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... 90kg; mission margin, 51.4kg; stabilization type, 3-axis earth-oriented; stabilization accuracy, 0.7° pointing error, 0.04° per sec rate; average power available for experiments, 375 watts; thermal ... a proper course. Engineers at United Technologies Corp.'s Chemical System Div. near San Jose, Calif., had tested 8 small solid-fuel booster-separation motors, fired simultaneously to separate each ...

... acting for the Dept. of Energy, had awarded study contracts to Acurex, Inc., Mountain View, Calif.; Boeing Engineering & Construction Co., Seattle, Wash.; and General Electric Space Division, Valley Forge, Pa., ... would cover the first part of a two-phase program to develop a low-cost point-focusing solar concentrator. The concentrator would direct mirror-reflected sunlight to a heat absorber ...

... technologies, and affordability. The selected companies are: Aerojet General Corp., Rancho Cordova, Calif. Analytical Mechanics Associates, Huntsville, Ala. Andrews Space, Tukwila, Wash. Alliant Techsystems, Huntsville, ... transportation system that could launch humans to multiple destinations, including asteroids, Lagrange points, the moon and Mars. "These trade studies will provide a look at ...

... the Mesosphere as a Pre-cursor to Astronomical Observations," Sean Casey, USRA/SOFIA, Moffett Field, Calif. - "RF Gauging of the Liquid Oxygen Tank on a Reusable Launch Vehicle," Gregory Zimmerli, NASA ... , is managed at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif. NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., manages the payload activities for the program. ''RELEASE: 11-337 ARCTIC ... least 15 percent of the ocean. Arctic sea ice extent on Sept. 9, the lowest point this year, was 4.33 million square kilometers (1.67 million square miles). Averaged over ...

... FLIGHT'' WASHINGTON -- NASA's Space Technology Program has awarded Space System/Loral of Palo Alto, Calif., a $3 million contract to initiate the process of hosting a space laser communications relay ... Center in Hampton, Va.; NASA facilities in El Paso, Texas, and Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.; and other locations worldwide as required. The services will include support for flight operations, maintenance ... -2 p.m. EDT) -- NASA scientists take you on a world tour from the vantage point of space to show you some of the new insights into our changing planet made ...

... missions. --"Lightweight High Performance Acoustic Suppression Technology Development," NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. This technology could suppress acoustic environments during launch. By reducing vibrations by acoustic ... wheels, turning each of them side-to-side before ending up with each wheel pointing straight ahead. On a later day, the rover will drive forward about one ...

... pair of orbiting stars that eclipse each other every 7.5 days from our vantage point on Earth. One star is similar to the sun in size, but only 84 percent ... system development, mission operations and science data analysis. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., managed the Kepler mission development. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. in Boulder, Colo., developed the Kepler ...

... Stabilization using sRLVs," Scott Green, Controlled Dynamics, Inc., Huntington Beach, Calif. -- "Enhanced Thermal Switch," Douglas Mehoke, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, ... Divert Guidance for Planetary Pinpoint Landing," Behcet Acikmese, JPL -- "SwRI Solar Instrument Pointing Platform," Craig DeForest, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas -- "Saturated ...

... for the briefing are: -- Kevin Arrigo, ICESCAPE mission lead at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif. -- Don Perovich, ICESCAPE cryosphere scientist and visiting professor at the Dartmouth College Thayer ... Virginia Institute of Marine Science at the College of William and Mary in Gloucester Point, Va. The journal Science has embargoed the findings prior to the teleconference. ''MEDIA ADVISORY ...

... candidate passes, or transits, in front of the star from the spacecraft's vantage point, light from the star is blocked. Different sized planets block different amounts of starlight ... development, mission operations and science data analysis. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., managed the Kepler mission development. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. in Boulder, Colo., developed ...

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