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Quantum Computing Inc. Awarded Fourth Subcontract from NASA

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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LEESBURG, Va., Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Computing Inc. (QCi), (Nasdaq: QUBT), an innovative quantum optics and nanophononics technology company, today announced that they have been awarded a fourth project from NASA.

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  • LEESBURG, Va., Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Computing Inc. (QCi), (Nasdaq: QUBT), an innovative quantum optics and nanophononics technology company, today announced that they have been awarded a fourth project from NASA.
  • QCi, the only company worldwide that can utilize Entropy Quantum Computing (EQC) to denoise LiDAR spectral information, has been tapped by Analytical Mechanics Associates on behalf of NASA to provide a new approach to remove sunlight noise from LiDAR spectral mapping in lower earth orbit.
  • This technology improvement would be an effective and affordable method for NASA to measure the unique physical properties of clouds and aerosols to prepare for space missions at any time of day.
  • The current award is executed via the Research, Science, and Engineering Services (RSES) contract at NASA Langley Research Center.

NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX, Intuitive Machines First Moon Mission

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
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Live launch coverage will air on NASA+ , NASA Television, the NASA app , and the agency's website, with prelaunch events starting Monday, Feb. 12.

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  • Live launch coverage will air on NASA+ , NASA Television, the NASA app , and the agency's website, with prelaunch events starting Monday, Feb. 12.
  • Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander is expected to land on the Moon Thursday, Feb. 22.
  • On launch day, a "tech feed" of the launch without NASA TV commentary will be carried on the NASA TV media channel.
  • Launch day coverage of the mission will be available on the NASA website.

NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX, Intuitive Machines First Moon Mission

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
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Live launch coverage will air on NASA+ , NASA Television, the NASA app , and the agency's website, with prelaunch events starting Monday, Feb. 12.

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  • Live launch coverage will air on NASA+ , NASA Television, the NASA app , and the agency's website, with prelaunch events starting Monday, Feb. 12.
  • Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander is expected to land on the Moon Thursday, Feb. 22.
  • On launch day, a "tech feed" of the launch without NASA TV commentary will be carried on the NASA TV media channel.
  • Launch day coverage of the mission will be available on the NASA website.

After Three Years on Mars, NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends

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Thursday, January 25, 2024
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"The historic journey of Ingenuity, the first aircraft on another planet, has come to end," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.

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  • "The historic journey of Ingenuity, the first aircraft on another planet, has come to end," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
  • "That remarkable helicopter flew higher and farther than we ever imagined and helped NASA do what we do best – make the impossible, possible.
  • The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was built by NASA JPL, which also manages the project for NASA Headquarters.
  • At NASA Headquarters, Dave Lavery is the program executive for the Ingenuity Mars helicopter.

NASA to Observe Day of Remembrance, Host Employee Safety Town Hall

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Friday, January 19, 2024
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Traditionally held on the fourth Thursday in January each year, NASA Day of Remembrance will commemorate the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia.

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  • Traditionally held on the fourth Thursday in January each year, NASA Day of Remembrance will commemorate the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia.
  • NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and Associate Administrator Jim Free also will host a town hall at the agency's headquarters in Washington at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 23.
  • In a dialogue with employees, the leaders will highlight how NASA safety is the cornerstone to achieving mission success.
  • The town hall will air live on the NASA+ streaming service.

NASA Astronaut Victor J. Glover Joins NASA Langley's Open House

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023
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HAMPTON, Va., Oct. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Artemis II astronaut Victor J. Glover will participate in the upcoming Open House at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia on Saturday, Oct. 21.

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  • HAMPTON, Va., Oct. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Artemis II astronaut Victor J. Glover will participate in the upcoming Open House at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia on Saturday, Oct. 21.
  • And as we get ready to open our doors for the 2023 Open House, we can't be more excited to welcome NASA Astronaut and Artemis II Crew Member Victor Glover to our center and join in sharing the NASA mission with the community," said NASA's Langley Research Center Director Clayton Turner.
  • Glover's visit will be a part of Open House activities happening from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.
  • The 2023 Open House is free and open to the public.

News Media Invited To Preview NASA Langley's Open House

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Thursday, October 5, 2023
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HAMPTON, Va., Oct. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA Langley Research Center invites members of the media to join Director Clayton P. Turner Oct. 16 for a preview of the 2023 Open House.

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  • HAMPTON, Va., Oct. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA Langley Research Center invites members of the media to join Director Clayton P. Turner Oct. 16 for a preview of the 2023 Open House.
  • This special tour will highlight some of Langley's facilities and work in space, aeronautics and Earth science that the public can expect to see during the center's Open House on Oct. 21.
  • Media must arrive no later than 8:30 a.m. at the Badge and Pass Office to receive their badges.
  • Attendees are not required to stay for the duration of the tour, and arrangements will be made for those who want to leave early.

NASA Validates a New Form of Energy

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the Energy and Mobility Conference & Expo, NASA and ADC Energy USA, Inc. (ADC USA) jointly published a breakthrough validation of a "new form of energy."

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  • LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the Energy and Mobility Conference & Expo, NASA and ADC Energy USA, Inc. (ADC USA) jointly published a breakthrough validation of a "new form of energy."
  • Over several years, NASA Langley Research Center scientist Narasimha Prasad, PhD spearheaded the project to evaluate and validate "alternating direct current" (ADC), an AI enabled, energy technology that upgrades the entire foundation of energy.
  • The joint NASA study evaluated that the current global energy platform operates on only two forms of energy, alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC).
  • The joint research paper validated ADC as a new "hybrid" form of energy, where both AC and DC operate on the same, existing wires.

Universities Space Research Association Selected as One of Five Organizations to Mitigate Environmental Impact of Aviation

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Thursday, August 31, 2023
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Condensation trails—commonly known as contrails—occur when aircraft exhaust water mixes with cold, surrounding humid air at high altitude.

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  • Condensation trails—commonly known as contrails—occur when aircraft exhaust water mixes with cold, surrounding humid air at high altitude.
  • As part of this project, Universities Space Research Association will develop a real-time aviation contrail prediction and observation system that will improve airspace operations through new atmospheric data services and ensemble modeling approaches.
  • USRA has partnered with the Aeronautics Directorate of NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley and NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virgina, for the project.
  • The other organizations selected to mitigate the environmental impact of aviation include:
    Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Redondo Beach, CA)
    RTX Technologies Research Center (East Hartford, CT)

Ball Aerospace's Pollution Monitoring Instrument Achieves First Light

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Thursday, August 24, 2023
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BROOMFIELD, Colo., Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace is celebrating alongside its mission partners today as the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument releases its first images of Earth, the next step in its mission to improve air quality monitoring across greater North America.

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  • BROOMFIELD, Colo., Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace is celebrating alongside its mission partners today as the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument releases its first images of Earth, the next step in its mission to improve air quality monitoring across greater North America.
  • Following a monthslong commissioning process, the Ball-built instrument opened its aperture for the first time to perform solar calibration and make its inaugural scan across the continent.
  • TEMPO was developed alongside the Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS), another Ball Aerospace-built instrument that launched in 2020 as part of an air quality monitoring mission for the South Korean National Institute of Environmental Research.
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