NASA Commercial Partner Sierra Nevada Completes Safety Review

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WASHINGTON -- Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) Space Systems of Louisville, Colo., has completed its first major, comprehensive safety review of its Dream Chaser Space System. This is the company's latest paid-for-performance milestone with NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP), which is working with commercial space partners to develop capabilities to launch U.S. astronauts from American soil in the next few years.

The Integrated Systems Safety Analysis Review provided NASA with hazard reports and safety and reliability plans for the major components of the company's integrated crew transportation system, including the Dream Chaser spacecraft, United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, and flight and ground systems.

"Safety review milestones are critical to ensuring safety and reliability techniques and methods are incorporated into space systems design," said Ed Mango, NASA's CCP manager. "NASA's participation in these reviews provides our partners with critical design experiences from past human spaceflight activities."

SNC is developing its Dream Chaser Space System under NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative, which is intended to lead to the availability of commercial human spaceflight services for government and commercial customers.

"Dream Chaser is making substantial progress toward flight with the help of our NASA team," said Mark Sirangelo, head of SNC's Space Systems. "The ability to openly exchange information through the work on these CCiCap milestones is invaluable for many reasons, such as communicating Dream Chaser development plans and receiving timely feedback from NASA, all of which help to improve our design and maximize safety and reliability. As we begin our flight test program we have a better and stronger program due to our partnership with NASA."

A Dream Chaser engineering test craft is being prepared for shipment to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California this month for its first free-flight test later this year at the center. The test will provide data on the winged spacecraft's aerodynamic performance during approach and landing on a traditional runway.

For more information about NASA's Commercial Crew Program, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew

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NASA Solicitation: Large Area Telescope Instrument Contract Extension With Stanford University

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Solicitation Number: RFP-NASA-LAT-EXTENSION Posted Date: May 09, 2013 FedBizOpps Posted Date: May 09, 2013 Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: No Original Response Date: May 24, 2013 Current Response Date: May 24, 2013 Classification Code: A -- Research and Development NAICS Code: 336419

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.S, Greenbelt, MD 20771

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has a requirement for the continuation of Contract NAS5-00147 with Stanford University for instrument operations and science analyses of the Large Area Telescope (LAT) instrument aboard the Fermi spacecraft. Stanford University has been performing both the instrument operations and the science analyses functions since the launch of Fermi.

NASA/GSFC intends to issue a sole-source Request for Proposal (RFP) to Stanford University. The estimated period of performance of this cost-no-fee (CNF) contract extension will be for approximately 3 years from August 11, 2013 through September 30, 2016.

Stanford University is the only organization currently qualified to perform the subject requirement for the following reasons: 1) This procurement will enable the science and flight operations activities to continue to be merged and carried out at Stanford University with a substantial university undergraduate and graduate student educational involvement. Only Stanford University possesses the high level scientific expertise, the detailed design, test and operations knowledge of the LAT instrument and Fermi spacecraft, and the capability to integrate the science operations and science data analysis.

This expertise and experience is essential because the majority of the science operations flow from the science data analysis and require knowledge both of the instrument science and instrument design, test and operation. In particular, this expertise is necessary for building the observing sequences and command loads required to implement the observing plan as well as developing and implementing procedures and contingency plans to identify and resolve in flight anomalies.

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Non-profit to run NASA UAS challenge

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WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- An Ohio non-profit has been tapped by NASA to manage a competition for UAS technologies, particularly those for sensing and avoiding other aircraft.

The competition is called the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Airspace Operations Challenge and carries a prize of $500,000.

"Development Projects Inc. leads a technically diverse expert team to conduct this new NASA aeronautics-related challenge competition," said Larry Cooper, program executive for NASA's Centennial Challenges Program in Washington.

"We look forward to working with Development Projects to see this challenge provide advanced technologies and new entrants who will assist in the development of our nation's next generation airspace capabilities."

Development Projects was selected from proposals solicited last year. It will finalize rules, conduct competition preparations and register competitors, who will include private companies, student groups and independent inventors.

The first competition to demonstrate team entries is expected in May 2014.

The NASA Aeronautics Research Institute at NASA's Ames Research Center in California is coordinating agency participation in the challenge on behalf of NASA's Space Technology and Aeronautics Research mission directorates.

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Space Station Leaking Vital Coolant, NASA Says

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Astronauts on the International Space Station have discovered a leak of ammonia coolant on their orbiting habitat, and NASA is looking into the problem, though it poses no immediate danger to the crew, officials said today (May 9).

The space station uses chilled liquid ammonia to cool down the power systems on its eight giant solar array panels. A minor leak of this ammonia was first noticed in 2007, and NASA has been studying the issue ever since. In November 2012 two astronauts took a spacewalk to fix the problem, rewiring some coolant lines and installing a spare radiator due to fears the original radiator was damaged by a micrometeorite impact.

At the time, those measures appeared to fix the problem, but today astronauts on the football field-size space station noticed a steady stream of frozen ammonia flakes leaking from the area of the suspect coolant loop in the Photovoltaic Thermal Control System (PVTCS). [Gallery: Building the International Space Station]

"It is in the same area, but we don't know whether it's the same leak," NASA spokesman Kelly Humphries of the Johnson Space Center in Houston told SPACE.com. Humphries said the agency was taking the leak seriously because it affects an important system if they loose the ability to cool that particular solar array, it won't be able to generate power for the station. In fact, the leak has worsened to the point that Mission Control expects that particular loop to shut down within the next 24 hours.

However, "the crew is in no danger," Humphries stressed. It's too soon to speculate on a possible spacewalk or other measure to deal with the issue, he added.

Mission Control has been discussing the problem with the astronauts on the station throughout the afternoon.

"What you guys have provided in the way of imagery and video has been just like gold to us on the ground," astronaut Doug Wheelock from Mission Control radioed to space station commander Chris Hadfield, a Canadian Space Agency astronaut. "We are fairly confident that it's coming from the vicinity of the TCS." However, flight contollers noted they were still unable to pinpoint the leak's exact location.

NASA engineers are reviewing plans to potentially move the station's robotic arm over to the area of the port truss, the scaffolding-like backbone of the station (the original leak was traced to the Port 6 truss).

"Tomorrow we'll plan to get the arm in the game to see if we can better pinpoint the location of the leak," Wheelock said.

Hadfield said he and his crewmates had noticed the rate of the leak varied depending on the orientation of the station with the sun, suggesting particular angles allowed the ammonia coolant to leak more quickly.

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NASA: International Space Station has ammonia leak in cooling system

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(CNN) -- The International Space Station is once again leaking ammonia from a cooling system, NASA said Thursday in a news release.

The crew is not in danger, NASA said.

The space station crew reported seeing small white flakes floating away from the station, the space agency said, So NASA helped locate the leak with external cameras while the crew used hand-held cameras pointed out windows.

The leak was in a cooling loop in a solar array that has leaked before. NASA said crew members tried to fix the leak in November. It is unclear whether this is the same leak or a new one.

The cooling system could shut down within 24 hours, NASA said. It is devising a plan to reroute other sources of power.

Three crew members -- commander Chris Hadfield of Canada, NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko -- are scheduled to leave the station on Monday at 7:08 p.m. ET.

Hadfield asked NASA if the leak will affect the undocking. Capsule Communicator Doug Wheelock said officials at the Mission Control Center in Houston don't see anything that they can't overcome technically, but they would have more information in the morning.

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Mobile Technology, Nanotechnology, Beverages and GMO in This Weeks Small-Cap Specialists Research Reports

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CARN's share structure is perfectly set up for a HUGE breakout with a low active float of 40 Million shares, 100M authorized and 52M outstanding. Get the full report on recent company events and trading activity here: http://bit.ly/OTCBBresearch

Dethrone Royalty Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: DRHC) has been very active and true to the business plan outlined. Recent press releases by DRHC have informed shareholders of a creation of new beverage segment supported by superstar endorsements, Dethrone beverages currently being sold in 100 stores with plans to be sold in over 750 stores very soon, major distributors carrying the product and the launch of an e-commerce site. For a closer look at the recent news and the full report in its entirety, please use the following link: http://bit.ly/OTCBBresearch

NaturalNano Inc. (OTCQB: NNAN) Nanotechnology continues to dominate the headlines around the world within scientific communities. Dozens of countries, hundreds of public institutions and private companies are rapidly pursuing the next big discovery. In the United States alone a record 4,000+ nanotechnology class patents were issued last year. Due to an increasing amount of competitors in this industry it is hard to decipher which entities have patented nanotechnology that has real marketable use.

NaturalNano Inc. is a company that has twenty issued and pending patents that have the potential to be used in numerous markets. A recent video released by the company validates that they have a serviceable product that can be used in cancer patients. The video can be found at http://www.jove.com/video/4248/rapid-isolation-viable-circulating-tumor-cells-from-patient-blood. The video demonstrates the ability to isolate tumor cells from cancer patient blood samples. This method is made possible by the use of NaturalNano's halloysite nanotubes.

NaturalNano Inc. has five specific sectors it plans to focus on in 2013. They are automotive, military, aerospace, packaging, and electronics. Several advances are being developed to improve the automotive industry. The goal is to make a lighter vehicle while providing a more efficient high energy storage capacitor to replace batteries. Military vehicles would also benefit as they would be lighter and able to transport larger loads. Aerospace could experience longer and faster flights due to lighter aircraft. The packaging industry is a $433 Billion market. The nanotechnology being developed could make packages stronger and thinner. Once developed the company has the resources to capture a large share of that market. The development of a high energy storage capacitor would be very useful in the electronics market. Most cordless electronics require batteries. This nanotechnology would provide a more efficient and longer lasting power source.Get the full NNAN research report here: http://bit.ly/OTCBBresearch

Verity Corp (OTCQB: VRTY) (www.veritycorp.com) is a vertically integrated sustainable agriculture company incorporating organic production technologies and non-GMO standards for the efficient production of healthy food -- both crops and livestock. What draws our attention to this stock is its low outstanding share count of only 7.68 Million, a recent price of $0.55 and increasing media attention to the very market sector that VRTY operates in.With the announcement by Whole Foods Markets (WFM) that their suppliers will be required to do GMO labeling and the numerous states that will be having referendums on GMO-labeling, the future prospects for a company with a long operating history in the sustainable agriculture sector is very promising for increasing the rate of revenue growth -- especially when the company is making it pretty clear that they intend to expand through acquisitions as well as organically.The long festering concern that many farmers harbor about what their heavy reliance on chemical fertilizers and herbicides has done to their farm's soil health has provided Verity with a motivated and growing market in the farming sector.The die has been cast -- consumers WILL demand healthier food -- and that demand will translate into Verity's target market growing faster going forward.This controversy over the health of our food coupled with the farmer's challenge to produce food that has high nutritional value while maintaining and increasing yields is putting a spotlight on Verity -- a newly public company with an increasing investor base that can have a dramatic impact on its market valuation. Get the full in-depth research report here: http://bit.ly/OTCBBresearch

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