Legacy Aerospace Company Becomes Exclusive Partner With Sierra Nevada Corp On NASA Contract
The Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Dream Chaser team has been joined by Lockheed Martin Space Systems of Littleton, CO, in an exclusive partnership on NASA's Certification Products Contract (CPC), and has been competitively selected to build the composite structure for the Dream Chaser at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, LA.
'Red Tails To Red Planet' Presented At Langley Research Center In VA
A full-scale Mars Curiosity rover model that was featured in President Barack Obama's Inaugural Parade is one of the highlights of a Black History Month celebration, called "Red Tails to Red Planet," at NASA Langley Research Center's official visitors' facility, the Virginia Air & Space Center (VASC).
Two Additional TDRS Spacecraft To Be Placed In Orbit Over The Next Two Years
The first of NASA's three next-generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS), known as TDRS-K, launched at 8:48 p.m. EST Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. "TDRS-K bolsters our network of satellites that provides essential communications to support space exploration," said Badri Younes, deputy associate administrator for Space Communications and Navigation at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
Blakey: Sequestration Threatens National Security And Country's Economic Health
The contraction of the U.S. economy in the fourth quarter underscores AIA's warning for the past 18 months that severe across the board budget cuts—both to defense and non-defense discretionary spending—threaten to throw the economy into a tailspin. That's the assessment of Aerospace Industries Association president and CEO Marion Blakey.
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