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KKR Buys PanAmSat For 4.3 Billion DollarsEl Segundo - Apr 20, 2004
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Delta 2 Launches Gravity Probe B
Vandenberg - Apr 20, 2004NASA's Gravity Probe B (GP-B) space vehicle, built, integrated and tested by Lockheed Martin, roared into space this morning from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Stanford University is the GP-B prime contractor. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Manages the program. In Search of Gravitomagnetism 
Huntsville - Apr 21, 2004NASA's Gravity Probe B spacecraft left Earth Tuesday in search of a force of nature, long suspected but never proven: gravitomagnetism. Beyond-Earth Enterprise Launches LC-Mission One 
Colorado Springs - Apr 21, 2004Beyond-Earth Enterprises, a Colorado Springs-based small payload sub-orbital launch company, announced its first successful launch on the Road to Space. The LC rocket reached an altitude of approximately 6000 feet at 3:30 MDT on April 17th. Total burn time for the engine was less than three seconds. Aerospike Engine Flight Test Successful 
Edwards - Apr 21, 2004NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, the U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), and Blacksky Corporation joined forces on the prairie lands of West Texas recently to fly small aerospike rocket nozzles. |
Soyuz Docks With Space Station Washington - Apr 20, 2004 
A Russian Soyuz carrying US astronaut Edward Michael Fincke, Dutchman Andre Kuipers and Russia's Gennady Padalka, docked with ISS at 0501 GMT Wednesday. Fincke and Padalka will replace Michael Foale and Alexander Kalery, who have been on the Station since last October.Case Of The Electric Dust Devils 
Greenbelt - Apr 21, 2004Scientists have found clues that dust devils on Mars might have high-voltage electric fields, based on observations of their terrestrial counterpart. This research supports NASA's Vision for Space Exploration by helping to understand what challenges the Martian environment presents to explorers, both robotic and eventually human. Hanging By A Thread On Mars 
for Astrobiology MagazineMoffett Field - Apr 21, 2004 One engineering obstacle to overcome when landing on Mars is the treacherous descent and landing. From start to finish, this mission phase can last six minutes. Because of its nail-biting drama, it is often referred to as the six minutes of hell. |
Airplane Wings That Change Shape Like A Bird's Have Scales Like A Fish
University Park - Apr 21, 2004To maximize a plane's efficiency over a broader range of flight speeds, Penn State engineers have developed a concept for morphing airplane wings that change shape like a bird's and are covered with a segmented outer skin like the scales of a fish. |
Elbit Systems And Gilat Team For Secure VSAT
Petach Tikvah - Apr 21, 2004Elbit Systems Ltd. and Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. have signed a teaming agreement for cooperation in the area of satellite communications for the defense and homeland security markets. |
Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract for Space Based Radar Phase A Concept Development Tuesday
Denver - Apr 21, 2004Lockheed Martin was awarded a $220 million contract by the U.S. Air Force for the concept development phase of the Space Based Radar (SBR) program. The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded the 24-month study contract to continue the definition of SBR system requirements and evaluate alternative design concepts for the SBR system architecture. |
US Navy Awards Titan $22.5 Million Affordable Weapons System Contract
San Diego - Apr 21, 2004The Titan was recently awarded a $22,500,000 contract to design, develop, and test a prototype affordable weapons system (AWS). The AWS is a guided missile system consisting of missile, launcher and mobile ground station that utilize military and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components in a "system engineered COTS" design. |
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