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Americas Space 

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Launches Space Weather Instrument on NASA’s ICON Satellite

October 12, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON), NASA, Satellite, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), USA

A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) instrument aboard NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) satellite will deliver unprecedented information to help

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Americas Space 

Northrop Grumman Launches NASA ICON Satellite on Pegasus XL Air-Launched Rocket

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Air launch to orbit, Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON), NASA, Northrop Grumman, Pegasus XL (Rocket), Satellite, Stargazer L-1011, USA

Northrop Grumman Corporation announced its Pegasus XL air-launched rocket successfully launched the company-built Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) satellite for NASA.

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Americas Misc 

GA-ASI Partnering with NASA to Demo Commercial Mission with Large UAS

October 8, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI), General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian, NASA, National Airspace System (NAS) USA, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), USA

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has signed a cooperative agreement with NASA to perform a demonstration flight as part

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Americas Technology 

NASA Takes Delivery of First All-Electric Experimental Aircraft, X-57 Maxwell

October 4, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments All-electric aircraft, Armstrong Flight Research Center, Empirical Systems Aerospace (ESAero), Experimental aircraft, NASA, NASA X-57 Maxwell, Tecnam P2006T, USA, X-planes

NASA took delivery of its first all-electric experimental aircraft, X-57 Maxwell, from Empirical Systems Aerospace (ESAero) of San Luis Obispo,

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Americas Space 

NASA Awards Lockheed Martin Contract for Six Orion Spacecraft

September 24, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Lockheed Martin, NASA, NASA Artemis program, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, USA

NASA and Lockheed Martin have finalized a contract for the production and operations of six Orion spacecraft missions and the

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Americas Space 

General Atomics Orbital Test Bed Satellite Payload Commissioning Underway

August 31, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments General Atomics, NASA, Orbital Test Bed (OTB) Satellite, USA

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced, on Aug. 26, that commissioning of NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSAC), the primary

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Americas Space 

ULA’s Vulcan Centaur Rocket Selected for SNC Dream Chaser Spacecraft Launches

August 19, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Commercial Resupply Services (CRS), International Space Station (ISS), NASA, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser, Spaceplane, ULA Vulcan Centaur, United Launch Alliance (ULA), USA

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) selected United Launch Alliance (ULA) as the launch vehicle provider for the Dream Chaser spacecraft’s six

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Americas Space 

Lockheed Martin Completes NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Capsule for Artemis 1 Mission to the Moon

July 21, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Human spaceflight, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, USA

Lockheed Martin has completed building the crew module capsule for NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission to

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Americas Technology 

Collins Aerospace to Provide Subsystems for NASA X-59 QueSST Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator

June 23, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Collins Aerospace, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, Lockheed Martin X-59 QueSST, NASA, NASA Low Boom Flight. Demonstration (LBFD) Project, Supersonic Transport (SST), USA

Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., has been selected by Lockheed Martin to provide the Environmental Control

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Americas Space 

SpaceX, U.S. DoD Targeting June 24 for Falcon Heavy Launch

June 13, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Falcon Heavy, Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket, NASA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Pentagon, Space Test Program-2 (STP-2), SpaceX Technologies, USA

SpaceX and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) are targeting to launch SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch vehicle for the Space

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