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December 21, 2015

SUCCESS!! SpaceX Lands Falcon 9 Booster At Cape Canaveral

Orbcomm Satellites Successfully Delivered To Orbit

SpaceX is back in the launch business, and now in the reusable booster business as well.

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Bombardier’s CS100 aircraft comes closer to entering service as Transport Canada has now certified the aircraft. Obtaining the Type Certificate paves the way for the delivery and entry into service of the CS100 with first its operator, SWISS. The testing program took place over a period of five years and involved over 3000 hours of flight testing. Bombardier's CS300 aircraft, the larger model, is on track to obtain its Type Certificate within the next six months. The FAA has claimed that its regulation regarding UAS registration was based on a unanimous recommendation made by the industry advisory committee that expl

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NASA Accepting Applications For Future Explorers

Applications Will Be Taken Through February 18

NASA is looking for the best candidates to work in the best job on or off the planet. The astronaut candidate application website now is live and accepting submissions through Feb. 18.

Contract Worth $50 Million Over Five Years

NASA has awarded Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) wholly-owned subsidiary Orbital Technologies Corporation (ORBITEC) a competitive indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) task order contract to support the development, demonstration and verification of advanced propulsion system technologies under the Research and Technologies for Aerospace Propulsion Systems 2 (RTAPS2) for NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

Keeps Balloons Over Antarctic Landmass For Extended Periods Of Time

While winter is closing in on the northern hemisphere, it’s nearing summertime in Antarctica, which for NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program means one thing: anticyclone.

Will Build Copernicus Sentinel-1C And D Satellites

Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to build the Copernicus Sentinel-1C and 1D environmental monitoring satellites, as part of Europe's Copernicus program.