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DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Offiziere.ch: What Happened to the Pentagon’s Formation-Flying Satellite?

Art: DARPA by DAVID AXE The U.S. military has cancelled a seven-year, $200-million effort to develop a new kind of satellite — one comprising groups of small, formation-flying craft orbiting in tight-knit formations and sharing data wirelessly. ... [Published War Is Boring - 5 hours ago]

Entities: DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Insider, David Axe, Spacecraft

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

How Electric Spacecraft Could Fly NASA to Mars

Electric vehicles aren't just popular on the ground it turns out they're all the rage in space these days, too. While still not as common as traditional chemical spacecraft engines, electric engines are growing in popularity for both Earth-orbiting satellites ... [Published Space.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: Space.com, Chemical, NASA, Spacecraft, Ion

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

United Space Alliance

Parachute Sea Anchor to be Used by NASA’s Orion Spacecraft

Fiorentino Drag Test with United Space Alliance Successful Fiorentino Para-Anchor announces a successful on-water test of its parachute sea anchor which is scheduled to be deployed when NASA’s new Orion spacecraft returns from its first beyond low Earth ... [Published PRWeb - May 17 2013]

Entities: Zack Smith, NASA, United Space Alliance, Spacecraft

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Kepler Spacecraft Suffers Major Failure, Mission’s Future In Jeopardy

The Kepler space observatory suffered a major failure on Wednesday, putting into questions the future of NASA’s planet-hunting space observatory.Kepler’s controllers found on Tuesday that the observatory had gone into a “safe mode.” They also found that ... [Published Inquisitr - May 16 2013]

Entities: Spacecraft, NASA, John Grunsfeld

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 8 reports

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA's Kepler planet-hunting spacecraft in jeopardy

The diagram compares the planets of the inner solar system to Kepler-69, a two-planet system about 2,700 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. The two planets of Kepler-69 orbit a star that belongs to the same class as our sun, called G-type. ... [Published SCPR - May 16 2013]

Entities: NASA, Spacecraft, Cygnus, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Space.com

Astronomer's Poem Mourns Ailing Kepler Spacecraft

Oh, Kepler, we hardly knew ye.Scientists have been mourning the news that NASA's prolific planet-hunting for good. NASA announced on Wednesday (May 15) that one of Kepler's four reaction wheels, which maintain its position in space, has failed. While ... [Published Space.com - May 16 2013]

Entities: Spacecraft, Space.com, W. H. Auden

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 3 reports

NASA

Dream Chaser Spacecraft Arrives at NASA to Begin Flight Tests

'Dream Chaser' Spacecraft Arrives at NASA to Begin Flight TestsWrapped in protective plastic, the Dream Chaser arrives at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Facility, where it will be based for flight testing. Photo: NASA Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream ... [Published Birmingham Star - May 16 2013]

Entities: NASA, Spacecraft, University of Alabama at Birmingham

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Four Mammoth X-Flares: Spacecraft Cameras Brings Us Closer | Video

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has its eyes set on the sunspot that delivered X-Class flares from May 13-15, 2013. Close-Up views reveals x-ray flares interacting with the magnetic loops emitted from the Sunspot. ... [Published Space.com - May 15 2013]

Entities: Solar Dynamics Observatory, Spacecraft, MAMMOTH

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Aircraft and Spacecraft in USA: ISIC 353

SOURCE ReportlinkerNEW YORK http://www.reportlinker.com/p01047353/Aircraft-and-Spacecraft-in-USAEuromonitor International's Industrial reports provide a 360 degree view of an industry. The Industrial market report offers a comprehensive guide to the size ... [Published KATV - May 15 2013]

Entities: Spacecraft, United States, Stocks, Index

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Fifth International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions and Technologies, Munich, Germany

The Fifth International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions and Technologies will be held from 29 to 31 May 2013 in Munich, Germany. The conference focuses on technologies and systems for spacecraft formation-flying and on-orbit-servicing, ... [Published Cordis - May 13 2013]

Entities: Spacecraft, Munich (Germany), Germany

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 39 reports

Lockheed Martin Hosting Media To Learn About NASA's Orion Spacecraft

SOURCE Lockheed MartinSUNNYVALE, Calif. $ ... [Published KCEN HD - May 13 2013]

Entities: Spacecraft, Lockheed Martin Corp, NASA

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 3 reports

Strathclyde University makes planes nuclear reactors and spacecraft bug free

Strathclyde University makes planes, nuclear reactors and spacecraft bug freeMars Climate Orbiter Spacecraft , could be prevented thanks to research by University of Strathclyde academics, says the university. Dr Patricia Johann and Professor Neil Ghani, ... [Published Birmingham Star - May 13 2013]

Entities: University of Strathclyde, Nuclear Reactor, Chris Hadfield, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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...fuel efficiency works on getting your vehicle mass down at the expense of your thrust dropping, which means longer trip times," Carpenter said. "There's a balance between reducing the mass and increasing the trip time. It's up to the architect of the system to figure out the right balance." Missions to Mars

How Electric Spacecraft Could Fly NASA to Mars [Published Space.com - May 17 2013]

...Para-Anchor to about 330 pounds which is equal to 150% of the expected load that the capsule would encounter in Sea State 3 conditions," he says . "We got to 330 pounds for the functional load test and we took it even beyond to 800 pounds for five minutes, proving the Fiorentino parachute anchor performed above the 150% requisite load test we required so the test was successful." Gary Rohrkaste, United Space Alliance project manager for the Sea Anchor explained, “Orion will always have a water landing and the Para-Anchor drag...

Parachute Sea Anchor to be Used by NASA’s Orion Spacecraft [Published PRWeb - May 17 2013]

More potentially habitable planets, even smaller and more Earth-like, lurk in the pipeline, astronomers say, but have not yet been confirmed. "We believe there are planets there that we haven't found yet" said William Borucki of NASA's Ames Research Center, the founder and leader of the Kepler effort

Breakdown of Kepler Spacecraft Imperils NASA's Hunt for Other Planets [Published Lakeland Ledger - May 16 2013]

The tests, part of Nasa's Commercial Crew Program to develop a craft to take astronauts to the Space Station and back, . "Unique public-private partnerships like the one between Nasa and Sierra Nevada Corporation are creating an industry capable of building the next generation of rockets and spacecraft that will carry US astronauts to the scientific proving ground of low-Earth orbit" said William Gerstenmaier, Nasa's associate administrator for human exploration and operations in Washington

PICS: Nasa Testing Beautiful 'Dream Chaser' Mini Space Shuttle [Published Huffington Post UK - May 16 2013]

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Offiziere.ch: What Happened to the Pentagon’s F... [Published War Is Boring - 5 hours ago]
No swarms in space: DARPA axes $200mn ‘fraction... [Published Russia Today - 18 hours ago]
How Electric Spacecraft Could Fly NASA to Mars [Published Space.com - May 17 2013]
Proceedings of the 31st International Thermal C... [Published Research and Markets - May 17 2013]
Parachute Sea Anchor to be Used by NASA’s Orion... [Published PRWeb - May 17 2013]
CU Researchers Trying To Save Kepler Telescope [Published CBS Denver - May 17 2013]
Kepler Spacecraft Suffers Major Failure, Missio... [Published Inquisitr - May 16 2013]
NASA's Kepler planet-hunting spacecraft in jeop... [Published SCPR - May 16 2013]
Astronomer's Poem Mourns Ailing Kepler Spacecraft [Published Space.com - May 16 2013]
First Part Of Webb Telescope's âEye... [Published Red Orbit - May 16 2013]
7 Greatest Alien Planet Discoveries by NASA's K... [Published Space.com - May 16 2013]
Planet-Hunting Kepler Spacecraft Suffers Major ... [Published BuzzFlash - May 16 2013]
Breakdown of Kepler Spacecraft Imperils NASA's ... [Published Lakeland Ledger - May 16 2013]
PICS: Nasa Testing Beautiful 'Dream Chaser' Min... [Published Huffington Post UK - May 16 2013]
Kepler Spacecraft Hobbled By Faulty Wheel [Published Heart Radio - May 16 2013]
Dream Chaser Spacecraft Arrives at NASA to Begi... [Published Birmingham Star - May 16 2013]
Planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft in trouble [Published EarthSky - May 16 2013]
NASA-Built Nanosatellite Launch Adapter System ... [Published Nasa.gov - May 16 2013]
‘Dream Chaser’ Spacecraft Arrives At NASA to Be... [Published Wired Autopia - May 15 2013]
New Spacecraft Arrives at NASA for Flight Testing [Published Wired: Autopia - May 15 2013]
Malfunction May End Kepler Spacecraft’s Hunt fo... [Published Bloomberg - May 15 2013]
Planet-Hunting Kepler Spacecraft Suffers Major ... [Published Space.com - May 15 2013]
REPORT: NASA's Kepler Spacecraft Might Be Damag... [Published Business Insider - May 15 2013]
NASA's Kepler Spacecraft, Finder Of Distant Wor... [Published Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, ... - May 15 2013]
Cal Poly Engineering Students Present Spacecraf... [Published Auto & Transportation - May 15 2013]
NASA Hosts Kepler Spacecraft Status Teleconfere... [Published TickerTech.com - May 15 2013]
NASA Hosts Kepler Spacecraft Status Teleconfere... [Published Auto & Transportation - May 15 2013]
NRL space test program experiments ship to Japa... [Published PhysOrg.com - May 15 2013]
Four Mammoth X-Flares: Spacecraft Cameras Bring... [Published Space.com - May 15 2013]
Ernest W. Seedorff [Published Pine City Pioneer - May 15 2013]

Blogs

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Offiziere.ch: What Happened to the Pentagon’s F... [Published War Is Boring - 5 hours ago] Art: DARPA by DAVID AXE The U.S. military has cancelled a seven-year, $200-million effort to develop a new kind of satellite — one comprising groups of small, formation-flying craft orbiting in tight-knit formations and sharing data wirelessly. ...
Planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft in trouble [Published EarthSky - May 16 2013] NASA’s $600 million Kepler space observatory – launched in 2009 with the goal of discovering Earth-like planets in distant solar systems – was reported to be in trouble Wednesday (May 15, 2013) after a malfunction in the part of the spacecraft that ...
‘Dream Chaser’ Spacecraft Arrives At NASA to Be... [Published Wired Autopia - May 15 2013] Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser spacecraft is being prepared for its first test flights. The lifting body vehicle arrived at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in southern California today where it will be put back together and begin flight ...
New Spacecraft Arrives at NASA for Flight Testing [Published Wired: Autopia - May 15 2013] Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser spacecraft is being prepared for its first test flights. The lifting body vehicle arrived at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in southern California today where it will be put back together and begin flight ...
Matt Gurney: Chris Hadfield sure knows how to e... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - May 10 2013] Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, currently serving as the International Space Station’s commander, has been a one-man PR boon to the space program. From high above the Earth, he’s taken the time to tweet photos of our home planet, chat with schools ...

Audio/Video

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Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Br... [Published Bloomberg - YouTube - Apr 30 2013]
Virgin's Spacecraft Clears Test Flight, and More [Published WSJ.com Video - Business - Apr 29 2013]
VIDEO: Spacecraft shortens trip to ISS [Published BBC News Video - World - Mar 29 2013]
Instant Index: Spacecraft Voyager One Ends 35-Y... [Published ABC News Video: World News with Charles Gibson - Mar 20 2013]
Headlines: Spacecraft deliberately crashed into... [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - Dec 18 2012]

Press Releases

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Cal Poly Engineering Students Present Spacecraf... [Published Auto & Transportation - May 15 2013]
NASA Hosts Kepler Spacecraft Status Teleconfere... [Published Auto & Transportation - May 15 2013]
Aircraft and Spacecraft in China: ISIC 353 [Published Auto & Transportation - May 15 2013]
Aircraft and Spacecraft in United Kingdom: ISIC... [Published Auto & Transportation - May 15 2013]
Aircraft and Spacecraft in USA: ISIC 353 [Published Auto & Transportation - May 15 2013]