NASA has awarded the Southwest Research Institute a $26.1 million contract to build two two magnetometer instruments for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s space weather program. Work under the 10-year agreement
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NASA is set to evaluate advancements to a tool designed to measure shock waves made by the X-59 quiet supersonic transport, or Quesst, during supersonic flight. The agency said Thursday the new technology,
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The space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities of the National Reconnaissance Office continue to grow with the launch of its NROL-126 mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Friday. The mission,
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Texas A&M University has officially commenced construction of an upcoming research facility that would support innovation in human spaceflight. NASA said Tuesday that leaders from Texas A&M broke ground for the Texas
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NASA’s industry partners under the second Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities initiative have made progress in developing technologies to advance future low Earth orbit space missions. Space Exploration and In-Orbit Transportation Northrop
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The Air Force Research Laboratory has launched the Space Power InfraRed Regulation and Analysis of Lifetime, or SPIRRAL, experiment with the SpaceX CRS-31 spacecraft to test the performance of variable emissivity materials,
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Gen. Michael Guetlein, vice chief of space operations at the U.S. Space Force, said the service branch plans to award five contracts in 2025 and another 15 contracts the following year for
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NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is looking for potential teaming partners to provide satellite and on-orbit support services for its upcoming heliophysics medium explorer mission. GSFC is interested in working with qualified
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NASA wants SpaceX and Blue Origin to develop large cargo landers and deliver payloads to the Moon for the Artemis missions. The space agency said Tuesday that the companies will be awarded
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Clayton Turner, former director of NASA’s Langley Research Center, has been named associate administrator for space technology mission directorate at NASA. The appointment, announced by NASA Administrator and Wash100 Award winner Bill Nelson, will take
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