Will Cut 5,800 Positions From Future “Airbus Defense And Space” Division And Corporate Functions

EADS on Monday presented a restructuring plan for its future Airbus Defense and Space Division (Airbus DS) to the European Works Council. This presentation follows a decision by the EADS Board of Directors in July this year to consolidate the defense and space businesses of the Group into one new Division and to rebrand EADS into “Airbus Group”.

PhoneSat 2.4 Has A COTS Smartphone At Its Core

PhoneSat 2.4, NASA's next generation smartphone cubesat has phoned home. The tiny spacecraft that uses an off-the-shelf smartphone for a brain has completed checkout and sent back data confirming all systems are "go" for the spry spacefarer.

Message: Aerospace Means Business Through Commercial And Exploration Programs

Representatives from Florida’s aerospace industry will visit Tallahassee on March 12, 2014, to participate in Florida Space Day and share with legislators the opportunities the industry brings to Florida and the nation’s space program. “Aerospace means business and that translates into high tech, high paying jobs for Florida,” said Patty Stratton, chair of Florida Space Day 2014.

Five Planets Studied Orbit Nearby Stars

Using the powerful­ eye of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, two teams of scientists have found faint signatures of water in the atmospheres of five distant planets. The presence of atmospheric water was reported previously on a few exoplanets orbiting stars beyond our solar system, but this is the first study to conclusively measure and compare the profiles and intensities of these signatures on multiple worlds.

Space Agency And The Commonwealth Center For Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) In Richmond, VA Have Joined Forces To Advance Technology And Innovation

NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA and The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) announced a partnership Tuesday, making the space agency the first government member of the applied research center.

New Engineering Design Challenge Builds On Great Moonbuggy Race

NASA is debuting a new engineering design challenge to engage students worldwide in the next phase of human space exploration. The NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge is a more complex follow-on to the successful NASA Great Moonbuggy Race. The competition is open to high school and college students and challenges them to create a vehicle designed to traverse the simulated surface of another world.

NROL-39 Mission Boosted From Vandenberg AFB Thursday Night

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg AFB in California on Dec. 5 at 2314 PST. Designated NROL-39, the mission is in support of national defense.