NASA awards SpaceX contract for space station deorbit vehicle
27 Jun
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NASA awards SpaceX contract for space station deorbit vehicle

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NASA Space Technology The International Space Station as seen from a Crew Dragon spacecraft in 2021. Credit: NASAWASHINGTON — NASA selected SpaceX to develop a spacecraft that will be used to perform the final phases of the deorbiting of the International Space Station around the end of the decade.NASA announced June 26 it awarded SpaceX a contract valued at up to $843 million to build the United States Deorbit Vehicle (USDV). That contract covers the development of the spacecraft, with NASA to conduct a later procurement for launching the USDV.The agency announced more than a year ago its intent to pursue development of the USDV. The spacecraft will dock with the ISS and perform the final series of maneuvers needed to make a controlled reentry of the station over a remote ocean region like the...
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Urban Sky wins NASA award to develop balloon-borne fire sensors
27 Jun
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Urban Sky wins NASA award to develop balloon-borne fire sensors

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NASA Space Technology Urban Sky says its Series A round will allow it to expand its commercial imaging services it provides from "microballoons" in the stratosphere. Credit: Urban SkyWASHINGTON — Urban Sky, a startup developing stratospheric balloons to take high-resolution imagery, has won a multimillion-dollar NASA grant to develop a wildfire monitoring system.The Denver-based company announced June 26 it received a contract from NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office for a system that will use stratospheric balloons to detect and monitor wildfires and relay that information to firefighters on the ground. The three-year award is worth about $2.6 million.The project is an evolution of earlier work Urban Sky had done under a NASA Small Business Innovation Research award to develop a small thermal infrared sensor, which the company tested on its balloons, said Andrew Antonio, chief...
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Trippy NASA Visualization Takes You on a Journey Through the Iconic Pillars of Creation
27 Jun
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Trippy NASA Visualization Takes You on a Journey Through the Iconic Pillars of Creation

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NASA Space Technology The shimmery towers of cosmic dust and gas at the heart of the Eagle Nebula have inspired awe for decades since they were first captured by the Hubble telescope. Now, NASA released the most detailed visualization of the iconic celestial structure, revealing all of its dreamy features across multiple wavelengths of light.Suggested ReadingWebb Telescope Images the Pillars of CreationSuggested ReadingUsing data from the Hubble and Webb space telescopes, NASA astrophysicists have weaved together an unprecedented journey across the Pillars of Creation, traveling through the three-dimensional structure and revealing the clouds of dust and embedded stars that make up its finger-like features. The 3D visualization is based on observational data from a paper published in the Meteoritic & Planetary Science journal.The 2.5-minute-video lets viewers experience the Pillars of Creation in both...
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