NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Space Telescope Mission
03 Jul
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NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Space Telescope Mission

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NASA Space Technology NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the COSI (Compton Spectrometer and Imager) mission.The firm-fixed-price contract has a value of approximately $69 million, which includes launch services and other mission related costs. The COSI mission currently is targeted to launch August 2027 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.This wide-field gamma-ray telescope will study energetic phenomena in the Milky Way and beyond, including the creation and destruction of matter and antimatter and the final stages of the lives of stars. NASA’s COSI mission will probe the origins of the Milky Way’s galactic positrons, uncover the sites of nucleosynthesis in our galaxy, perform studies of gamma-ray polarization, and find counterparts to multi-messenger sources. The compact Compton telescope combines improved...
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Esu Karu confers traditional titles on Wike, Abass, others
30 Jun
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Esu Karu confers traditional titles on Wike, Abass, others

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NASA Space Technology KARU (SUNDIATA POST)- The Esu Karu of Karu Chiefdom, Mr Luka Panya-Baba, on Saturday conferred the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, with the traditional title of Bakuku.Panya-Baba conferred the title in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, at the celebration of his 20th Anniversary on the throne as the traditional ruler of Karu Chiefdom.He also conferred on Rep. Tajudeen Abass, Speaker, House of Representatives, with the traditional title of Kpatta”, which means ‘Shield’ of Karu Traditional Council.He said that the recipients have exhibited exemplary leadership over the years and shown tremendous love and support to the Gbagyi ethnic group.Panya-Baba also conferred the traditional title of “Katah” which means ‘Shed’ on Sen. Phillip Aduda, while also awarding the Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Mr Zaphaniah Jisalo, with an Award titled...
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Two Die As Police, Military Exchange Gunfire With Armed Robbers In Nasarawa
30 Jun
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Two Die As Police, Military Exchange Gunfire With Armed Robbers In Nasarawa

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NASA Space Technology NASA Space Technology Nasarawa State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has announced that its officers, in a recent operation in collaboration with the military, eliminated two individuals involved in an armed robbery in the Karu Local Government Zone of the state.The police stated that the suspects were eliminated in a shootout with the security personnel.In a statement signed and issued to newsmen in Lafia on Saturday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, stated that two of the criminals sustained degrees of injuries and were rushed to a hospital, where they were later confirmed dead.The police statement reads: On 29/6/2024 at about 0310hrs, a distress call was received by the Divisional Police officer, Karshi, about an ongoing armed robbery operation around Karshi by-pass.Upon receipt of the information, Police operatives,...
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Nasa says Boeing Starliner crew ‘not stranded’ in space
30 Jun
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Nasa says Boeing Starliner crew ‘not stranded’ in space

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NASA Space Technology NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams walk at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, ahead of Boeing's Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket to the International Space Station, June 5, 2024. — ReutersNational Aeronautics and Space Administration's (Nasa) on Friday insisted that the first astronauts to fly Boeing's troubled Starliner are not "stranded" at the International Space Station despite no clear timeframe for bringing them home.In an attempt to paint a positive picture after weeks of negative headlines, Nasa’s commercial crew programme manager in a press conference on Friday said, "Butch and Suni are not stranded in space", AFP reported.He added that the pair were "enjoying their time on the space station" and "our plan is to continue to return them on Starliner and return them...
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