Category: Space and Tech
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Tiangong 1 Will Make an Uncontrolled Return, Soon!
China’s Tiangong-1 is due to make an uncontrolled re-entry in the near future. According to the ESA, the current estimated window for re-entry is approximately March 29 to April 9, 2018. Tiangong-1, which translates to Heavenly Palace 1, is China’s first space station and an experimental space laboratory. Its major goal was to test…
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Tyonek Subsidiary to Support A-Kit Design, Prototype and Integration on US Army UH-60M
MADISON, Ala. /PRNewswire/ — TFab Manufacturing, LLC, (TFab) a subsidiary of Tyonek Manufacturing Group, Inc. (TMG) and Tyonek Native Corporation, has been awarded a $19 millioncontract to support the Limited Interim Missile Warning System (LIMWS). LIMWS is the U.S. Army’s competitive procurement activity to provide upgraded capability to the warfighter beyond the AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning System…
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WHAT IS HUMANITY STAR?
Is Humanity Star a triumph or a failure?
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Lockheed Martin Receives Freedom-variant FFG(X) Conceptual Design Contract
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2018Â —Â The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $15 million contract to mature its Freedom-variant Frigate design as a part of the Navy’s FFG(X) competition. Lockheed Martin submitted its Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) parent design in response to the U.S. Navy’s FFG(X) conceptual design solicitation with Fincantieri Marinette Marine as…
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Falcon Heavy: SpaceX Launched The World’s Most Powerful Rocket!
The World’s Most Powerful Rocket took off from Kennedy Space Center.  SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy was successfully launched on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, to much fanfare, especially from cheering colleagues at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California. With the ability to lift nearly 64 metric tons into orbit and a mass greater than a fully…
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Voyager 1 Fires Thrusters
After 37 years, Voyager 1 fired it’s thrusters after being dormant since 1988.
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Lockheed Martin Continues to Strengthen Weather Forecasting With Second Next-Generation Weather Satellite
NOAA’s GOES-S Weather Satellite Arrives at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for Launch Preparation
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NASA Television to Air Launch of Next Space Station Resupply Mission
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2017Â —Â NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is now targeting its 13th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station for no earlier than 11:46 a.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 12. Mission coverage will begin on NASA Television and the agency’s website Monday, Dec. 11 with two news briefings. Packed with almost 4,800 pounds…
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The Moon Shines Brightly Among NASA’s 2017 Highlights
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Moon became a key focus point for NASA in 2017, whether it was blocking out the Sun during one of the most-viewed events in U.S. history, or reinvigorating the agency’s human space exploration plans. One of the numerous NASA-related activities and actions the Trump Administration did in 2017…
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Six-Legged Robot Launches Its Own Kickstarter Campaign
For the first time, a Kickstarter project has launched its own campaign. On September 12 the Vorpal Combat Hexapod—an open source, 3D printed, wireless walking robot—used one of its six robotic legs to press the “LAUNCH” button on the popular crowdfunding website, triggering its own campaign to go live to Kickstarter’s millions of backers.