Two Year Contracts Awarded To Develop Payload Delivery
Systems
NASA has selected seven companies to integrate and fly
technology payloads on commercial suborbital reusable platforms
that carry payloads near the boundary of space. As part of NASA's
Flight Opportunities Program, each successful vendor will receive
an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract.
Advanced Scientific Concepts' New Imaging System Tested On
STS-133
A lightweight, small form factor DragonEye integrated 3D FLC
(Flash LIDAR Camera) is now ready to launch aboard upcoming space
explorations, according to Advanced Scientific Concepts, Inc.
(ASC). Designed especially for Automated Rendezvous and Docking
(AR&D) and On-orbit Satellite Servicing (OSS), it was most
recently tested on the STS-133 Discovery in February 2011 and has
been listed as Technical Readiness Level (TRL) of 8.
Hydro Impact Basin Has Already Tested Orion Mockup
NASA held an official ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new $1.7
million Hydro Impact Basin facility at NASA's Langley Research
Center in Hampton, VA, Tuesday morning. The new water basin is
located at the historic gantry, where Neil Armstrong first trained
to walk on the moon.
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