WASHINGTON — NASA is taking preliminary steps toward buying replacements for the constellation of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS) it relies on to communicate with the space shuttle and ...
WASHINGTON — NASA is turning to industry for help funding laser communications technology the agency hopes one day to use in the space-based data-relay system that keeps Earth-orbiting spacecraft in ...
NASA’s desire to provide outstanding communications support for the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope, and other unmanned spacecraft moved closer to this goal in July when agency ...
In this long-exposure photograph, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Jan. 23, 2014, illuminating a beach ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A fresh satellite for NASA's communications network is set for launch from Florida's Space Coast on Thursday (Jan. 23) to bolster voice and data links between mission control, ...
"Without any undue pressure, Tim, I definitely need this spacecraft," the launch director was told. At 8:03 a.m. Eastern on Friday, NASA will launch a satellite that is absolutely crucial for its ...
A closer look at the logo painted on one half of the payload fairing that will protect NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-K, inside the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, ...
GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) K-L program completed its Critical Design Review (CDR) and Production Readiness Review (PRR) in El Segundo, Calif. on Feb. 19. The CDR ...
The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) project has begun final testing on a new satellite that will replenish NASA's Space Network. The spacecraft is scheduled to launch from NASA's Kennedy ...
A damaged antenna could mean a delay for the launch of NASA’s TDRS-M satellite, shown here at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla. (NASA Photo / Glenn Benson) Houston, we may have a problem, ...
At 8:03 a.m. Eastern on Friday, NASA will launch a satellite that is absolutely crucial for its communications and navigation from now until the mid-2020’s. “Without any undue pressure, Tim,” Badri ...