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  • NASA Launches SpaceX’s Dragon Spacecraft for 8th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Launches SpaceX’s Dragon Spacecraft for 8th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission

    A SpaceX-built spacecraft lifted off Friday onboard the SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to deliver 7,000 pounds of scientific instruments and crew supplies to the International Space Station. NASA said Saturday the Dragon space vehicle’s launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida marks SpaceX’s eighth cargo delivery mission to the ISS under the Commercial Resupply Services contract […] More

  • NASA, SpaceX to Launch 8th ISS Commercial Resupply Services Mission Friday - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, SpaceX to Launch 8th ISS Commercial Resupply Services Mission Friday

    NASA will launch the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on Friday to deliver 7,000 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies and hardware to the International Space Station as part of the eighth Commercial Resupply Services mission. The agency said Wednesday the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Space Launch Complex […] More

  • Draper Lab Secures Avionics Software Devt Support Contract by NASA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Draper Lab Secures Avionics Software Devt Support Contract by NASA

    Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has landed a three-year, $38.7 million contract from NASA to provide avionics software development and operations support services. The Advanced Guidance, Navigation and Control and Avionics Technology Development and Analysis II contract covers research, design analysis, simulation, integration, testing and certification services, the space agency said Friday. Draper Laboratory will provide software development support to the […] More

  • Orbital ATK Cargo Spacecraft Completes ISS Berthing; Frank Culbertson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Cargo Spacecraft Completes ISS Berthing; Frank Culbertson Comments

    The Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft launched by NASA Tuesday has arrived at the International Space Station to deliver 7,900 pounds of cargo that includes crew supplies and scientific experiments. S.S. Rick Husband Cygnus‘ arrival marks the company’s fourth berthing with ISS under the space agency’s Commercial Resupply Services contract, Orbital ATK said Saturday. “As we accomplish our fifth Cygnus […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion System Backs Orbital ATK Cygnus Launch for SS Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion System Backs Orbital ATK Cygnus Launch for SS Cargo Resupply Mission

    An Aerojet Rocketdyne-built propulsion system helped to launch a Orbital ATK-made Cygnus space vehicle onboard a United Launch Alliance-made Atlas V rocket to transport cargo to the International Space Station. The OA-6 flight’s launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida Tuesday represents Orbital ATK’s fifth cargo delivery mission to the ISS under the company’s Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA, Aerojet […] More

  • NASA, Orbital ATK Launch OA-6 ISS Cargo Delivery Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Orbital ATK Launch OA-6 ISS Cargo Delivery Mission

    NASA has launched Orbital ATK‘s Cygnus spacecraft that will carry more than 7,000 pounds of cargo for delivery to the International Space Station. The OA-6 mission launch from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station late Tuesday marks the company’s fifth operational mission under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services program, the agency said Wednesday. Cygnus is expected to dock with the orbiting laboratory on Saturday […] More

  • NASA to Launch Orbital ATK Spacecraft for 5th Resupply Mission to ISS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Launch Orbital ATK Spacecraft for 5th Resupply Mission to ISS

    Orbital ATK and NASA are set to launch a company-built Cygnus spacecraft on Tuesday to transport approximately 7,900 pounds of science experiments and crew supplies to the International Space Station. The cargo spaceship, nicknamed S.S. Rick Husband, is scheduled to take off Tuesday at 11 p.m. Eastern Time aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida, NASA said […] More

  • NASA to Deploy Nodes Satellites for Inter-Satellite Comm, Autonomous Control Demo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Deploy Nodes Satellites for Inter-Satellite Comm, Autonomous Control Demo

    NASA sent two Nodes small satellites to the International Space Station via an Orbital ATK cargo ressuply mission on Dec.6 to explore the potential of small, low-cost satellites in future missions. The agency said Wednesday the Nodes mission will deploy two identical 4.5 pound CubeSats into low-Earth orbit in mid-March to test their ability to receive and distribute commands from the ground as well as exchange […] More

  • Energy Systems Group Begins NASA Johnson Center Power Plant Construction; Greg Collins Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Energy Systems Group Begins NASA Johnson Center Power Plant Construction; Greg Collins Comments

    Energy Systems Group has kicked off construction work on a combined heat and power plant for NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston as part of an effort to meet the facility’s energy requirements. NASA expects the plant to supply nearly 70 percent of JSC’s electric demand and operate as an independent microgrid to power International Space Station Mission Control and […] More

  • Ron Garan Named Chief Pilot at Space Tourism Company World View - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ron Garan Named Chief Pilot at Space Tourism Company World View

    Ron Garan, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut, has joined World View as chief pilot, Space News reported Tuesday. Jeff Foust writes Garan will be responsible for overseeing commercial flights of high-altitude balloons that the company designed to carry payloads or passengers to an altitude of at least 19 miles. He became an astronaut […] More

  • Orbital ATK's Cygnus Cargo Ship Leaves ISS After 72-Day Stay; Frank Culbertson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK’s Cygnus Cargo Ship Leaves ISS After 72-Day Stay; Frank Culbertson Comments

    An Orbital ATK‘s Cygnus spacecraft has departed the NASA‘s International Space Station after a 72-day stay there for astronauts to collect cargo and supplies for science experiments on the ISS. Cygnus unloaded 7,700 pounds of cargo for the OA-4 mission under a Commercial Resupply Services contract position Orbital ATK holds with NASA, the company said Monday. The spacecraft launched […] More

  • ULA Makes 2nd Launch in 2016 With NRO Payload Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA Makes 2nd Launch in 2016 With NRO Payload Mission

    A National Reconnaissance Office payload lifted off Wednesday onboard a United Launch Alliance-built Delta IV rocket as part of the NROL-45 mission in support of national defense. The payload’s launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California marks the Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture’s second launch this year, ULA said Wednesday. The Delta IV rocket used in the mission consists of a composite […] More