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Sierra Space Reinvents Space Transportation with Dream Chaser®

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星期四, 五月 9, 2024
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“Successful completion of an incredibly rigorous environmental testing campaign in close partnership with NASA is a significant milestone and puts Dream Chaser on track for operations later this year,” said Sierra Space CEO, Tom Vice.

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  • “Successful completion of an incredibly rigorous environmental testing campaign in close partnership with NASA is a significant milestone and puts Dream Chaser on track for operations later this year,” said Sierra Space CEO, Tom Vice.
  • Next, the Sierra Space and NASA test teams transported the vehicles to the In-Space Propulsion Facility at Armstrong for thermal vacuum or “TVAC” testing.
  • Sierra Space is releasing some stunning new imagery with this announcement and you can download it here .
  • Dream Chaser and Shooting Star will soon be transported to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and staged inside the storied Space Systems Processing Facility (SSPF) – originally built to be the last stop for components of the International Space Station – for final integration and testing.

Kearney Elects Bob Willen Managing Partner and Chairman

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星期二, 五月 7, 2024
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CHICAGO, May 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Effective immediately, Bob Willen has been elected the tenth managing partner and chairman of Kearney, the global management consulting firm. Bob succeeds Alex Liu, who was first elected in 2018, and has concluded his second term.

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  • CHICAGO, May 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Effective immediately, Bob Willen has been elected the tenth managing partner and chairman of Kearney, the global management consulting firm.
  • Bob succeeds Alex Liu, who was first elected in 2018, and has concluded his second term.
  • Bob joined Kearney in 1995 and was elected partner in 2003.
  • From 2015 until his election as managing partner, Bob led Kearney's Middle East and Africa region, in addition to previous positions leading global aerospace and defense, automotive, transportation, and infrastructure practices.

NASA Sets Coverage for Boeing Starliner's First Crewed Launch, Docking

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星期一, 四月 29, 2024
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1:30 p.m. – Virtual news conference at Kennedy with the flight test astronauts:

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  • 1:30 p.m. – Virtual news conference at Kennedy with the flight test astronauts:
    Coverage of the virtual news conference will stream live on NASA+ , NASA Television, the NASA app , YouTube , and the agency's website .
  • 6:30 p.m. – Launch coverage begins on NASA+ , NASA Television, the NASA app , YouTube , and the agency's website .
  • NASA+ will resume coverage and NASA Television's media channel will break from in-orbit coverage to carry the postlaunch news conference.
  • Once the postlaunch news conference is complete, NASA+ coverage will end, and mission coverage will continue on both NASA channels.

Champions Crowned at AFA StellarXplorers 2023-2024 National Finals

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星期五, 四月 26, 2024
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ARLINGTON, Va., April 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- "The Crewmates" from Irvine High School in Irvine, Calif., are the champions of AFA's 2023-2024 StellarXplorers National Space Design Competition.

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  • ARLINGTON, Va., April 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- "The Crewmates" from Irvine High School in Irvine, Calif., are the champions of AFA's 2023-2024 StellarXplorers National Space Design Competition.
  • Ten teams qualified for the National Finals, a challenging, two-day competition held April 18-20 at the Denver Sheraton Tech Center Hotel in Greenwood Village, Colo.
  • "Denver and its surrounding area is a hub for the aerospace industry, making it an ideal location to host the StellarXplorers National Finals," said Rebecca Dalton, Director of StellarXplorers.
  • Other top finishers from this season's StellarXplorers National Finals Competition included:
    The second-place "Stellar Strikers" from Edmond North High School in Edmond, Okla.

Marking the End of an Era, United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Final Delta IV Heavy Rocket

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星期三, 四月 10, 2024
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CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla., April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Delta program, spanning 60 years, came to a close with the launch of the final Delta IV Heavy rocket by United Launch Alliance (ULA) on April 9 at 12:53 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The rocket, carrying the NROL-70 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office, marks the end of the Delta era and initiates the future of heavy lift on ULA's next generation Vulcan rocket.

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  • CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla., April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Delta program, spanning 60 years, came to a close with the launch of the final Delta IV Heavy rocket by United Launch Alliance (ULA) on April 9 at 12:53 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
  • The rocket, carrying the NROL-70 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office, marks the end of the Delta era and initiates the future of heavy lift on ULA's next generation Vulcan rocket.
  • "The Delta IV Heavy rocket was a workhorse for the NRO, launching 12 missions delivering critical national security payloads.
  • "This final Delta mission signals ULA's evolution to the new Vulcan rocket, providing even higher performance than our three-core Delta IV Heavy rocket in a single-core rocket to launch heavy-class missions for the nation.

Albedo Expands Strategic Advisory Board

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星期一, 三月 11, 2024
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Albedo , the first company to offer aerial quality imagery from space - enabled by the new orbit frontier of VLEO (very low earth orbit) - today announced the expansion of its Strategic Advisory Board to include LTG Patrick O’Reilly, US Army (Ret) , and Rick Ambrose joining as members.

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  • Albedo , the first company to offer aerial quality imagery from space - enabled by the new orbit frontier of VLEO (very low earth orbit) - today announced the expansion of its Strategic Advisory Board to include LTG Patrick O’Reilly, US Army (Ret) , and Rick Ambrose joining as members.
  • LTG O’Reilly is fully embedded in the Shield Capital Venture Investments firm’s team in accordance with the L3Harris / Shield Capital strategic partnership.
  • “Albedo is making access to affordable, high-resolution, space imagery that will shape both the military and commercial markets,” said LTG O’Reilly.
  • In addition to his impressive achievements at Lockheed Martin, Rick served as the Chair of the Board at Sandia National Laboratories and United Launch Alliance (ULA); he currently serves as a director on the Textron Board of Directors.

NASA to Host Boeing Crew Flight Test Preview, News Conferences

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星期五, 三月 8, 2024
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WASHINGTON, March 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will preview the agency's Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission to the International Space Station by hosting media tours Thursday, March 21, and with news conferences Friday, March 22, at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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  • WASHINGTON, March 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will preview the agency's Boeing Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission to the International Space Station by hosting media tours Thursday, March 21, and with news conferences Friday, March 22, at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
  • NASA and Boeing officials will discuss flight test readiness, objectives, and priorities at 10 a.m. EDT March 22, and mission managers will discuss the flight plan, timeline, and details at 11:30 a.m. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will answer questions at 2 p.m. and will be available for individual interviews.
  • All three news conferences will air live on NASA+ , NASA Television, the NASA app , and the agency's website .
  • Media will have opportunities the afternoon of March 21 to learn more about the flight test, while visiting the Boeing Starliner mockup, experience training in the Starliner simulator, and meet members of the flight control teams who will support the spacecraft's first crewed flight.

AFA Announces Finalists for 2023-2024 StellarXplorers National Space Design Competition

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星期三, 二月 21, 2024
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ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Air & Space Force Association's StellarXplorers Space STEM program announced the 10 teams that will compete at the StellarXplorers National Finals Competition April 18-20, 2024.

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  • ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Air & Space Force Association's StellarXplorers Space STEM program announced the 10 teams that will compete at the StellarXplorers National Finals Competition April 18-20, 2024.
  • While some teams are returning for another chance at the trophy, others are first-time qualifiers looking to claim the title of National Champions.
  • Edmond Memorial High School #1 (Edmond, Okla.)
    Edmond North High School #3 (Edmond, Okla.)
    Great Mills High School (Great Mills, Md.)
  • StellarXplorers is generously supported by the Air & Space STEM Outreach, L3Harris Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Nova Space, United Launch Alliance, the Bahethi Family Foundation, and General Atomics Sciences Education Foundation.

United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches First Next Generation Vulcan Rocket

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星期一, 一月 8, 2024
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CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla., Jan. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- United Launch Alliance (ULA) marked the beginning of a new era of space capabilities with the successful launch of its next generation Vulcan rocket on Jan. 8 at 2:18 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Vulcan rocket provides industry leading capabilities to deliver any payload, at any time, to any orbit.

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  • CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla., Jan. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- United Launch Alliance (ULA) marked the beginning of a new era of space capabilities with the successful launch of its next generation Vulcan rocket on Jan. 8 at 2:18 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
  • The Vulcan rocket provides industry leading capabilities to deliver any payload, at any time, to any orbit.
  • "Vulcan's inaugural launch ushers in a new, innovative capability to meet the ever-growing requirements of space launch," said Tory Bruno, ULA's president and CEO.
  • ULA has sold more than 70 Vulcan launches to date, including 38 missions for Amazon's Project Kuiper and multiple national security space launch missions as the part of the country's Phase 2 launch procurement.

Peregrine space launch: British-Ukrainian sends moon-bound tribute to Ukraine - ahead of ambitious moon rover launch

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星期一, 一月 8, 2024
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The Spacebit Asagumo moon rover launch is scheduled within a year.

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  • The Spacebit Asagumo moon rover launch is scheduled within a year.
  • Spacebit is sending a Ukraine metallic embossed flag that includes a map of the country in solidarity with Ukrainian people.
  • Peregrine Mission One or the Peregrine Lunar Lander is a lunar lander built by Astrobotic Technology, that was selected through NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services.
  • It is scheduled to be launched January 8, 2024 by United Launch Alliance aboard a Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle.