NASA Increases Investment in Photon Thruster Spacecraft Control
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TUSTIN, Calif., Sept. 13  /PRNewswire/ -- In an apparent vote of confidence for development of Photon Thruster Formation Flight (PTFF) Spacecraft in ultra precise formations, the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) awarded a Phase II $400,000 grant to the Bae Institute.
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The US space agency Nasa announces details of a mission to give the Hubble space telescope a major boost.
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A device that turns heat to sound and sound to electricity could power spacecraft.
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A new report released by an American Physical Society (APS) Special Committee on NASA Funding for Astrophysics has questioned the space agency's Moon, Mars and Beyond initiative. The APS assessment warns that t  he cost of overcoming technological challenges to make real the plan could far exceed budgetary projections and that numerous&nbsp;approved science programs could be jeopardized.
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A main engine computer upgrade developed by NASA will be activated during the Friday launch of space shuttle Atlantis and the STS-117 mission.
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By Seth Borenstein  NASA on Thursday gave a multibillion-dollar contract to build a manned lunar spaceship to Lockheed Martin Corp., the aerospace leader that usually builds unmanned rockets.
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NASA has awarded a   multibillion-dollar contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT.N   to design, develop and test a manned spaceship to replace aging   U.S. space shuttles, a congressional source familiar with the   decision told Reuters on Thursday.
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Scientists in Costa Rica  have run a plasma rocket engine continuously for a record of  more than four hours, the latest achievement in a mission to  cut costs and travel time for spacecraft.
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NASA has a few options when it comes to the future of the Hubble Space Telescope: It could perform another maintenance mission with a risk to astronauts, build a costly robotic
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WASHINGTON -- Northrop Grumman beat out Boeing and Lockheed Martin to win a $400 million contract to help NASA design the proposed multibillion dollar Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) mission.
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Nasa is to invest $170m in the Orbital Sciences Corporation to help it develop a commercial resupply ship for the space station.
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NASA&#39;s unmanned X-43A plane is the latest product of its research program into flight at more than five times the speed of sound.
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NASA has agreed to fund the Mars rover project for six more months, allowing two robotic vehicles to continue to study the red planet.
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Because of the Canadian robot named "Dextre," in less than a year, NASA has gone from writing off the Hubble to embracing a mission that will cost up to $1.6B and approach in complexity the hardest jobs the agency has ever undertaken.-The Washington Post
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The US space agency Nasa has awarded military and space contractor Northrop Grumman a $400m contract to co-design its Jimo space probe to Jupiter.
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Space shuttle Atlantis astronauts are setting up a new set of solar arrays on the International Space Station, which will eventually double the orbiting laboratory's power capabilities, according to NASA.
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Darpa, the Pentagon's mad science division, got a $324 million boost in the Defense Department's new budget -- a 10 percent increase. Which means lots more cash for giant blimps, next-gen wireless networks, Mach 6 planes, shape-shifting drones, and improvised bomb-beaters.