All articles by Gayle Putrich – Page 3
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NewsAnother round of repairs for Discovery
Work began 3 January to repair four cracks in three support beams on Space Shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank. NASA is using a methodology similar...
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NASA's COTS dream gets boost from Taurus II test
NASA's vision of private enterprise partners filling the cargo and crew launch gap left by the imminent retirement of its Space Shuttle fleet got a further boost from Orbital Sciences's successful 17 December long-duration test firing of its liquid-fuelled Aerojet-supplied AJ26 rocket engine.
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NewsFury 1500 makes first flight
California-based AeroMech Engineering, Inc. successfully flew its Fury 1500 small tactical unmanned aerial system (STUAS) for the first time 30 November,...
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Discovery returns to VAB for continued testing
Space shuttle Discovery has returned to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) from the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to finish external...
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Virgin Galactic gets on board for CCDev
Virgin Galactic will partner with both Sierra Nevada Space Systems and Orbital Sciences Corp. in their work on commercial space vehicles, Virgin says. Both...
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It's official: Zephyr takes UAV endurance record
The endurance record for an unmanned aerial vehicle flight now officially belongs to Zephyr, the solar powered UAV built by Qinetiq, according to the Fédération...
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Mexican UAV crash under investigation
The single-engine Orbiter Mini UAV, built by Israeli firm Aeronautics Defense Systems, was on a mission when a mechanical problem forced it down, Mexican...
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USMC seeks to arm Shadow, fast and without US Army help
The US Marine Corps hopes to have its RQ-7 Shadow UAV armed in the next 12- to 18-months, moving ahead without the US Army as a partner ...
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NewsEuro Hawk passes first endurance test
The European variant of the high-altitude, long-endurance Global Hawk UAV passed its first endurance test, says Northrop Grumman ...
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Lockheed inks space station supply deal
Lockheed Martin will continue providing on-the-ground cargo services for missions to the International Space Station (ISS), the company says.
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Discovery to roll back to shuttle garage
Space shuttle Discovery will move back into the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida after tanking tests on 17 December, NASA...
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USAF buys Raytheon's UAV tracking system
Raytheon's Solipsys will install its situational awareness and collaboration system for unmanned aircraft at 18 US Air Force locations ...
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NewsPhantom Ray gets ready for 747 ride west
Boeing's Phantom Ray unmanned air vehicle has hitched its first ride atop a NASA shuttle carrier aircraft ...
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DARPA, Boeing ink deal to expand A160 uses
Under a $12.8 million contract Boeing will adapt its A160T Hummingbird unmanned helicopter to carry signals intelligence (SIGINT) payloads and BAE Systems'...
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Secret SpaceX payload revealed
"Do you have any cheese at all?" SpaceX CEO and PayPal founder Elon Musk doesn't have to worry about angering John Cleese with his answer. Musk...
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NASA plans tests for Discovery
NASA will begin tests on Discovery's external fuel tank sometime after 15 December, the US space agency says. Engineers are still meeting to determine...
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Norway to get AeroVironment Ravens in 2011
Norway has placed a $4.9 million order for AeroVironment's hand-launched Raven unmanned aircraft system ...
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NewsSpaceX, NASA launch new era of spaceflight
SpaceX's Dragon capsule became the first successful commercial space vehicle when it lifted off aboard the California-based company's Falcon 9 on a mission co-sponsored by NASA and was recovered from its Pacific Ocean splashdown hours later.
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Proton crash set back for Russian GLONASS programme
The Russian government has formed an investigative committee to review the 5 December launch failure of a Proton rocket that ultimately destroyed three navigational...
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SpaceX-NASA launch postponed
The maiden flight of SpaceX's Dragon capsule originally planned for 7 Decemeber has been postponed due to a crack in the engine nozzle on the rocket's second...