Rover Corrects its Spacecraft Clock
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 05, 2014 -
Opportunity is exploring south on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is conducting an in-situ (contact) science campaign in the northern part of the region of aluminum/hydroxyl clay minerals seen from orbit.
Opportunity has been correcting her spacecraft clock by a few seconds each day (sol) to gradually offset the accumulated drift since the beginning of the mission.
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NASA Invites Universities to Submit Innovative Technology Proposals
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 05, 2014 -
NASA is seeking proposals from universities to advance the agency's plans for exploration to deep space and Mars. The Early Stage Innovations NASA Research Announcement calls for innovative space technology proposals that could benefit the space program, other government agencies and the greater aerospace community.
Aligned with NASA's Space Technology Roadmaps and priorities identified by ...
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Lockheed system to help track orbiting space objects
Moorestown, N.J. (UPI) Jun 4, 2013 -
Advanced S-Band phased array radars are to be provided to the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin for the Space Fence program, the company announced.
The contract for the ground-based radars carries a value of $914 million. If all contract options are exercised over its eight-year period of performance, the value would increase to more than $1.5 billion.
"Space-based technologies e ...
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NASA And Virgin Galactic Select Payloads For First Research Flight
Mojave CA (SPX) Jun 05, 2014 -
NASA and Virgin Galactic, the privately-funded spaceline owned by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Abu Dhabi's aabar Investments PJS, have identified twelve innovative research payloads that will fly to space onboard SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic's reusable spacecraft. Each of these payloads was selected by NASA through its Flight Opportunities Program to conduct research during the prolon ...
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Russia, friend or foe for NATO?
Brussels (AFP) June 04, 2014 -
Friend or foe? Russian intervention in Ukraine has set off an anguished debate within NATO over how to deal with a newly assertive Moscow ready to defy the West.
For some, President Vladimir Putin's annexation of Crimea in March shows Russia has ditched the post-Cold War rulebook, redrawing borders by intimidation and force.
For others, the Ukraine crisis is a one-off in which Russia's l ...
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NASA Should Maintain Long-Term Focus on Mars as "Horizon Goal"
Washington, DC (SPX) Jun 05, 2014 -
Arguing for a continuation of the nation's human space exploration program, a new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council concludes that the expense of human spaceflight and the dangers to the astronauts involved can be justified only by the goal of putting humans on other worlds.
The report recommends that the nation pursue a disciplined "pathway" approach that ...
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Airbus's SpacePlane demonstrator tested in South China Sea
Singapore (SPX) Jun 05, 2014 -
Held on 1-4 May, the tests of Airbus Defence and Space's SpacePlane demonstrator validated the dynamic flight conditions encountered in the end-of-flight phase following a return from space.
The tests, supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board, took place 100 kilometers off the coast of Singapore and involved a fleet of seven ships.
The quarter-scale demonstrator used in ...
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