November 2021
Space launch emergency response
... responsibility and possible contractual liability could be shared with the service provider, rather than borne by the contracting client alone. NASA’s long-established fire teams monitor a scrub blaze caused by a lightning strike at Kennedy Space...
April 2024
Commercial launch development in Spain
... same in Europe. There was nothing at the base level, so we tried to convince our national delegation to give us a small contract to develop a little rocket engine demonstration because, for us, propulsion is the key. If you don’t have an engine, you...
26 January 2016
Scientists reveal a new way to test the origins of the Universe
...continued Chen. "This should allow us to distinguish an inflationary universe from other scenarios, including one that previously contracted." If the oscillations from the heavy particles are strong enough, current experiments should find them in the...
31 January 2016
Rick Tumlinson Publishes Letter to the Washington Space Establishment
... there. Notice, while some are enabled by legislation and contracts, not one of these advances is coming from the government... fledgling dependency isn't based on NASA and Defense Department contracts. But we can argue the relevance of the government ...
30 May 2016
BEAM module fully expanded on ISS
... is an experimental expandable space station module developed by Bigelow Aerospace, under contract to NASA. In 2012, Bigelow Aerospace was awarded a $17.8 million contract to construct BEAM as part of NASA's Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) Program...
16 June 2016
SpaceX Successfully Launches All-Electric Satellites; Loses First Stage in Landing Attempt
...sending signals. The satellites were part of a four-satellite contract that had been signed in March 2012 with ABS and ...Satmex; Satmex has since been bought by Eutelsat. The contract marked the first use of all-electric propulsion by Western ...
