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  • NASA to Fly Materials Science Experiment on Boeing-Built X-37B - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Fly Materials Science Experiment on Boeing-Built X-37B

    NASA will seek to build on its materials science research efforts with a flight of the Materials Exposure and Technology Innovation in Space experiment on a Boeing-built X-37B spacecraft owned by the U.S. Air Force. The space agency said Wednesday the experiment will expose 100 quarter-size materials samples, including polymers and composites, to the space environment at the International Space Station for […] More

  • Dynetics to Extend IT Support at NASA's Marshall Space Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynetics to Extend IT Support at NASA’s Marshall Space Center

    A Dynetics subsidiary has received a 12-month, $59.3 million contract extension to provide information technology services to NASA‘s Marshall Space Flight Center. The extension period will run from Feb. 1 to Jan. 31, 2016, and covers managerial and technical support at the space research facility, NASA said Friday. Dynetics Technical Services will continue to work with […] More

  • NASA Puts Space Launch System Engine Through 1st Hot-Fire Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Puts Space Launch System Engine Through 1st Hot-Fire Test

    NASA has completed an initial, 500-second hot-fire test on the RS-25 engine for Boeing‘s Space Launch System at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi in preparation for the rocket’s future missions to deep space. The space agency said Friday its engineers checked the inlet pressure conditions and engine controller unit and will continue with further tests in April. “We’ve made modifications […] More

  • Linde to Supply NASA With Liquid Nitrogen, Liquid Oxygen; Cliff Caldwell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Linde to Supply NASA With Liquid Nitrogen, Liquid Oxygen; Cliff Caldwell Comments

    Linde will supply NASA with approximately 360,000 tons of liquid nitrogen and 64,000 tons of liquid oxygen to support the operations of six research and space flight centers across the U.S. The company said Monday the agency uses nitrogen for pressurization, purging, inerting and pneumatic actuation, while oxygen is used as oxidizer for cryogenic rocket engines. The research and space […] More

  • Teledyne to Build NASA Space Launch System Adapter; Robert Mehrabian Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Teledyne to Build NASA Space Launch System Adapter; Robert Mehrabian Comments

    A subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies will build a launch vehicle stage adapter for NASA to use on the agency’s Space Launch System under a five-year, $60 million contract. Teledyne Brown Engineering unit will use the Marshall Space Flight Center’s advanced welding facility to assemble the adapter, which is intended to protect and support SLS’ core and […] More

  • NASA Tests Boeing Avionics Software on Space Launch System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Tests Boeing Avionics Software on Space Launch System

    NASA powered up the Space Launch System for the first time Thursday to demonstrate the rocket’s flight avionics and software, both of which were developed by Boeing. The SLS reached first light status after the electronic flight guidance and manager was integrated into the launch vehicle at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, NASA said […] More