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Avionics and comms from L3Harris play role in NASA's imminent Perseverance Rover mission - News

February 17, 2021

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3Harris Technologies NASA

MELBOURNE, Fla. Avionics and communications technologies from L3Harris Technologies are poised to enable critical links that will connect NASA's Perseverance Rover -- scheduled to land on Mars tomorrow, February 18, 2021 -- when it lands on the Red Planet and throughout its 10-year life expectancy.

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Radioisotope power systems for deep-space missions ordered from Aerojet Rocketdyne - News

February 12, 2021

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Aerojet Rocketdyne NASA Department of Energy

LOS ANGELES. Aerojet Rocketdyne recently received a contract award to deliver up to two multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generators (MMRTG) -- radioisotope power systems that have been used as reliable electrical power sources on multiple deep-space missions -- to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for use in future planetary science missions.

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Spy satellite to be launched out of Cape Canaveral for DoD mission - News

August 26, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems United Launch Alliance NASA

ORLANDO, Fla. According to NASA officials, one of the most powerful rockets in service is scheduled to carry a classified spy satellite for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) aloft from Florida before dawn Thursday.

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NASA highlighting work done by industry team for Artemis I moon and space mission - News

February 12, 2020

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

WASHINGTON. NASA and industry partners are readying to get into the final stretch before the Artemis I launch, a mission planned that NASA says is the path to landing the first U.S. woman and next U.S. man on the moon.

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NASA's Orion spacecraft completes final launch abort system flight test - News

July 02, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. The critical launch abort system for NASA's Orion spacecraft was put to test, and it demonstrated its capability to pull the crew module and future astronauts to safety during a launch if there is an emergency.

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NASA restores historic Mission Control in time for Apollo 11 50th anniversary - News

June 28, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER -- HOUSTON. NASA's Mission Control room at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center has been restored to the way it looked 50 years ago when U.S. astronauts landed on the moon.

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NASA study aims to facilitate Free Space Optic satellite networks - News

April 25, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

SANFORD, Fla. NASA officials selected PathFinder Digital to study the feasibility of developing a transportable research and test platform to facilitate the design of Free Space Optic (FSO) satellite networks.