Two prominent aerospace industry organizations are recognizing the contributions of NASA, especially the achievements of the team that landed NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars in August, with coveted awards.
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The team operating NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover on Mars has selected a second target rock for drilling and sampling. The rover will set course to the drilling location in coming days.
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International and U.S. media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission.
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The following is a statement from NASA Associate Administrator for Space Technology Michael Gazarik about Thursday’s announcement from the Obama Administration that it is launching competitions to create three new manufacturing innovation institutes supported by five federal agencies — NASA, the National Science Foundation and the departments of Defense, Energy, and Commerce.
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Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) Space Systems of Louisville, Colo., has completed its first major, comprehensive safety review of its Dream Chaser Space System.
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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will see technologies NASA is developing to make flying and the national air transportation system safer, cleaner and more efficient during a trip to NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., Friday, May 10.
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NASA has exercised a second two-year award term option with Bastion Technologies Inc. of Houston for continued services to support the Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
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NASA has extended its interim contract with MEI Technologies Inc. of Houston for electrical systems engineering services.
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NASA Television will provide live coverage May 12-14 as three crew members aboard the International Space Station end five months in orbit and return to Earth for a scheduled landing May 13.
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NASA has awarded a contract to J.P. Donovan Construction Inc. of Rockledge, Fla., to modify the mobile launcher that will enable the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket to send humans to an asteroid, Mars and other new destinations in the solar system.
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