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Lowell lands economic whale as Draper Labs announces thousands of new jobs
28 Mar 2024 22:06 GMT
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Research and product development giant Draper Labs was announced Thursday as the … Lowell Chancellor Julie Chen, and Draper Labs President and CEO Jerry Wohletz … Apollo Guidance Computer used by NASA, chose Lowell over other potential …
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Massachusetts Space Week Kicks Off at UMass Lowell
18 Apr 2024 23:16 GMT
… , many on behalf of NASA.
Now undergoing an expansion … Carolyn Kirk; and former NASA astronaut Jeff Hoffman, along … . Lori Trahan’s office; Draper Laboratory; the Massachusetts Cultural Council; … Lowell has launched multiple NASA-funded missions to develop …
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NASA Invests in New Nuclear Rocket Concept for the Future of Space Exploration and Astrophysics
24 Jan 2024 00:38 GMT
… life. To accomplish these objectives, NASA is investing in some interesting … new technologies through the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) … colleagues at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory – a Massachusetts-based independent technology …
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Swarms of laser-flown bots visiting a planet light years away – and more NASA-funded projects revealed
06 Jan 2024 13:54 GMT
… spacecraft.
Under the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NAIC … samples.
The second NASA-backed internally developed concept … Massachusetts' Charles Stark Draper Laboratory's solar sail … fruition before, said NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free …
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NASA Selects Awardees to Receive 2024 NIAC Phase I Grants for Innovative Concept Studies
05 Jan 2024 05:30 GMT
… laser sailcraft and laser communications.
(NASA) – NASA selected the 2024 Phase I … Life
■ James Bickford, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Massachusetts: Thin Film Isotope Nuclear … Micropowered Sensors
■ Kenneth Carpenter, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center …
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‘Cambridge, we have a problem’: The true story of NASA’s center in Kendall Square
24 Nov 2023 17:24 GMT
… space race. Engineers at Draper Laboratory designed the guidance computers and … of the Broad Canal.
NASA began hiring people, renting … the author of the official NASA history, Andrew Butrica. “Future … who transferred from the NASA research center have retired …
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Japan's ispace Delays Lunar Lander Mission for NASA Design Update
29 Sep 2023 21:15 GMT
… 0 lunar lander to transport NASA payloads to the Moon in … customer for its upcoming mission: NASA. The private space company signed … a $55 million contract with NASA for Mission 3, which will … a team led by Draper Laboratory to deliver the NASA payloads as part …
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NASA taps 11 private companies to develop space technology for lunar return
28 Jul 2023 09:59 GMT
… and ingenuity," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said … the approximate value of NASA’s contribution are:
Astrobotic … and cost. Partnering with Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Psionic … could eventually enable NASA to land heavier payloads …
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NASA Picks 11 U.S. Companies For ‘Tipping Point’ Contracts
26 Jul 2023 15:57 GMT
… acting associate administrator for NASA’s Space Technology Mission … Moon.”
The contracts, including the NASA contribution, are:
• $34 … Psionic, in partnership with Draper Laboratory, to flight demonstrate its … system material developed by NASA to be more …
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NASA gives Blue Origin $34.7M to work on technology for making solar cells on moon
25 Jul 2023 17:53 GMT
… include Intuitive Machines, NASA Glenn Research Center, NASA Marshall Flight Center, Sunpower … of American innovation and ingenuity,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in … , $3.2 million – Partnering with Draper Laboratory, Psionic will conduct a flight …