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NASA and AT&T work together to research traffic management solutions - News
November 29, 2016
VIENNA, Va. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and AT&T engineers are researching traffic management solutions for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in order to find an Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) solution that supports the safe and secure operation of drones in the national airspace.
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NASA to launch groups of small satellites for science missions - News
November 14, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C. NASA has announced that it will launch a suite of six small-satellite missions, beginning sometime in November 2016 and continuing into spring 2017, aimed at demonstrating new technologies while studying the Earth's climate and energy budget.
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Landsat spacecraft contract awarded by NASA to Orbital ATK - News
October 30, 2016
WASHINGTON. NASA officials awarded a delivery order under the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition III (Rapid III) contract to Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Virginia, known publicly as Orbital ATK, for the purchase of Landsat 9 spacecraft in the amount of $129.9 million under a five-year, firm fixed-price delivery order.
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Astro Aerospace completes preliminary design review on radar antenna reflector - News
August 18, 2016
CARPINTERIA, Calif. Engineers at Astro Aerospace - a Northrop Grumman company - completed a preliminary design review of the AstroMesh radar antenna reflector for the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite.
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CubeSat initiative now open to educational and nonprofit groups - News
August 12, 2016
WASHINGTON. NASA officials announced that accredited educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and NASA centers can now participate in the next round of the agency?s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI). Applicants must submit proposals by 4:30 p.m. EST, Nov. 22.
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NASA selects six companies to develop deep space habitat prototypes - News
August 10, 2016
WASHINGTON. Under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-2 (NextSTEP-2) program, NASA officials selected six U.S. companies to develop deep space habitat ground prototypes and concepts. NASA estimates the combined total of all contracts covering work in 2016 and 2017 will be approximately $65 million, with additional efforts and funding continuing into 2018.
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NASA officials select aerospace companies for Mars orbiter concept study - News
July 18, 2016
WASHINGTON. Five U.S. aerospace companies will conduct a concept study that will span over a four-month period for a potential future NASA Mars orbiter mission, which officials say will continue key capabilities that include telecommunications and global high-resolution imaging in support of the agency?s Journey to Mars.
