Todd May, director of NASA‘s Marshall Space Flight Center, has been named vice president of space strategy for KBR‘s (NYSE: KBR) government services arm. He will formally join KBRwyle in July and will also lead the unit’s systems analysis and services division that serves federal civilian and defense custom...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeJhXAigzNc The third meeting of the National Space Council, seeking a partnership to power our Gateway, and “ an educational activity that™s quite a blast ¦ a few of the stories to tell you about “ This Week at NASA! This video is available for download from NASA’s Image and Video Library:...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 22, 2018 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has switched on two main systems of NASA™s James Webb Space Telescope in support of the test and integration phase of the program, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday its engineers used external power tools to generate compatible energy in order to simul...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 20, 2018 ” A subsidiary of ASRC Federal will work to help NASA assess new computing platforms and conduct simulation and modeling as well as data analysis and visualization under a potential $1.2 billion contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The contract tasks InuTeq to provide high-performance com...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 15, 2018 ” Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) will serve as a strategic partner to Akima Support Operations under a potential $131.7 million NASA contract to help maintain facilities at Goddard Space Flight Center, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Jacobs said Wednesday it will support GSFC™s Facilities Op...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK22fHb2pjE NASA™s remotely-piloted Ikhana aircraft performs flight tests in preparation to fly in the National Airspace System without a safety chase aircraft. On June 12, 2018, NASA successfully flew the historic flight. News release: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/na… The flight will help to move the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYVZxdvl2jQ Go behind the scenes of the launch prep for Orbital ATK’s Antares and Cygnus OA-9 mission to the International Space Station. Cygnus is scheduled to launch aboard an Antares rocket for the seventh time from NASA™s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFWS1Dh6H_4 What™s the latest news from Mars? NASA™s InSight lander and MarCO CubeSats are on their way to the Red Planet, a tiny helicopter will hitch a ride with the Mars 2020 rover mission, and Curiosity™s drill is back in business! For more Mars exploration updates, visit https://mars.nasa.gov...
Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) will develop two more weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in addition to the Joint Polar Satellite System-2 spacecraft after NASA exercised options that would bring the total amount of the contract to approximately $460 million. The company said Friday it is currently building the JP...
Ball Aerospace and Technologies has received a $113.2 million contract to develop, build and test the main instrument components of NASA‘s upcoming observatory known as the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope. Ball will deliver design, analysis, fabrication, test and evaluation services supporting the development of WFIRST Wide...
