Space Daily articles from March 2009

Space Daily archives from March 2009

The Case Of The Fairing That Would Not.
March 2, 2009... Byline: Launchspace staff Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 02, 2009 Last week NASA tried to launch the Orbiting Carbon Observer (OCO) and an unusual thing happened on the way to orbit over the South Pacific. At the point in the flight (2 minutes 55...

Telstar 11N Satellite On Track With Post Launch Maneuvers.
March 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Palo Alto CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2009 Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced that the Telstar 11N satellite built for Telesat, one of the world's leading fixed satellite services operators, is performing post launch...

Study Shows Robots Could Prepare Lunar Landing Pad.
March 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Mar 02, 2009 Small robots the size of riding mowers could prepare a safe landing site for NASA's Moon outpost, according to a NASA-sponsored study prepared by Astrobotic Technology Inc. with...

NASA Kepler Telescope To Launch Aboard Delta II Rocket.
March 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 02, 2009 Launch of NASA's Kepler telescope is targeted for no earlier than Friday, March 6, from Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. There are two launch windows, from...

Launch Cover Placed Over Kepler.
March 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 02, 2009 With the Kepler spacecraft secured tightly to the top of a Delta II rocket, technicians placed the two-piece nose cone around the observatory as they continued working toward a...

Global Recession Won't Jeopardize World's Largest Radio Telescope.
March 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Cape Town, South Africa (SPX) Mar 02, 2009 The opportunities, benefits and challenges of building the world's biggest radio telescope - the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) - were in the spotlight at the SKA Forum 2009 in...

Final European Crewmembers Announced For Human Mars Mission Simulation.
March 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Mar 02, 2009 ESA has announced the European prime and backup crewmembers for the 105-day Mars500 study. From 31 March 2009, two Europeans are set to join four Russian crewmembers on a simulated...

Dust Factory In A Dead Star.
March 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Nottingham, UK (SPX) Mar 02, 2009 Dr Loretta Dunne and her team have found new evidence of huge dust production in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant, the remains of a star that exploded about 300 years ago. The paper...

Colors Of Quasars Reveal A Dusty Universe.
March 2, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Columbus OH (SPX) Mar 02, 2009 The vast expanses of intergalactic space appear to be filled with a haze of tiny, smoke-like "dust" particles that dim the light from distant objects and subtly change their colors,...

Australians Will Not Be Put Off Solar.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Canberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 An ATA survey reveals that many respondants did not understand the Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) system at the time of installing their solar panels, says Damien Moyse,...

BAE Launches New Variant Of Export Mine Protected Vehicle.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Abu Dhabi, UAE (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 BAE Systems Land Systems South Africa, has launched the latest version of its acclaimed RG series of mine resistant personnel carrier vehicles. The new vehicle, the RG31 Mk6E, is...

Boeing Submits Proposal For Altair Lunar Lander Study Contract.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Houston TX (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 Boeing, through its Space Exploration division, has submitted a proposal to NASA for Altair lunar lander design support. NASA is expected to award multiple contracts this spring. The...

Champlain Cable Creates New PV Wire.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Colchester VT (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 Champlain Cable has entered the renewable energy industry with two new cable solutions for photovoltaic arrays. The Exar 150PV and the Exar 180PV are both UL rated photovoltaic wires...

Color Test Enhances Tomato Analyzer Software.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Wooster OH (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 When it comes to fresh vegetables and fruits, color is one of the best indicators of quality. Along with texture, size, and flavor, color plays an important role in the business of...

Commercial Yeasts Upgraded With An Enzyme For Biofuel Production.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 Eckhard Boles has discovered a new enzyme which teaches yeast cells to ferment xylose into ethanol. Xylose is an unused waste sugar in the cellulosic ethanol production process....

Drought Review Must Deliver For All Farmers.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Canberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 "THE Australian Government's Drought Review must establish a comprehensive agricultural policy that sets us up for more than just the next drought," National Farmers' Federation...

Earth-Observing Landsat 5 Turns 25.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 132,969... 132,970... 132,971. Like a trusty watch counting up the minutes, the Landsat 5 satellite keeps on ticking, orbit after orbit around Earth. Well beyond its design lifetime...

Evolution Solar Receives Major Wafer And Ingot Order.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 Evolution Solar expanded its foot print in the Asian markets when it opened a second office in Xiamen. The office employing ten was charged with overseeing the future development of The...

Federal Research Program Should Realign Climate Change Priorities.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 The federal government's climate change research program should broaden its focus to include research that would support actions needed to cope with climate change-related problems...

First Solar Agrees To Acquire Multi GW Utility Scale PV Pipeline.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 First Solar has announced it has entered into an agreement to significantly expand its penetration within the U.S. utility solar power market with the acquisition of OptiSolar's solar...

GLOBE At Night Ready For IYA2009.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 The fourth edition of the international star-counting program GLOBE at Night is poised for wider participation than ever from March 16-28, as a key activity in the Dark Skies Awareness...

Gullies On Mars Show Tantalizing Signs Of Recent Water Activity.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Providence RI (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 Planetary geologists at Brown University have found a gully fan system on Mars that formed about 1.25 million years ago. The fan offers compelling evidence that it was formed by melt...

Help To Define A Lunar Lander.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 ESA's Directorate of Human Spaceflight is inviting industrial, technology and scientific communities to provide inputs for experiments and payload elements for accommodation on its...

Herschel Spacecraft Inspection And Final Mirror Cleaning.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 In the first few days following its arrival at CSG the Herschel spacecraft was unpacked and inspected. The first of a series of final preparations to ready the spacecraft for...

Industrial Nanotech Enters Solar Energy Market.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Naples FL (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 Industrial Nanotech has announced that the Company's "Nansulate Solar" is currently being specified on both solar panels and the pipes and tanks of solar hot water systems to increase...

Modern Lifestyle Prevents Tooth Decay.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 New research has found that modern lifestyle habits may play a bigger role than food alone, when it comes to tooth decay. A review of the scientific evidence over the past 150...

NASA Tests Parachute For Ares Rocket.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 NASA and industry engineers successfully completed the second drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket. The test took place Feb. 28 at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground...

New Overhead Remote Controlled Weapon Station-Multi.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 New threats and unconventional challenges have spurred military forces worldwide to equip for urban warfare and low-intensity conflicts. today's advanced ground forces are opting for...

New Zealand Breeding Program Creates New Red Raspberry Variety.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Motueka NZ (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 A horticultural research team from New Zealand and Canada has introduced a new red raspberry cultivar. 'Moutere' is a new floricane fruiting red raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) created in a...

Obama's First Budget Backs Core Lunar 2.0 Goals.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 The National Space Society (NSS) was informed that President Obama has requested $18.7 billion for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for Fiscal Year 2010, an...

Oceaneering To Develop And Produce Constellation Space Suit System.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Houston TX (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 Oceaneering International has announced that it has signed a letter contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for development and production of the...

Raytheon To Produce GPS-Related Advanced Anti-Jamming Antenna System.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Harlow, UK (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 A subsidiary of Raytheon Company has received a U.S. Air Force contract for initial production of the GPS Advanced Digital Antenna Production system. The ADAP system protects...

Saving Wheat Crops Worldwide.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Canberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 CSIRO Plant Industry scientists and international collaborators have discovered the key to overcoming three major cereal diseases, which in epidemic years cost wheat growers...

Soybean Oil Reduces Carbon Footprint In Swine Barns.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers West Lafayette IN (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 One of agriculture's most versatile crops could one day play a role in combating climate change, Purdue University research shows. In addition to using soybeans in beverages,...

Spanish Solar Company To Become One Of Largest In USA.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 Fotowatio has agreed to purchase the core US solar power assets - including the largest US solar photovoltaic installation, at Nellis Air Force base - of San Francisco-based MMA...

Svalbard Marks First Anniversary.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Longyearbyen, Norway (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 Four tons of seeds - almost 90,000 samples of hundreds of crop species - from food crop collections maintained by Canada, Ireland, Switzerland, USA, and three international...

Swift Satellite Records Early Phase Of Gamma-Ray Burst.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 UK astronomers, using a telescope aboard the NASA Swift satellite, have captured information from the early stages of a gamma-ray burst - the most violent and luminous explosions...

The Lower Atmosphere Of Pluto Revealed.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have gained valuable new insights about the atmosphere of the dwarf planet Pluto. The scientists found unexpectedly large amounts of...

The Race Is On For $1/W Solar Power.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Boston MA (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 PHOTON Consulting has announced the release of The True Cost of Solar Power: Race to $1/W. The report shows solar energy companies are cutting costs at a pace that will soon make solar...

Three ESA Earth Science Missions Move To Next Phase.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 ESA has announced three candidate Earth Explorer mission concepts to progress to the next phase of consolidation. This selection is part of the user-driven process that will lead to...

Top Scientists Question Proposed Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 The New Fuels Alliance (NFA) is warning that California's efforts to reduce carbon emissions from gasoline may actually increase greenhouse gas emissions and worsen the state's...

Upgraded COBRA DANE Radar Transferred To USAF.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has announced the transfer of the COBRA DANE radar located at Shemya, Alaska, from MDA to the U.S. Air Force. The upgraded COBRA DANE became...

What Is The Story Behind The Dark Side Of The Moon.
March 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Bonn, Germany (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 The rock band Pink Floyd named an album after it: 'The Dark Side of the Moon'. In reality this satellite of the Earth does not have a dark side - over the course of one month the Sun...

Airborne Ecologists Help Balance Delicate African Ecosystem.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Stanford CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 The African savanna is world famous for its wildlife, especially the iconic large herbivores such as elephants, zebras, and giraffes. But managing these ecosystems and balancing the...

Astronomy's Bright Future.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 To mark UNESCO's International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009), six leading astronomers from the UK, the US, Europe and Asia write in March's Physics World about the biggest challenges and...

Babcock Power and ThermoEnergy Form Clean Coal Carbon Capture Company.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Danvers MA (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 Babcock Power and ThermoEnergy have announced the formation of a limited liability company to be called Babcock-Thermo Carbon Capture LLC, to develop and commercialize a new and advanced...

CalAmp Helps Locate Kidnapping Victims And Apprehend Suspect.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Oxnard CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 CalAmp has announced that with the help of CalAmp's Aercept GPS tracking platform, police in Albany, Georgia were able to rescue kidnapping victims and apprehend the suspected kidnapper....

Chewable Iron.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 The cycling of iron throughout the oceans has been an area of intense research for the last two decades. Oceanographers have spent a lot of time studying what has been...

Chilli Peppers Continue To Help Unravel Mechanism Of Pain Sensation.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Buffalo NY (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 Capsaicin, the active ingredient in chili peppers, generally is viewed as an irritant that produces a burning sensation when applied to a sensitive area of the body, such as the cornea....

DETASAD Contracts NSS-12 Satellite Capacity For The Middle East.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Dubai, UAE (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 SES NEW SKIES has announced at Satellite MENA that DETECON Al Saudia (DETASAD) has contracted 36 MHz of capacity on the upcoming NSS-12 satellite. NSS-12 is scheduled for operational...

Doubling A Gene In Corn Results In Giant Biomass.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Champaign IL (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 University of Illinois plant geneticist Stephen Moose has developed a corn plant with enormous potential for biomass, literally. It yields corn that would make good silage, Moose said,...

Financing Confirmed For Navajo Wind Energy's Joint Venture Wind Farm.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Atlanta GA (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 Navajo Wind Energy has announced that it has received a confirmation letter of financing from Xiyas Development Capital for the Company's 50% joint venture partnership interest in the...

Finding Earth's Twin Is No Easy Task.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Henry Bortman for Astrobiology Magazine Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 Does our galaxy contain twins of Earth: rocky planets, orbiting sun-like stars at comfortable distances, capable of supporting life? That is the...

FPL Bolstering Infrastructure Against Increased Hurricane Activity.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Juno Beach FL (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 Florida Power and Light plans to invest more than $200 million in 2009 as part of its ongoing investment program to make the electrical infrastructure more resistant to increased...

GeoSpatial Experts Introduces New Photo-Mapping Software.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Thornton CO (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 People who take digital photographs for business or pleasure can now map their photos just like mapping professionals do. GeoSpatial Experts has introduced the GPS-Photo Link Express...

GOES-O Satellite Arrives At KSC For Final Pre-Launch Testing.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), called GOES-O, arrived this...

JAXA Selects Astronaut Candidates For Future ISS Crew.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been recruiting and selecting astronaut candidates for future International Space Station (ISS) missions to operate and utilize the ISS...

NASA Announces Mishap Board Members For OCO Investigation.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 NASA has selected the members of the board that will investigate the unsuccessful launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory on Feb. 24. Rick Obenschain, deputy director at NASA's Goddard...

Newfound Moon May Be Source Of Outer Saturn Ring.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found within Saturn's G ring an embedded moonlet that appears as a faint, moving pinprick of light. Scientists believe it is a main source of the G ring and...

Ontario's Bold New Plan For A Green Economy.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Toronto, Canada (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 Ontario is proposing sweeping new legislation to attract new investment, create new green economy jobs and better protect the climate. The proposed bill, the Green Energy Act...

Oshkosh Delivers 2 M-ATV Production Vehicles For Military Evaluation.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Oshkosh WI (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 Oshkosh has announced that its Defense division delivered two production-representative MRAP All Terrain Vehicles (M-ATV) to the U.S. Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland for...

Pay-As-You-Drive System Could Renew Aging Infrastructure.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers\ Toronto, Canada (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 Amid nationwide calls to renew aging infrastructure, a U.S. commission report underscores the need for a nationwide pay-as-you-drive system - a system akin to one refined and tested...

Predicting When Invasive Species Can Travel More Readily By Air.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Gainesville FL (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 A new study forecasts when climate factors such as temperature, humidity and rainfall will match at geographically distant airline departure and destination points, which could help...

ProCon.org Compares Alternative Energies To Fossil Fuels.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Santa Monica CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 ProCon.org, a nonpartisan 501c3 nonprofit research organization, created the new website alternativeenergyprocon.org to explore the core question, "Can alternative energy effectively...

Raytheon Nets US Army Award For Infrared Technology Kits.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers McKinney TX (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon Company $173 million to provide second-generation infrared kits for a variety of combat systems. The firm fixed price award modifies an existing...

SSTL Signs Satellite Imager Contract For Climate Modelling.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 British satellite manufacture, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), has signed a 30M euros contract with Astrium GmbH, Germany for the supply of a Multi-Spectral Imager (MSI) for the...

Stars Forced To Relocate Near The Southern Fish.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 A new Hubble image shows three galaxies locked in a gravitational tug- of-war that may result in the eventual demise of one of them. About 100 million light-years away, in the...

Study Critiques Corn-For-Ethanol's Carbon Footprint.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Durham NC (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 To avoid creating greenhouse gases, it makes more sense using today's technology to leave land unfarmed in conservation reserves than to plow it up for corn to make biofuel, according to a...

Tele Atlas Expands Global Coverage.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Gent, Belgium (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 Tele Atlas has announced the availability of its first navigable databases for Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia in Africa, providing a rich...

Tesla Begins Selling Cars In Canada.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers San Carlos CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 Tesla Motors will start selling cars in Canada, and the automaker will begin delivering cars to Canadian customers starting in the fourth quarter. Tesla is the only production...

US Navy Awards GD Contract For Production Of F/A-18 Gun Systems.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Charlotte NC (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics, a $16 million contract extension for the production of M61A2 20mm...

Wenchuan Earthquake Mudslides Emit Greenhouse Gas.
March 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Austin TX (SPX) Mar 04, 2009 Mudslides that followed the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan, China earthquake, ranked by the US Geological Survey as the 11th deadliest earthquake ever recorded, may cause a carbon-dioxide release in...

AFSPC Commander Speaks On Changing Nature Of Warfare.
March 5, 2009... Byline: Airman 1st Class David Dobrydney 45th SW Public Affairs, 2009 Orlando FL (SPX) Mar 05, 2009 General C. Robert Kehler, commander, Air Force Space Command, spoke at the Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando Friday about the future of...

Boeing Attends Australian International Airshow.
March 5, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Avalon Airport, Australia (SPX) Mar 05, 2009 Boeing will showcase an array of leading-edge technology, products, services and capabilities at the 2009 Australian International Airshow, which opens March 10 at Avalon...

Boeing Insitu ScanEagle UAS Completes Sea Trials With Singapore Navy.
March 5, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Singapore (SPX) Mar 05, 2009 ScanEagle, a long-endurance, fully autonomous unmanned aircraft system (UAS) developed by Boeing and subsidiary Insitu, has successfully completed a ship-based trial with the Republic of...

Elbit Systems Wins Two Airport Defense Contracts.
March 5, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Haifa, Israel (SPX) Mar 05, 2009 Elbit Systems has announced that its subsidiary, Elbit Security Systems ELSEC, was awarded two Airport defense contracts. The first project calls for the upgrade of the security...

Evidence Appears To Show How And Where Frontal Lobe Works.
March 5, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Providence RI (SPX) Mar 05, 2009 A Brown University study of stroke victims has produced evidence that the frontal lobe of the human brain controls decision-making along a continuum from abstract to concrete, from...

First Wind's Stetson Wind Expansion Project Approved.
March 5, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Boston MA (SPX) Mar 05, 2009 First Wind has announced it has received approval from the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) to build a 25.5 megawatt (MW) expansion of the Stetson Wind project outside of...

Invasives Threaten Salmon In Pacific Northwest.
March 5, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Mar 05, 2009 Many native fishes in the Pacific Northwest are threatened or endangered, notably salmonids, and hundreds of millions of dollars are expended annually on researching their populations...

Jordan's Fossil Water Source Has High Radiation Levels.
March 5, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Durham NC (SPX) Mar 05, 2009 Ancient groundwater being tapped by Jordan, one of the 10 most water-deprived nations in the world, has been found to contain twenty times the radiation considered safe for drinking water...

LockMart Awarded 10-Year Contract To Support Special Operations Forces.
March 5, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Gaithersburg MD (SPX) Mar 05, 2009 The U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded Lockheed Martin a 10-year, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract potentially worth $5 billion to provide full-scope...

Mars Odyssey Mission Status Report.
March 5, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 05, 2009 The team operating NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter plans a procedure next week to address a long-known, potential vulnerability of accumulated memory corruption. The procedure requires...

NASA's Launch Abort System Hardware Starts Cross Country Trek.
March 5, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Hampton VA (SPX) Mar 05, 2009 A full-scale mock-up of NASA's Orion launch abort system began a week-long flatbed trailer ride across the country Tuesday, en route to White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Once at...

NRL Astronomers Selected For NASA's Lunar Science Institute.
March 5, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Mar 05, 2009 NASA has selected seven academic and research teams as initial members of the agency's Lunar Science Institute (NLSI), and Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) researchers will play a...