House Overwhelmingly Approves NASA Reauthorization Act
Archive for June 19, 2008
House Gives NASA Extra Shuttle Flight
The House approved an increased spending bill, which enjoyed wide support from both parties, though the bill drew opposition from the Bush administration.
ATK’s test A-OK on abort system igniter
Utah’s Alliant Techsystems (ATK) and NASA have successfully test fired a critical safety component that will be used on the Orion crew exploration vehicle, which is the next generation of spacecraft under development as a replacement for the nation’s aging space shuttle fleet.
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NASA conducts first abort test for Orion
The U.S. space agency says it has successfully test fired a critical safety component for the Orion crew exploration vehicle.The test, conducted last Friday by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Alliant Techsystems Inc., or ATK, involved a 36-inch-long igniter for the abort motor of Orion’s launch abort system, It was fired at ATK’s facility in Promontory, Utah.Orion is part …
NASA awards Constellation Program technical support contract to Booz Allen Hamilton
The five-year contract has a base two-year value of $17.6 million, with a total potential value of $49.5 million if three one-year extension options are exercised.
The Last Puzzle Piece; NASA Awards Contracts For Next Gen Space Suits
NASA contractor prepares to go boldly where no spacesuit maker has gone before…
NASA teaches teachers about space tests
U.S. university faculty and students will learn the basics of building experiments for flight on suborbital rockets next week during a NASA workshop.The June 22-27 program — called RockOn! with NASA — will be at the space agency’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island in Virginia.NASA said teams will learn about the steps and procedures for creating experimental payloads for flight.The …
Behind the scenes at Kennedy Space Center
As Space Shuttle Discovery prepared to return home, News.com’s Daniel Terdiman got a series of tours of some of the most exciting facilities at NASA’s huge Florida base.
NASA awards spacesuit contract
The U.S. space agency says it’s awarded a contract to Oceaneering International Inc. for the design, development and production of a new spacesuit system.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the Houston company will produce a spacesuit that will protect astronauts during Constellation Program voyages to the International Space Station and, by 2020, the surface of the moon.The …