|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
NASA News | Media News
NASA News
December 1, 2008: NASA To Recognize Winner of Lunar Lander Challenge
MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-241
NASA will recognize Armadillo Aerospace, the winner of the 2008 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge, during a ceremony at 10 a.m. on Dec. 5 at NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street, SW, Washington. The winning vehicle successfully demonstrated some of the technologies needed for a lunar lander capable of ferrying payloads or humans back and forth between lunar orbit and the moon's surface.
+ Read More
November 24, 2008: NASA Selects 380 Small Business Research and Technology Projects
NASA has awarded contracts to 380 small business proposals that address critical research and technology needs for agency programs and projects. The awards are part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research Program, known as SBIR, and the Small Business Technology Transfer program, known as STTR.
+ Read More
November 21, 2008: NASA and USAID Bring Earth-Observation Benefits to Africa
RELEASE: 08-307
NASA, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and their international partners cut the ribbon Friday in Nairobi, Kenya, for SERVIR-Africa. The SERVIR-Africa system integrates the satellite resources of the United States and other countries into a Web-based Earth information system.
+ Read More
+ SERVIR Latest News
November 13, 2008: NASA Restores Historic Lunar Orbiter Image
RELEASE: 08-291
NASA released a newly restored 42-year-old image of Earth on Thursday. The Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft took the iconic photograph of Earth rising above the lunar surface in 1966. IPP and ESMD provided initial funding for the historic lunar orbiter image.
+ Read More
November 13, 2008: NASA Tests Lunar Rovers and Oxygen Production Technology
RELEASE: 08-288
Two IPP seed fund projects were integral elements in a two week testing period of exploration technologies on Hawaii's volcanic soil. The two seed fund projects were:
- Low-Temperature, Long-Life, Compliant Wheels For The Lunar Surface And Beyond, with Michelin, Clemson University, University of Hawaii/PISCES and
- Lunar Analog Field Demonstration Of ISRU & HRS, with University of Hawaii/PISCES, and State of Hawaii
+ Read More
November 4, 2008: NASA and Ocean Tomo Federal Services, LLC Sell Government Patent License
NASA and Ocean Tomo Federal Services, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ocean Tomo, LLC, today announced the first ever sale of a government patent license through a public auction of intellectual property.
+ Read More
+ NASA Facts
+ Ocean Tomo Press Release
October 28, 2008: NASA Selects 142 Small Business Innovation Research Projects
RELEASE: 08-272
NASA has selected 142 proposals for negotiation of Phase 2 contract awards in the Small Business Innovation Research program, known as SBIR.
+ Read More
October 27, 2008: NASA $350,000 Prize Goes to Armadillo Aerospace in Lunar Challenge
RELEASE: 08-271
Armadillo Aerospace of Rockwall, Texas, earned $350,000 in NASA prize money during the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge in Las Cruces, N.M.
+ Read More
October 22, 2008: NASA and the Challenger Center Announce Naming Contest
RELEASE: 08-267
NASA and the Challenger Center for Space Education have partnered to engage students in ongoing activities for one of NASA's concepts for astronaut housing on the moon through a contest to name a habitat in Antarctica.
+ Read More
October 17, 2008: Lunar Lander Teams To Compete For $2 Million NASA Prize
MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-209
Nine teams with rocket-powered vehicles will compete for $2 million in NASA prize money during the 2008 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge, Oct. 24-25, at Las Cruces International Airport in New Mexico.
+ Read More
September 22, 2008: NASA Technology Licensed for Medical Monitoring
RELEASE: 08-043
NASA's Glenn Research Center has licensed technology to Endotronix, Inc. of Peoria, Ill. that may help thousands avoid the potentially life-threatening complications of hypertension, abdominal aortic aneurysms and congestive heart failure.
+ Read More
September 15, 2008: NASA Uses Commercial Microgravity Flight Services For First Time
RELEASE: 08-232
NASA for the first time last week used microgravity research flights aboard commercially-owned aircraft to test hardware and technologies.
+ Read More
Sep 8, 2008 - NASA and Ocean Tomo Establish Groundbreaking Partnership to Commercialize NASA Technologies
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Ocean Tomo Federal Services, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ocean Tomo, LLC, today announced the beginning of a new partnership to commercialize NASA-funded technologies.
+ Read More
+ NASA Facts
September 8, 2008: New NASA Space Experiment Rack To Undergo Flight Tests
MEDIA ADVISORY: 25-08
A new space experiment rack under development by NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., and Space Florida will undergo initial tests this week.
+ Read More
August 12, 2008: Prizes Awarded at NASA's General Aviation Technology Challenge
RELEASE: 08-206
NASA awarded a total of $97,000 in prizes at the 2008 General Aviation Technology Challenge.
+ Read More
July 28, 2008: Aviation Innovators Compete for NASA Technology Prizes
RELEASE: 08-188
The 2008 General Aviation Technology Challenge will be held Aug. 4-10 at the Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa, Calif.
+ Read More
July 25, 2008: Robotic Moon Excavation Teams Compete for NASA Technology Prize
RELEASE: 08-186
NASA's Regolith Excavation Challenge is scheduled for Aug. 2-3, 2008, on the campus of the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.
+ Read More
July 22, 2008: NASA's Ames, JPL Win NASA Software of Year Award
RELEASE: 08-182
Computer programs that are used to define safety margins for fiery spacecraft re-entries and help detect planets outside our solar system are co-winners of NASA's 2007 Software of the Year Award.
+ Read More
July 15, 2008: Small Business to Fly New Technologies on Zero-Gravity Flights
RELEASE: 08-175
NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program has selected seven Small Business Innovation Research program, or SBIR, companies to participate in reduced-gravity test flights in early September.
+ Read More
June 6, 2008: NASA 50th Anniversary Essay Competition Winners
RELEASE: 08-136
The winners of NASA's 50th Anniversary Essay Competition have been selected.
+ View Press Release
+ Read More
May 28, 2008 - Powered by NASA: New Pathways to Prevention through Better Medical Imaging
NASA drives innovation, creating real benefits for a modest investment of less than six - tenths of one percent of the overall federal budget. Individuals with barely detectable diseases are likely to be new beneficiaries of NASA's healing edge.
+ Read More
May 20, 2008: NASA Nanotechnology-Based Biosensor Helps Detect Biohazards
RELEASE: 08-131
NASA has developed a revolutionary nanotechnology-based biosensor that can detect trace amounts of specific bacteria, viruses and parasites.
+ Read More
May 19, 2008: NASA Seeks Industry Partners for Innovation Transfusion Program
RELEASE: 08-129
NASA is seeking companies and organizations across America involved in cutting-edge innovation to partner with the agency in the Innovation Transfusion Program.
+ Read More
Apr 10, 2008: Space Technology Hall of Fame Inducts NASA Spinoff Technologies
RELEASE: 08-099
During a ceremony at the National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs Thursday, the Space Foundation will induct three NASA-developed technologies into the Space Technology Hall of Fame.
+ Read More
Technologies being inducted:
ResQpod
ArterioVision
Petroleum Remediation Product
Apr 9, 2008: NASA Selects 9 Small Business Technology Transfer Projects
RELEASE: 08-094
NASA has awarded contracts to 9 small business proposals that address critical research and technology needs for agency programs and projects.
+ Read More
Mar 13, 2008 - JPL Technologies Chosen for Space Technology Hall of Fame
Two technologies developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have been selected for the Space Foundation's 2008 Space Technology Hall of Fame.
+ Read More
Feb 26, 2008 - NASA Announces Agency Quality Award Winners
RELEASE: 08-070
NASA has presented its highest honor for quality and technical performance, the George M. Low Award, to four companies committed to innovative management, process quality and customer service.
+ Read More
Feb 12, 2008 - NASA Know-How Helps Athletes Rocket Through Water
RELEASE: 08-053
When a swimsuit manufacturer wanted to create a better fabric for competitive swimmers, it sought out some unlikely experts -- aerospace engineers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton.
+ Read More
Jan 16, 2008 - JPL Nanotubes Help Advance Brain Tumor Research
The potential of carbon nanotubes to diagnose and treat brain tumors is being explored through a partnership between NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and City of Hope, a leading cancer research and treatment center in Duarte, Calif.
+ View Site
Jan 16, 2008 - NASA Scientists Learn to Speak New Language
A group of atmospheric research scientists at NASA's National Space Science and Technology Center, or NSSTC, felt a little like they were in a foreign country when they first met with representatives from the University of Alabama at Birmingham's School of Public Health recently to discuss a research partnership.
+ View Site
Dec 21, 2007: NASA Names New Composite Government Invention of the Year
RELEASE: 07-287
A device that can act like muscle and nerves to expand and contract surfaces is the 2006 NASA Government Invention of the Year.
+ Read More
Dec 21, 2007: NASA Spinoff 2007 Highlights Space Innovation In Everyday Life
RELEASE: 07-285
NASA's Spinoff 2007, an annual online and print publication featuring NASA space technologies that provide practical, tangible benefits to society, is now available. Spinoff 2007 highlights 39 new examples of how NASA innovation can be transferred to the commercial market place and applied to areas such as health and medicine, transportation, public safety, consumer goods, homes and recreation, environmental and agricultural resources, computer technology and industrial productivity.
+ Read More
Dec 6, 2007 - NASA Selects Dryden Project for IPP Seed Fund Award
RELEASE: 07-71
NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program recently awarded a "Seed Fund" grant to Tao Systems, of Hampton, Va., for development of a compact aerodynamic sensing system that will help validate aircraft flight performance.
+ Read More
Nov 20, 2007: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Carbon Nanotube Manufacturing Technology Wins Nano 50 Award
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. proudly announces that its method for manufacturing high-quality carbon nanotubes (CNT) has been named a winner in the third annual Nanotech Briefs Nano 50 awards in the Technology category.
+ Read More
Nov 16, 2007: NASA Selects 302 Small Business Research and Technology Projects
RELEASE: C07-058
NASA has awarded contracts to 302 small business proposals that address critical research and technology needs for agency programs and projects.
+ Read More
Nov 15, 2007: Nanotailor, Inc. Licenses Goddard's Nanotube Fabrication Process
A new company, Nanotailor, has licensed NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's (GSFC's) unique single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) fabrication process with plans to make high-quality, low-cost SWCNTs available commercially.
+ Read More
Nov 14, 2007: NASA Tests Lunar Habitat in Extreme Antarctic Environment
RELEASE: 07-251
NASA will use the cold, harsh, isolated landscape of Antarctica to test one of its concepts for astronaut housing on the moon.
+ Read More
+ Read Related NSF Article
Nov 8, 2007: NASA to Showcase Inflatable Habitat Headed For Antarctica
RELEASE: M07-150
NASA, the National Science Foundation and ILC Dover invite the news media to view an Antarctic-bound inflatable habitat at 10 a.m. EST, Wednesday, Nov. 14, at ILC's facility at One Moonwalker Rd., Frederica, DE
+ Read More
Oct 31, 2007: IPP FY07 Seed Fund Selections
RELEASE: 07-232
The Innovative Partnerships Program FY07 Seed Fund proposals have been selected and publicly announced on October 31, 2007. The press release and list of selected proposals can be viewed from the following links. Please click any link below.
FY07 Seed Fund Press Release
FY07 Seed Fund Selectees List by Partner
FY07 Seed Fund Selectees List by Topic
FY07 Seed Fund Selectees List by State
Center Press Releases
NASA Selects 4 Ames Projects to Advance Key Technologies
2 of NASA's 38 Selected Partnerships to Advance Technologies at Stennis Space Center
FY06 Seed Fund Information
FY06 Seed Fund Selectees List by Partner
FY06 Seed Fund Selectees List by Topic
FY06 Seed Fund Selectees List by State
Oct 24, 2007: NASA Offers $2 Million Lunar Landar Competition Prize
During the X PRIZE Cup Oct. 27-28, NASA's Centennial Challenges Program will offer prizes totaling $2 million if competing teams successfully meet the requirements of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge.
+ Read More
Oct 16, 2007: Glenn Researchers Receive R&D 100 Awards
RELEASE: 07-044
Researchers at NASA's Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, have been recognized by the editors of R&D Magazine and a panel of outside experts for developing products that rank among the top 100 most technologically significant products of the year.
+ Read More
Aug 22, 2007: Is the Final Frontier Just One Ride Away On a Space Elevator?
The Wall Street Journal Article by Lee Gomes
+ Read More
Aug 14, 2007: NASA Names Winners of Personal Air Vehicle Challenge
RELEASE: 07-199
NASA has awarded $250,000 to participants of the Personal Air Vehicle competition, one of the seven NASA Centennial Challenges.
+ Read More
Jun 6, 2007: NASA Technology Helps Detect and Treat Heart Disease and Strokes
RELEASE: 07-132
NASA space technology is helping doctors diagnose and monitor treatments for hardening of the arteries in its early stages, before it causes heart attacks and strokes.
+ Read More
May 14, 2007: SATOP in the News
NASA lends small businesses a hand; Is your small business facing a problem only a rocket scientist can solve? Lucky for you, NASA's SATOP program can help.
+ Read More
May 10, 2007: NASA Inventors Delivering More Down-to-Earth Rewards
Ideas conceived for use in space may help highway safety, air travel.
+ Read More
May 8, 2007: NASA Awards Innovative Partnerships Program Contract
RELEASE: 07-104
NASA has selected the team of Systems Planning Corporation with primary subcontractor Fuentek, LLC to provide support to NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program.
+ Read More
May 3, 2007: Centennial Challenge to Excavate Moon Dirt Set for May 12
MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-48
On Saturday, May 12, teams from around the nation will compete for a total of $250,000 from NASA for an autonomously operating system to excavate simulated "lunar regolith," or the moon's soil.
+ Read More
May 3, 2007: Peter Homer Wins NASA's Challenge for Improved Astronaut Gloves
RELEASE: 07-101
Peter Homer of Southwest Harbor, Maine, won $200,000 from NASA for his entry in the Astronaut Glove Challenge. The competition was one of NASA's seven Centennial Challenges.
+ Read More
Apr 27, 2007: NASA's Centennial Challenge for Improved Astronaut Gloves Set
MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-43
Washington - On Wednesday and Thursday, May 2-3, teams from around the nation will compete for a total of $250,000 from NASA for an improved astronaut glove design.
+ Read More
Mar 15, 2007: NASA Recognized for Water Purification and Clean Up Technologies
RELEASE: 07-67
On April 12, two technologies developed at NASA for America's space program will be inducted into the Space Foundation's Space Technology Hall of Fame. Photos 1- 2 - 3
+ Read More
Mar 6, 2007: NASA Scientist Inducted Into National Inventors Hall of Fame
RELEASE: 07-54
Emmett Chappelle, retired research scientist from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., has been named one of 16 inductees for 2007 into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
+ Read More
Mar 1, 2007: NASA Receives Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer
RELEASE: 07-57
NASA was honored Thursday for achievement in successfully conducting a broad range of technology transfer activities by the International Marketplace and Conference for Technology Transfer.
+ Read More
Feb 25, 2007: NASA Technologies Headed For The Space Technology Hall Of Fame
RELEASE: 04-069
The Space Foundation today announced the selection of four "down to earth" technologies for induction into the Space Technology Hall of Fame.
+ Read More
^ back to top
Media News
Dec 8, 2008 - Griffin's Commercialization Legacy
When the Bush Administration nominated Mike Griffin to be NASA administrator in March 2005, the space community anticipated that he would take special interest in efforts to promote the commercial space industry.
+ Read More
Dec 5, 2008 - Hall Recognizes Winner of the Level One Lunar Lander Challenge
Science and Technology Committee Ranking Member Ralph Hall (R-TX) today recognized Armadillo Aerospace for winning the first level of the Lunar Lander Challenge.
+ Read More
Nov 24, 2008 - 10 Best NASA Spinoffs
A list from "Wired Magazine"
+ Read More
Nov 14, 2008 - Mauna Kea Testing Could Lead to Lunar Air and Water
The next generation of astronauts could soon be able to manufacture their own oxygen and water, turning lunar rocks and soil literally into thin air.
+ Read More
Nov 13, 2008 - NASA Tests Lunar Rovers and Oxygen Production Technology
NASA has concluded nearly two weeks of testing equipment and lunar rover concepts on Hawaii's volcanic soil. The agency's In Situ Resource Utilization Project, which studies ways astronauts can use resources found at landing sites, demonstrated how people might prospect for resources on the moon and make their own oxygen from lunar rocks and soil.
+ Read More
Oct 16, 2008 - President Signs NASA Reauthorization
Congressman Bart Gordon applauds NASAs Spinoff 2008 report and states that "NASA's technological advances support American economic competitiveness and are a great source of national pride". Spinoff is published annually by NASAs Innovative Partnerships Program.
+ Read More
Sep 11, 2008 - NASA to Offer Rare and High-Potential Technologies Related to Sensing, Global Positioning and Computer Systems at Ocean-Tomo's October 30th Live Intellectual Property Auction
Ocean Tomo Auctions, LLC -- the auctions arm of Ocean Tomo, LLC, the leading Intellectual Capital Merchant Banc® firm -- today announced that The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will be participating in its October 30th Live IP Auction in Chicago.
+ Read More
Sep 8, 2008 - Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Awards Launch Nationwide
The Conrad Foundation announces the launch of their 2008 Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Awards. Teams of high school students across the nation are invited to compete in this innovative program. The competition is engages high school students in creating commercial products using science and technology.
+ View Site
Aug 27, 2008 - Rocket Racer Remade
Less than a month after its public debut, the Rocket Racing League is putting a bigger, more powerful prototype plane through its first flight tests - and the results are so impressive that the craft's rocket engine will be adopted as the standard for another five racers, the league's chief executive officer says.
+ Read More
Aug 11, 2008 - Novel Planes Lift Off in NASA Tech Challenge
It was a small but mighty competition, four innovative aircraft over Sonoma County skies, going for the quietest flight, best gas mileage and shortest takeoff required.
+ Read More
Aug 10, 2008 - NASA Awards $100,000 in Aviation Contest
Here at NASA's second annual General Aviation Challenge this weekend, one of the main prizes was the so-called "green prize," which challenged two-seater planes to fly a 400-mile-long course logging at least 30 miles to the gallon.
+ Read More
Aug 8, 2008 - Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge in Google Earth
We've just released a new KMZ file that lets you explore the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge right from your laptop.
+ Read More
Aug 5, 2008 - Teams Set For Mock Moon Landing Contest
Ten teams are gearing up for a fall competition to present a vehicle of their own design that can simulate trips between the moon's surface and lunar orbit.
+ Read More
Aug 5, 2008 - X PRIZE Foundation Announces Ten Teams Vying for Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge
The X PRIZE Foundation today announced that ten teams will compete in the 2008 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge, which will take place at Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, New Mexico, October 24-25, 2008.
+ Read More
Aug 2, 2008 - NASA Prize Elusive as Moon Excavators Struggle in Sandbox
Eight teams competing in the 2008 Regolith Excavation Challenge came up short in winning the NASA purse of $750,000, but more determined to compete in a rematch for 2009.
+ Read More
+ View Pictures (set 1 of 2)
+ View Pictures (set 2 of 2)
Jul 31, 2008 - 'iShoe' Uses NASA Tech to Help Prevent Elderly Falls
Scientists working to help astronauts regain balance after extended flights in zero gravity say they've found a way to use the research to help elderly people avoid catastrophic falls.
+ Read More
Jul 28, 2008 - Aviation Innovators Compete for NASA Technology Prizes
The 2008 General Aviation Technology Challenge will be held Aug. 4-10 at the Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa, Calif.
+ Read More
Jul 7, 2008 - Prius in the Sky
Imagine a '57 Chevy cruising through the air, and you get an idea of what single-engine, propeller-driven airplanes do to the environment.
+ Read More
Jun 6, 2008 - X PRIZE Foundation Announces 2008 Lunar Lander Challenge
The X PRIZE Foundation today announced that the 2008 Lunar Lander Challenge will take place at Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, New Mexico, October 24-25, 2008.
+ Read More
May 30, 2008 - Mesquite Firm Blasts Off
This year, for the first time, Quake and Doom video game developer John Carmack will see his $4 million investment in making rocket vehicles begin to pay off.
+ Read More
May 8, 2008 - Saving Art in situ
A conservation scientist explains how borrowing gadgets from Mars rovers helps preserve culture on Earth.
+ Read More
Apr 27, 2008 - Cat Shoots For The Moon: Company Teams with NASA to Build Habitats, Roads on Lunar Surface
Caterpillar Inc. doesn't plan to stop at being the No. 1 construction equipment maker in the world. It's aiming for the universe, with NASA as its partner.
+ Read More
Apr 9, 2008 - JPL Wins Award From U.S. Small Business Administration
The U.S. Small Business Administration has named NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., as the winner of its 2008 Dwight D. Eisenhower Award for Excellence in the research and development category.
+ Read More
Mar 12, 2008 - Flagsuit LLC Delivers First Commercial Space Suit Gloves
Flagsuit LLC, a new startup founded by NASA Astronaut Glove Challenge winner Peter Homer, shipped their first commercially produced space suit gloves to Los Angeles based Orbital Outfitters last month under a joint development agreement.
+ Read More
Mar 10, 2008 - Allied Organizations Honored by NASA
The Allied Organizations which conduct the Centennial Challenge competitions for NASA were honored for their contributions to the advancement of air and space technology on March 10, 2008.
+ View Pictures
Mar 7, 2008 - Moon Rover a Six-Wheeler
The new lunar rover could be more like a pickup with a bulldozer blade than the Apollo-era dune buggy style.
+ Read More
Mar 6, 2008 - Airplanes Sprouting Fins - Winglets Are Meant to Reduce Drag on Aircraft
Back in the chromed flash of the 1950s, cars echoed the swept design of the first-generation jets, sprouting swooping, eye-catching fins... But meanwhile, airplanes have grown a whole new crop of fins.
+ Read More
Feb 27, 2008 - Space Foundation Names 2008 Space Technology Hall of Fame Honorees
Three remarkable technologies have been selected for induction into the Space Technology Hall of Fame on its 20th anniversary, the Space Foundation announced today.
+ Read More
Feb 6, 2008 - Goodyear and NASA to Develop Moon Tyre
Goodyear, the innovator of innovative tyre technology on Earth, is working with NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) to significantly evolve its technology and take its capabilities to the rest of the universe.
+ View Site
Winter 2008 - Learning From Space Entrepreneurs
On October 4, 2004, Brian Binnie piloted SpaceShipOne above 100 km, marking the third time ever - and the second time in as many weeks - that a civilian astronaut had taken a privately built craft to outer space.
+ Read More
Winter 2008 - The Astronaut Glove Challenge: Big Innovation From a (Very) Small Team
How does one guy in Maine transform a pile of failures sitting on his dining room table into one of the biggest innovations in spacesuit glove technology since the beginning of human space flight?
+ Read More
Jan 23, 2008 - Conrad Award - Backstory and Recap
A few months before we launched the Archon X PRIZE for Genomics, I joined Peter Diamandis at a lecture being given by Dr. J. Craig Venter, an X PRIZE Foundation Board Member who was very influential in the creation of the Genomics prize.
+ View Site
Jan 18, 2008: NASA and the X PRIZE Foundation recognize 2007 Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Award Winners
The winners of a national space-oriented high school competition, the Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Award, were recognized today in a ceremony at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. To highlight the efforts of the students, the X PRIZE Foundation and NASA unveiled a new exhibit which will travel around the country called Spirit of Innovation. In addition, the X PRIZE Foundation announced that the Conrad Award Scroll, inscribed with the names of the winning team, will be carried to the International Space Station in the fall of 2008 by Richard Garriott.
+ Read More
Fall 2007 - NIH Medline Plus - Medicine in Outer Space
Space-based medical research is bringing benefits to all Americans.
+ View Magazine
Dec 17, 2007: Heavy Construction on the Moon
Take a look at any construction project or surface mining operation here on Earth and likely there will be bulldozers, loaders, and trucks; all essential in excavating and building structures.
+ Read More
Oct 28, 2007: Lunar Lander Challenge Ends in Fire, Disappoinment
The rocketeers at Armadillo Aerospace, thwarted by engine problems and other mechanical failures, left this year's X Prize Cup empty-handed after their spacecraft burst into flames on ignition Sunday.
+ Read More
Oct 18, 2007: NASA Goddard Technology Wins 2007 R&D 100 Award
For the second year in a row, a technology developed at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. has been recognized by R&D Magazine as one of the top 100 most innovative and technologically significant new products of the year.
+ Read More
Oct 11, 2007: What has NASA put into the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge?
We can ask some of the very important questions that will allow us to analyze this prize program as a whole, questions like: What did NASA put into this? What did they get out of it? And what is that worth?
+ Read More
Sep 26, 2007: Space... It's Closer Than You Think
This kick-off event for 62 Mile Club will help promote commercial space enterprise and our role in promoting the space experience. In addition, this date also marks the 50th anniversary of the Sputnik launch as well as the
3rd anniversary of the Ansari X PRIZE winning flight of Spaceship One.
+ Read More
Sep 19, 2007: One Giant Leap for Entrepreneurs
To jump-start the space race with private dollars, Google's Lunar X Prize hopes to spur ordinary citizens to land on the moon.
+ Read More
Sep 13, 2007: Landing a Spacecraft with Engines Blazing
This year's Lunar Lander Challenge could provide the innovative approach that makes space tourism a reality.
+ Read More
Sep 13, 2007: Google Sponsors Lunar X PRIZE to Create a Space Race for a New Generation
The X PRIZE Foundation and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced the Google Lunar X PRIZE, a robotic race to the Moon to win a remarkable $30 million prize purse.
+ Read More
Sep 2007: How NASA Uses "Infusion Partnerships" - Open Innovation Helps NASA Develop Robotic Technology
NASA is using the principles of Open Innovation to expand its capabilities to achieve its key goals more efficiently and cost effectively.
+ Read More
Sep 2007: Space Technology Hall of Fame Class Nomination Deadline
Space Foundation Seeking Outstanding Technologies for 20th Space Technology Hall of Fame Class
Nomination Deadline is October 19.
+ Read More
US Industry Today - New Frontiers - Volume 10, Issue 3
NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program Matches Technology Needs with Technology Capabilities
+ View Site
Aug 28, 2007: Moondust Miners Dig for $250,000 in NASA Prize Money
Four couch-sized contraptions, all clearly homebuilt, sit inside a cavernous building at the Santa Maria, California, fairgrounds.
+ Read More
Jul 28, 2007: Completing the Drill Hill GPR Survey
From July 10 through August 3, 2007, the Intelligent Robotics Group conducted a robotic field test in Haughton Crater (Devon Island, Canada).
+ Read More
Jul 26, 2007: Elevator Games Aim High
The million-dollar Space Elevator Games, scheduled for Oct. 19-21 in Utah, is due to hit new heights this year, in more ways than one.
+ Read More
Jun 20, 2007: X PRIZE Foundation Announces Competitors for Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge
A real rocket race is on the horizon with the return of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge (NG-LLC) - the centerpiece of the Wirefly X PRIZE
Cup and Holloman Air and Space Expo.
+ Read More
May 18, 2007: Modern Marvels: It Came From Outer Space DVD
In "It Came From Outer Space" you'll learn about many breakthroughs developed for use in space but perfectly suited for the most demanding applications here on Earth.
+ Read More
May 15, 2007: NASA's Michele Brekke Recognized for Technology Achievements
Michele Brekke of NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) has been named a winner of the 2007 Leadership in Technology Award by the Houston Chapter of the Association for Women in Computing (AWC).
+ Read More
May 3, 2007- BBC - Radio 4 - In Business
"Over The Moon" - Peter Day asks if space travel is really rocket science.
+ View Site
^ back to top
|
|
|
