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May 03, 2014

Sierra Nevada Corporation Completes and Delivers Satellites for ORBCOMM Mission 1 Launch
Sparks NV (SPX) May 02, 2014
Sierra Nevada has announced the successful completion of the ORBCOMM Generation 2 (OG2) Pre-Ship Review and shipment of six satellites from the company's Space Systems' location in Louisville, Colorado. SNC is the prime contractor for this upgraded communication constellation leading all development and integration efforts for the ORBCOMM Mission 1 launch in May. SNC conducted a thorough OG2 Pre-Ship Review to verify the completion of all functional and environmental testing, validating the perfor ... read more

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				Peacekeeper Safing - The Ultimate Re-Use Project NASA Johnson Space Center's White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) contracted with the United States Air Force (USAF) to safe Peacekeeper Post Boost Propulsion System (PBPS) stages in the next four years ... more		Undersea warfare: Viruses hijack deep-sea bacteria at hydrothermal vents More than a mile beneath the ocean's surface, as dark clouds of mineral-rich water billow from seafloor hot springs called hydrothermal vents, unseen armies of viruses and bacteria wage war. L ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

NASA Selects Partners for US Commercial Lander Capabilities NASA announced Wednesday the selection of three U.S. companies to negotiate no-funds exchanged partnership agreements with the agency to advance lander capabilities that will enable delivery of payl ... more		Length of Exoplanet Day Measured for First Time Observations from ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) have, for the first time, determined the rotation rate of an exoplanet. Beta Pictoris b has been found to have a day that lasts only eight hours. T ... more		Trump to U.N.: 'Your countries are going to hell' Taiwan running out of time for satellite communications, space chief tells AFP US lawmaker warns of military 'misunderstanding' risk with China		Less than a year from its Ceres rendezvous Less than a year from its rendezvous with dwarf planet Ceres, Dawn is continuing to make excellent progress on its ambitious interplanetary adventure. The only vessel from Earth ever to take up resi ... more
				Court blocks US plan to buy Russian rocket engines A US court has blocked a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing from buying Russian-made rocket engines, after private rocket operator SpaceX filed a lawsuit protesting the contract. ... more		Spitzer and WISE Telescopes Find Close, Cold Neighbor of Sun NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered what appears to be the coldest "brown dwarf" known - a dim, star-like body that surprisingly is as fros ... more

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International Conference on Protection of Materials and Structures From Space Environment

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Orion Undergoes Simulation Of Intense Launch Vibrations Lockheed Martin and NASA engineers have verified that the Orion spacecraft successfully passed an important environmental test called Multi-Point Random Vibration Testing. This test shakes the space ... more		Second O3b satellite cluster delivered for upcoming Arianespace Soyuz launch O3b Networks spacecraft for Arianespace's next launch to help "bridge the digital divide" have been delivered to French Guiana, marking a key step in preparations for this upcoming Soyuz mission fro ... more		Toxic homes a lasting legacy of Los Angeles fires 'Greatest con job ever': Trump trashes climate science at UN Turkey facing worst drought in over 50 years		Target on Mars Looks Good for NASA Rover Drilling The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover plans to proceed in coming days with the third-ever drilling into a rock on Mars to collect a sample for analysis. The rover used several tools t ... more
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Elon Musk halts deal between USAF and Russian rocket-makers

Second O3b satellite cluster delivered for upcoming Arianespace Soyuz launch

Court blocks US plan to buy Russian rocket engines

Target on Mars Looks Good for NASA Rover Drilling

Mars Rover Switches to Driving Backwards Due to Elevated Wheel Currents

Mission to Mars

John C. Houbolt, Unsung Hero of the Apollo Program, Dies at Age 95

NASA Completes LADEE Mission with Planned Impact on Moon's Surface

Russia plans to get a foothold in the Moon

Dwarf planet 'Biden' identified in an unlikely region of our solar system

Planet X myth debunked

WISE Finds Thousands Of New Stars But No Planet X

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How quantum computers can be validated when solving unsolvable problems

Neutrinovoltaic master formula published as pathway to scalable clean energy

Boeing defense workers reject deal to end strike

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Russia Gives Green Light to Super-Heavy Rocket Project

Space terrorism, floating debris pose threats to US

Astronomical Forensics Uncover Planetary Disks in NASA's Hubble Archive

NASA Partners with LittleBits Electronics on STEM Activitie

Traces of recent water on Mars

Drill Here? NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Inspects Site

Asteroids as Seen From Mars; A Curiosity Rover First

Seven Samples from the Solar System's Birth

Metabolism may have started in our early oceans before the origin of life

Russia sends two satellites into space

Solved: Mysteries of a Nearby Planetary System's Dynamics

SpaceX sues US Air Force over satellite contracts

Curiosity spots asteroids from the surface of Mars

An Earth-sized planet that might hold liquid water

Vega for third Arianespace mission, carrying Earth observation spacecraft

Pentagon scientists show off life-size robot

Close collaboration in optical communication between space and Earth

AVX To Present At The 2014 Space Parts Working Group

China village gunning for tourists

MESSENGER Completes Its 3,000th Orbit of Mercury, Sets Mark for Closest Approach

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