Space
Orbital Successfully Launches Company-Built IBEX Satellite aboard Pegasus Rocket for NASA
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Source: Orbital Sciences Corporation Orbital Successfully Launches Company-Built IBEX Satellite aboard Pegasus Rocket for NASA -- Latest Mission Is 26th Consecutive Successful Launch for Pegasus -- -- Scientific Satellite to Study the... Read more…
ATK Provides Propulsion and Composite Structures for Successful Launch of IBEX Spacecraft on a Pegasus Rocket
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Source: Alliant Techsystems ATK Provides Propulsion and Composite Structures for Successful Launch of IBEX Spacecraft on a Pegasus Rocket Launch Marks Close to Two Decades of Successful Missions Using ATK Products Alliant Techsystems (NYSE:... Read more…
Northrop Grumman Names Lon L. Rains Director of Communications for Space Technology Sector
NASA Notice of intent to grant exclusive license: Flame Suppression Agent, System and Uses
STATUS REPORT Date Released: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Source: NASA HQ NASA Notice of intent to grant exclusive license: Flame Suppression Agent, System and Uses [Federal Register: October 21, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 204)] [Notices] [Page 62559] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access... Read more…
Astrotech Awarded ATL Ares 1-X First Stage Processing Contract
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Monday, October 20, 2008 Source: Spacehab Astrotech Awarded ATL Ares 1-X First Stage Processing Contract Vehicle Hardware Preparation Marks First Phase into Next Generation Spacecraft Production HOUSTON (October 20, 2008) - SPACEHAB Inc. Read more…
Sharpening up Jupiter
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Thursday, October 2, 2008 Source: European Southern Observatory Sharpening up Jupiter New image-correction technique delivers sharpest whole-planet ground-based picture ever A record two-hour observation of Jupiter using a superior technique to remove atmospheric blur... Read more…
Next-generation adaptive optics produces sharper Jupiter images
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Thursday, October 2, 2008 Source: University of California Berkeley Next-generation adaptive optics produces sharper Jupiter images Berkeley -- A two-hour observation of Jupiter using an improved technique to remove atmospheric blur has produced the sharpest... Read more…
A claret-coloured cloud with a massive heart
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Source: European Southern Observatory A claret-coloured cloud with a massive heart A new image released by ESO shows the amazing intricacies of a vast stellar nursery, which goes by the name of Gum 29. Read more…
STFC tests components for telescope to catch first light of the Universe
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Source: Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC tests components for telescope to catch first light of the Universe The STFC Space Science and Technology Department (SSTD) has been awarded a BP 800 thousand contract to carry out... Read more…
Research around the North Pole
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Source: Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres Research around the North Pole RV Polarstern returns home after its expedition through the Northeast and Northwest Passages Despite difficult ice conditions seismic profiles can be shot. Read more…
