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3D Systems to Exhibit Aerospace 3D Content-to-Print Solutions at AUVSI 2013

3D Systems announced today plans to exhibit its aerospace and defense 3D content-to-print solutions at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI 2013) Conference and Exposition.

13 Aug 2013

NASA to Partner with 13 University Teams to Develop Small Spacecraft

NASA has selected 13 university teams for collaborative projects to develop and demonstrate new technologies and capabilities and spur innovation in communication, navigation, propulsion, science instruments, and advanced manufacturing for small spacecraft.

13 Aug 2013

NASA Tests Sophisticated Flight-Control Algorithm Using Xombie Experimental Rocket

A year after NASA's Mars rover Curiosity's landed on Mars, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., are testing a sophisticated flight-control algorithm that could allow for even more precise, pinpoint landings of future Martian spacecraft.

13 Aug 2013

NASA's Juno Spacecraft Achieves 9.464 AU Milestone on Way to Jupiter

NASA's Juno spacecraft is halfway to Jupiter. The Jovian-system-bound spacecraft reached the milestone today (8/12/13) at 5:25 a.m. PDT (8:25 a.m. EDT/12:25 UTC).

13 Aug 2013

AUVSI 2013: UTC Aerospace Systems to Highlight New Technology for Unmanned Aerial, Underwater Applications

UTC Aerospace Systems will showcase new and advanced products for unmanned aerial and underwater applications, suitable for defense, law enforcement, fire-fighting and security applications at the AUVSI show, which takes place in Washington, DC on August 12-15. UTC Aerospace Systems is a unit of United Technologies Corp.

12 Aug 2013

USAF Awards CAE Contract to Provide Predator and Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft Training

CAE today announced that CAE USA has been awarded a United States Air Force (USAF) contract to provide comprehensive Predator and Reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) aircrew training services.

12 Aug 2013

Craters & Freighters to Exhibit for First Time at AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems 2013

After a successful foray into the emerging unmanned systems and robotics industry, Craters & Freighters takes another giant step forward as an exhibitor at the upcoming AUVSI (Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International) trade show. The show, held in Washington D.C, August 12-15 showcases the latest industry technology from 600 innovators.

9 Aug 2013

UT Scientists Develop Blueprint for Future NASA Lander Mission to Europa

Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for Geophysics helped develop a blueprint for a possible future NASA lander mission to Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter that has a global ocean covered by an ice shell. Europa’s large reservoir of liquid water has long enchanted planetary scientists with the possibility of harboring life.

8 Aug 2013

Robotic Lander to Jupiter's Moon Europa Must be Equipped to Study Composition, Geological Activity

Most of what scientists know of Jupiter's moon Europa they have gleaned from a dozen or so close flybys from NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1979 and NASA's Galileo spacecraft in the mid-to-late 1990s. Even in these fleeting, paparazzi-like encounters, scientists have seen a fractured, ice-covered world with tantalizing signs of a liquid water ocean under its surface.

8 Aug 2013

NASA TV Features Panel Discussion to Mark Mars Curiosity Rover’s Landing Anniversary

Where were you when Curiosity landed? It's a hot topic of discussion in the hallways of JPL and on social media this week, as people remember the dramatic, tension-filled landing of NASA's Curiosity rover and its Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft on Aug. 5, 2012 PDT (Aug. 6, 2012 EDT).

8 Aug 2013