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Software catalog released by NASA - News
March 03, 2017
WASHINGTON. Officials at NASA released the 2017-2018 software catalog, which offers an extensive portfolio of software products for a wide variety of technical applications for the public's use without any royalty or copyright fees.
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NASA engineers unveil modular avionics systems for smaller missions - News
February 28, 2017
GREENBELT, Md. A team of engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have designed a new avionics system intended for use on smaller, cost-constrained, yet high-performance missions.
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NASA selects two proposals for oxygen recovery during future deep-space missions - News
February 24, 2017
WASHINGTON. NASA has selected two proposals for the development of oxygen-recovery technologies that could keep astronauts alive and healthy during future long-duration missions to deep space.
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Lockheed Martin's new particle accelerator aims at space-instrument testing - News
February 23, 2017
PALO ALTO, Calif. Lockheed Martin has installed a new linear particle accelerator at its Advanced Technology Center laboratory in Silicon Valley, part of the company's expansion into space-instrument testing. Designers and manufacturers of materials and instruments that are to be sent to space must first ensure that the products will survive the temperature extremes, radiation exposure, and need for autonomous operation found there.
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NASA small satellites launch using hi-rel Cobham microprocessors - News
January 05, 2017
WASHINGTON. NASA has announced the successful launch of its Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS), a constellation of eight low-Earth-orbiting (LEO) microsatellites, with high-reliability controllers and processors from Cobham aboard.
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NASA and AT&T work together to research traffic management solutions - News
November 29, 2016
VIENNA, Va. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and AT&T engineers are researching traffic management solutions for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in order to find an Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) solution that supports the safe and secure operation of drones in the national airspace.
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NASA to launch groups of small satellites for science missions - News
November 14, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C. NASA has announced that it will launch a suite of six small-satellite missions, beginning sometime in November 2016 and continuing into spring 2017, aimed at demonstrating new technologies while studying the Earth's climate and energy budget.
