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Space Station Communications Test Bed Checks Out; Experiments Begin

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NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) test bed has begun its experiments after completing its checkout on the International Space Station. The SCaN test bed is an advanced, integrated communications laboratory facility that uses a new generation of software-defined radio (SDR) technology to allow researchers to develop, test and demonstrate advanced communications, networking and navigation technologies in space Continue reading →

NASA 'Space Network' receives boost

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NASA launched a new communication satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Wednesday evening. This satellite is one of three expected to reach space between now and 2015, upgrading the agency’s communication network. A next-generation NASA relay satellite was launched into orbit Wednesday (Jan Continue reading →

NASA 'Space Network' receives boost from satellite

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NASA launched a new communication satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Wednesday evening. This satellite is one of three expected to reach space between now and 2015, upgrading the agency’s communication network. A next-generation NASA relay satellite was launched into orbit Wednesday (Jan Continue reading →

How NASA satellite will boost communications

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A NASA communications network used to track satellites and spacecraft orbiting the Earth is about to get an upgrade with the launch of a new satellite on Wednesday. The space agency is set to launch the new Tracking and Data Relay Satellite K (TDRS-K for short) on Wednesday at 8:48 p.m. Continue reading →

KinetX Receives Certifications for AS9100 Rev. C and ISO9001:2008

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TEMPE, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– KinetX Aerospace, the first commercial entity to provide spacecraft navigation services for NASA interplanetary missions, has achieved certification for both the AS9100 Rev. C and ISO9001:2008 standards. KinetX completed the Stage II audit with no major or minor nonconformities and no observations, a significant achievement for a small business entity Continue reading →

NASA, ESA Use Experimental Interplanetary Internet to Test Robot From International Space Station

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NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) successfully have used an experimental version of interplanetary Internet to control an educational rover from the International Space Station. The experiment used NASA’s Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) protocol to transmit messages and demonstrate technology that one day may enable Internet-like communications with space vehicles and support habitats or infrastructure on another planet. Space station Expedition 33 commander Sunita Williams in late October used a NASA-developed laptop to remotely drive a small LEGO robot at the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany Continue reading →

Experimental interplanetary Internet used to test robot from International Space Station

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ScienceDaily (Nov. 8, 2012) NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) successfully have used an experimental version of interplanetary Internet to control an educational rover from the International Space Station. The experiment used NASA’s Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) protocol to transmit messages and demonstrate technology that one day may enable Internet-like communications with space vehicles and support habitats or infrastructure on another planet. Continue reading →

NASA Launches Interactive Space Communications Mobile Game App

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Commemorating the World Space Week, NASA has launched a new mobile application that makes gamers in charge of a communications network, donning the role of space communications network manager who supports scientific missions. Continue reading →

Beaches At Shinnecock Will Be Rebuilt With Sand From Inlet

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Contractors working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and New York State will dredge about 300,000 tons of sand from Shinnecock Inlet beginning next month and pump it onto beaches west of the inlet that were severely eroded during the passing of Hurricane Irene last year. The project officially has a dual purpose: bolstering the beaches decimated by Irenes waves and clearing the navigation channel leading from the Atlantic Ocean into Shinnecock Bay, home to the states second-largest commercial fishing port Continue reading →

NASA Picks Revolutionary Space Tech Proposals for Development

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September 7, 2012 – NASA’s Space Technology Program has selected 5 technologies that could revolutionize America’s space capabilities. The following proposals were selected for funding: Representing and Exploiting Cumulative Experience with Objects for Autonomous Manipulation; Lightweight High Performance Acoustic Suppression Technology Development; Fast Light Optical Gyroscopes for Precision Inertial Navigation; EHD-Based Variable Conductance Thermal Interface Material; and Membrane Enabled Reverse Lung Continue reading →

Sikorsky Aerospace Services Awarded Exclusive International Distribution of Northrop Grumman's NAVEX-12 Air Navigation …

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LONDON, July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW –Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) today announced an exclusive sales and distribution agreement with Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Italy-based subsidiary, Northrop Grumman Italia (NGI), to equip BLACK HAWK utility aircraft with its NAVEX-12 Air Navigation System. Certified to military standards, the NAVEX-12 provides a lower weight, more reliable, fiber-optic air navigation system for BLACK HAWK utility helicopters Continue reading →