...
Brits Aim for the Stars with Big Bucks on Offer to Conquer Final Frontier
Nov 22, 2015 (Sputnik)
The space industry is growing massively in the UK, and could be worth as much as US$61 billion (40bn pounds) by 2030. That's according to the Institute of Mecha...
Orion ingenuity improves manufacturing while reducing mass
Nov 18, 2015 (SPX)
How do you reduce the weight of a spacecraft's underlying structure, while using the same materials as the heavier version and still hold to the same manufactur...
XCOR develops Lynx Simulator
Nov 18, 2015 (SPX)
XCOR Aerospace has announced that it has completed work on its Lynx simulator system, built by Protobox LLC in conjunction with the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL...
General Dynamics demos SGSS Command and Control Infrastructure for NASA
Nov 13, 2015 (SPX)
A General Dynamics-led team successfully completed, on-schedule, the next phase of the implementation, integration and test of the NASA Space Network Ground Seg...
Orion's European module ready for testing
Nov 13, 2015 (ESA)
A test version of ESA's service module for NASA's Orion spacecraft arrived in the US yesterday after leaving its assembly site in Italy last weekend. The Europe...
Orion Service Module Stacking Assembly Secured For Flight
Nov 09, 2015 (SPX)
The Orion spacecraft service module stacking assembly interface ring and stack holding stand are secured on a special transportation platform and are being load...
Global partnerships in orbit support economic growth on and off the Earth
Nov 09, 2015 (SPX)
In November, we are putting the "international" in the International Space Station by focusing on the global partnerships that enable the out-of-this-world orbi...
NASA Armstrong Hosts Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Showcase
Nov 06, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers from several NASA centers had an opportunity to share information about revolutionary new technologies at the Convergent Aeronautics Solutions (CAS)...
Magic plant discovery could lead to growing food in space
Nov 04, 2015 (SPX)
QUT scientists have discovered the gene that will open the door for space-based food production. Professor Peter Waterhouse, a plant geneticist at QUT, discover...
Got the right stuff? NASA is hiring astronauts
Nov 04, 2015 (AFP)
Think you have the right stuff to be an astronaut? NASA issued a hiring call on Wednesday for space explorers that may fly on future missions aboard commerciall...
Studying Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Scientifically with UFODATA
Nov 02, 2015 (SPX)
An international team of scientists, engineers, and other professionals have launched an innovative approach to the study of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP)...
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