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Telescope To Track Space Junk Using Youth Radio Station
2013-12-03 06:37:35| rfglobalnet News Articles
A combination of pop songs, talkback radio and cutting-edge science has enabled Australian astronomers to identify a way to prevent catastrophic, multi-billion dollar space junk collisions, a new study has revealed.
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Sunshield for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Ready for Manufacturing
2013-09-19 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
REDONDO BEACH, Calif. - NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is dominated visually by the tennis-court sized sunshield, which separates the observatory into a warm sun-facing side and a cold anti-sun side. Each of the five sunshield layers helps to protect the telescope optics - or mirrors - from the sun's heat. Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and teammate NeXolve Corporation, a subsidiary of ManTech International Corporation (NASDAQ: MANT) based in Huntsville, Ala., completed the ...This story is related to the following:Electrical Equipment and Systems Sponsored by: Globtek Inc. - MOBILE BANNER ADSpacecraft Parts, Assemblies, Components & Systems | Telescopes
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Lockheed Martin Ships Near Infrared Camera for James Webb Space Telescope to NASA Goddard ...
2013-07-25 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], under a contract from the University of Arizona, has completed assembly and testing of the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and has shipped the instrument to the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. NIRCam is the prime near-infrared imaging instrument for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).<br /> <br /> The James Webb Space Telescope is NASA's next-generation space observatory and successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. The ...This story is related to the following:Vision SystemsSearch for suppliers of: Near Infrared (NIR) Cameras
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World's first public space telescope gets Kickstarter goal
2013-07-02 01:08:16| CNET News.com
Marking the most successful Kickstarter campaign for a space project, Planetary Resources now has $1.5 million to launch its Arkyd telescope and bring asteroid, galaxy, and planet exploration to the public. [Read more]
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Use-it-yourself orbiting space telescope in the works
2013-05-29 19:33:29| CNET News.com
Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources has launched a $1 million Kickstarter campaign to raise money to put a publicly-accessible telescope into space, and fund educational research. [Read more]
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