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  • NASA Advisory Panel Convenes to Discuss Commercial Space Issues; Mike Gold Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Advisory Panel Convenes to Discuss Commercial Space Issues; Mike Gold Quoted

    A new advisory panel of NASA has provided proposals during its first meeting to help advance commercial space activities, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. The NASA Advisory Council’s regulatory and policy committee convened on Nov. 16 in Washington to assess marketing concerns, advertising and export controls related to commercial space initiatives. Mike Gold, vice president for regulation […] More

  • Boeing, SpaceX Set to Test New Spacecraft for ISS Missions in 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, SpaceX Set to Test New Spacecraft for ISS Missions in 2019

    Boeing and SpaceX have scheduled a series of demonstrations for 2019 to seek NASA’s approval for regular flights of their new spacecraft and rockets to bring astronauts to the International Space Station. The demonstrations indicate both companies have moved closer to final stages of development and evaluation of their new space vehicles, NASA said Wednesday. […] More

  • SpaceX Targets Dec. 4 Launch for 16th ISS Cargo Delivery Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Targets Dec. 4 Launch for 16th ISS Cargo Delivery Mission

    A SpaceX-built cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch early next month at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to deliver scientific experiments, hardware and crew supplies to the International Space Station. The Dragon cargo ship’s targeted Dec. 4 liftoff on a Falcon 9 rocket will mark SpaceX’s  16th Commercial Resupply Services mission under a contract with NASA, the […] More

  • Northrop’s Cygnus Spacecraft Arrives at ISS for 10th Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Cygnus Spacecraft Arrives at ISS for 10th Cargo Resupply Mission

    A Northrop Grumman spacecraft has reached the International Space Station for its 10th cargo resupply mission with NASA. The company said Monday the Cygnus spacecraft, also called “S.S. John Young,” transported 7.4K pounds of crew supplies and research materials to ISS after it launched Saturday from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia aboard an Antares rocket. ISS crew used the […] More

  • Northrop Launches Cygnus Spacecraft for 10th ISS Cargo Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Launches Cygnus Spacecraft for 10th ISS Cargo Mission

    Northrop Grumman on Saturday launched the Cygnus cargo spacecraft on a mission to deliver 7,400 pounds of NASA‘s scientific equipment and crew supplies to the  International Space Station. The company said Saturday its vehicle, nicknamed S.S. John Young, lifted off at 4:01 a.m. Eastern time from the Wallops Flight Facility’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A  in Virginia aboard the medium-class Antares rocket. […] More

  • Northrop Targets Nov. 16 Launch for 10th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Targets Nov. 16 Launch for 10th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission

    Northrop Grumman intends to launch on Friday, Nov. 16 its Cygnus spacecraft to deliver approximately 7.4K pounds of scientific equipment and crew supplies to the International Space Station. The scheduled liftoff of Cygnus from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia atop Northrop’s Antares rocket will mark the company’s 10th cargo resupply mission to ISS, the firm said Wednesday. […] More

  • Northrop Preps Antares Rocket for ISS Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Preps Antares Rocket for ISS Resupply Mission

    A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket is now positioned at the launch pad at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia for a scheduled launch Thursday, Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday. The launch vehicle will carry the company’s Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station for a resupply mission. Cygnus will deliver food supplies, crew provisions and multiple payloads to […] More

  • HPE to Offer In-Space Supercomputing Services to ISS Astronauts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HPE to Offer In-Space Supercomputing Services to ISS Astronauts

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise will allow astronauts and researchers aboard the International Space Station to directly perform in-space analyses through its supercomputer. HPE said Thursday it will offer commercial high-performance computing services to experimenters on ISS following the completion of a one-year mission that sought to evaluate the Spaceborne Computer’s capacity to withstand zero gravity, radiation […] More

  • Northrop Names Cygnus Resupply Spacecraft After Former Navy Officer John Young - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Names Cygnus Resupply Spacecraft After Former Navy Officer John Young

    Northrop Grumman has announced that its automated cargo spacecraft slated to be deployed to the International Space Station will be named after former U.S. Navy officer and NASA astronaut John Young. The Cygnus spacecraft will be launched aboard Northrop’s Antares rocket on Nov. 15 from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport located at NASA’s Wallops Flight […] More

  • Northrop Eyes Nov. 15 Launch for 10th Space Station Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Eyes Nov. 15 Launch for 10th Space Station Cargo Resupply Mission

    Northrop Grumman plans to launch no earlier than Nov. 15 its Cygnus spacecraft to bring scientific experiments, equipment and supplies to the International Space Station. Cygnus will take off aboard Northrop’s Antares rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia as part of the company’s 10th cargo resupply services mission, the space agency said Thursday. Some of […] More

  • NASA Selects KBR to Study Commercial Feasibility of Low-Earth Orbit Industry - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Selects KBR to Study Commercial Feasibility of Low-Earth Orbit Industry

    KBR’s government services arm has earned NASA’s nod as one of 13 contract awardees who will conduct research on potential commercial opportunities in low-Earth orbit. The contract tasks KBRwyle to develop strategies on how to provide affordable LEO-related technology and encourage commercial and government use of systems designed for LEO, KBR said Monday. The company is additionally […] More

  • SpaceX, NASA Plan Crewed 'Dragon' Spacecraft Test Flight - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX, NASA Plan Crewed ‘Dragon’ Spacecraft Test Flight

    NASA and Elon Musk’s SpaceX collaborate to finalize launch day operations for the planned April 2019 test flight of a company-built spaceship built to transport astronauts to the International Space Station. Both parties agreed on a proposal to fuel a Falcon 9 rocket after ensuring astronauts are already inside the Crew Dragon module and set for crewed […] More