News tagged with martin
Rocket with secret payload launches from Calif.
(AP) -- A rocket carrying a top-secret payload blasted off Tuesday from the California coast.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Proposed Mars mission has new name
A proposed Discovery mission concept led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., to investigate the formation and evolution of terrestrial planets by studying the deep interior of Mars now has ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 28, 2012 |
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WikiLeaks publishes 'millions' of Stratfor emails
Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks on Monday began publishing more than five million confidential emails from US-based intelligence firm Stratfor, the anti-secrecy group said.
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Navy launches new communications satellite
(AP) -- The Navy has launched a new communications satellite after two weather-related scrubs last week.
Feb 24, 2012 |
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NASA hopes to test new spaceship in 2014
There's no firm date yet, but sometime in early 2014 NASA intends to take its first major step toward rebuilding its human spaceflight program.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Scientists make first-ever observations of comet's demise deep inside solar atmosphere
On July 6, 2011, a comet was caught doing something never seen before: die a scorching death as it flew too close to the sun. That the comet met its fate this way was no surprise – but the chance to watch ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 19, 2012 |
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New generation GPS satellite starts tests in Colo.
A $5.5 billion upgrade to the Global Positioning System moved a step closer to launch this week when a prototype arrived at a Lockheed Martin complex in Colorado to begin months of tests.
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Mars explorers will include women, experts say
Men walked on the Moon, but women will be among the pioneering explorers who someday step foot on Mars, said a gathering of top female space experts this week.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 11, 2011 |
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NASA plans 2014 test-flight of deep-space capsule
NASA said Tuesday it will launch in 2014 an unmanned test flight of its Orion deep space capsule, made by Lockheed Martin to someday carry astronauts to the moon, an asteroid or Mars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Benefits of future space program are intangible
(PhysOrg.com) -- As someone deeply involved in the American aerospace industry since its inception in the late 1950s, Norman Augustine says that the United States may need a "jolt" similar to the 1958 launching of the Russian ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Pentagon, NASA open space launch missions to private ventures
The U.S. government has taken the first steps toward allowing commercial space companies to launch its national security satellites into outer space.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 18, 2011 |
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Apple 'genius' Steve Jobs dies from cancer
Suddenly, the next version of the iPhone doesn't seem so important. It's time to mourn Steve Jobs, the Silicon Valley maestro who always seemed to hit the right note as he transformed Apple Inc. into technology's ...
Oct 06, 2011 |
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NASA invites students to name moon-bound spacecraft
NASA has a class assignment for U.S. students: help the agency give the twin spacecraft headed to orbit around the moon new names.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 04, 2011 |
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MAVEN mission primary structure complete
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission has reached a new milestone. Lockheed Martin has completed building the primary structure of the MAVEN spacecraft at its Space Systems Company ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Image: Orion prepares for next round of acoustic testing
The Orion MPCV ground test vehicle is lifted into the acoustic chamber at Lockheed Martin’s facilities near Denver on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011, in preparation for the Launch Abort Vehicle Configuration ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 23, 2011 |
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