NASA Selects Three New Venture-Class Launch Service Providers
23 Aug
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NASA Selects Three New Venture-Class Launch Service Providers

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NASA Space Technology NASA has selected three additional companies to provide launch services for future agency missions through its VADR (Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare) contract.The companies awarded are:Arrow Science and Technology LLC of Webster, TexasImpulse Space Inc. of Redondo Beach, CaliforniaMomentus Space LLC of San Jose, CaliforniaThe VADR contract is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity instrument with an ordering period through Feb. 3, 2027 and a maximum total value of $300 million across all VADR contracts. NASA selected the new launch providers in accordance with VADR’s on-ramp provision, allowing the agency to add new capabilities not available or identified at the time of the initial award. NASA will issue firm-fixed-price task orders for launch services as needed for future agency and agency-sponsored missions.The VADR contract builds on NASA’s previous procurement efforts, such as the VCLS...
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Leadership to Discuss NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test
23 Aug
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Leadership to Discuss NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test

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NASA Space Technology NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and leadership will hold an internal Agency Test Flight Readiness Review on Saturday, Aug. 24, for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. About an hour later, NASA will host a live news conference at 1 p.m. EDT from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.Watch the media event on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media.Media interested in attending the news conference must contact the newsroom at NASA Johnson no later than 1 p.m., Friday, Aug. 23, at 281-483-5111 or jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov. Media participating by phone must RSVP no later than one hour prior to the start of the event. A copy of NASA’s media accreditation policy is online.NASA and Boeing have...
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Lawson will ‘definitely’ race in F1 in 2025
23 Aug
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Lawson will ‘definitely’ race in F1 in 2025

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Top Stories Tamfitronics Liam Lawson can breathe a little easier, because Red Bull’s driver-focused F1 consultant Dr Helmut Marko has very good news for the New Zealander rookie."He will definitely be in one of our cars next year ," the 81-year-old declared ahead of the Dutch GP to Kleine Zeitung newspaper.And what is good news for Lawson, 22, appears to be bad news for the much older incumbent at Red Bull’s junior team RB - Daniel Ricciardo."We saw last year what Liam is capable of when he replaced me after I broke my hand," said the Australian at Zandvoort. "He deserves a place on the Formula 1 grid."If that works out, I’ll be happy for him. It’s up to me to put in a good performance and secure a place for 2025....
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Manager Scott Servais learned of his Mariners firing in brutal way
23 Aug
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Manager Scott Servais learned of his Mariners firing in brutal way

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Top Stories Tamfitronics Scott Servais was officially fired by the Seattle Mariners on Thursday, and the manager learned of the news in a rough way. A report earlier on Thursday circulated saying that the Mariners were expected to fire Servais and replace him at manager with Dan Wilson.It wasn’t until a few hours later that Servais was scheduled to meet with Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto to officially learn of his firing.Scott Servais learned of his firing this morning from a breaking news alert on social media, a couple hours before he was scheduled to meet with Jerry Dipoto.— Adam Jude (@A_Jude) August 22, 2024Learning through a media report that you have been fired rather than from the team is always tough. But sometimes the story leaks to the media first.The Mariners...
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