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Lockheed Martin jumps into the NASA space taxi race

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This rendering depicts Lockheed Martin's Jupiter spacecraft and Exoliner cargo carrier connected to the International Space Station. ( Lockheed Martin illustration by Steve Hartman)

Littleton-based Lockheed Martin Space Systems is jumping into the entry pool to be the next selected to ferry supplies to and from the International Space Station.

The company submitted a three-part system the Jupiter reusable spacecraft, Exoliner cargo container and a long robotic arm that takes inspiration from the Space Shuttle's similar appendage to try to win a piece of the $14 billion NASA pie.

"We know how important it is to get astronauts on the ISS the supplies they need on time, every time," said Wanda Sigur, vice president of Lockheed Martin's civil space division. "Our approach is designed to deliver a large volume of critical supplies and cargo with each flight, and do so on schedule."

Here's how it works: Jupiter and Exoliner would launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket and deliver their cargo to ISS. Jupiter would remain in orbit, leaving the old Exoliner behind on ISS.

Once another Exoliner cargo delivery arrives, Jupiter would remove the old Exoliner from ISS, and replace it with the new. The old cargo container would fall from orbit, burning up upon reentry to Earth's atmosphere.

As part of the bid for the NASA Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract, the company is positioning the configuration as a potential support for future deep space exploration think interstellar mini-marts placed throughout space, serving as prepositioned stations to provide astronauts with food, fuel and equipment.

Lockheed Martin looked to their previous designs to guide its commercial resupply contract entry. Jupiter builds on the heritage of MAVEN, currently in orbit around Mars, and asteroid explorer OSIRIS-REx, currently under construction at the company's Waterton Canyon facility.

They also looked to the cargo carrier used on ISS' current Automated Transfer Vehicle to guide the Exoliner, which would have both pressurized and unpressurized cargo capacity.

The award of the contract to Lockheed Martin would bring work to Colorado, including engineering, production and testing of the Jupiter spacecraft and Exoliner 's unpressurized cargo carrier and Mission Support Module, which carries Jupiter's refueling supply, according to company spokeswoman Allison Rakes.

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Media Invited to View Orion Heat Shield and Interview Leadership; Attend Pass the Torch Lecture

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Media are invited interact with NASA experts on March 17 at 1 p.m. as the Orion spacecraft heat shield is prepped for installation into NASAs Marshall Space Flight Centers 7-axis milling and machining tool. The heat shield will be loaded into the one-of-a-kind machine, where NASA experts will extract samples of the ablative material to study and measure the erosion incurred upon the crafts high-velocity re-entry during its Dec. 5, 2014 flight test.

Mark Kirasich, NASA Orion deputy program manager; Larry Price, Lockheed Martin Orion deputy program manager; and Larry Gagliano, Marshalls deputy project manager for the Orion Launch Abort System, will make brief remarks and be available for questions.

The following day, March 18 at 5:30 p.m., the Orion team will describe how the vehicle performed during the Dec. 5 flight test at a Pass the Torch Lecture at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, the official visitor information center for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. The speakers will be Price and Roger Rieger, director of Human Launch Services at United Launch Alliance. The event is free and open to the public and the media.

News media interested in covering the March 17 media opportunity at Marshall should contact Jennifer Stanfield at 256-544-0034.

Media must report to the Redstone Visitor Center at Gate 9, Interstate 565 interchange at Rideout Road/Research Park Boulevard no later than noon CDT, March 17, for escort. Vehicles are subject to a security search at the gate. Journalists will need a photo identification and proof of car insurance.

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NASA helps EWU student realize rocket dream

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By Jeff Bunch

Eastern Washington University student Jesse Shelly has always been fascinated with rockets, space flight and the men and women who make it happen.The former air traffic controller got to live out one of his dreams last week.

EWU student Jesse Shelly with astronaut Stan Love

Shelly, a junior studying mechanical engineering and a member of the rocket club, was given the opportunity to participate as a social media ambassador for last weeks test firing in Utah of the largest rocket booster ever made.

Shelly attended the two-day event as a de facto member of the media. He earned his spot by applying through a program run by NASA that was looking for 45 people to learn about the rocket program, see the test firing and promote all of it on social media.

The March 10-11 event was called, Get Fired Up! Experience the Most Powerful Rocket Booster Ever Built. It featured the first test of NASAs Space Launch Systems booster that was built and tested by contractor ATK Aerospace Group.

NASA described the significance of the event on its website before the launch:

NASA Social participants will have the opportunity to see the test firing for the largest, most powerful booster ever built for theSpace Launch System (SLS) NASAs new heavy-lift rocket in development to enable missions farther into space than ever before.When completed, two five-segment boosters and four RS-25 main engines will power the SLS on its way to deep space missions, including to an asteroid and eventually to Mars. The solid rocket boosters operate in parallel with the main engines for the first two minutes of flight providing more than 75 percent of the thrust needed for the launch vehicle to escape the gravitational pull of Earth.

In addition to the test firing on March 11, Shelly and the NASA Social team were able to tour of the ATK facilities in Utah. ATK is the prime contractor for SLS boosters, which have been used in a long line of space missions. Shelly and other attendees also got a chance to ask questions of NASA and ATK representatives at a press conference that aired live on NASA TV.

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Atlas V rocket blasts magnetospheric science satellites into space

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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. NASAs constellation ofstate-of-the-art magnetospheric science satellitessuccessfully rocketed to orbit late Thursday night, March 12, during a spectacular nighttime launch on a mission to unravel the mysteries of the process known as magnetic reconnection.

The $1.1 BillionMagnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) missionis composedof four formation flying satellites blasted to Earth orbit atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, precisely on time at 10:44 p.m. EDT.

Magnetic reconnectionis a little understood natural process whereby magnetic fields around Earth connect and disconnect while explosively releasing vast amounts of energy. It occurs throughout the universe.

NASAs fleet of four MMS spacecraft will soon start the first mission devoted to studying the phenomenon called magnetic reconnection. Scientists believe that it is the catalyst for some of the most powerful explosions in our solar system.

The night launch of the venerable Atlas V booster turned night into day as the 195 foot tall rocket roared to life on the fiery fury of about a million and a half pounds of thrust, thrillinf spectators all around the Florida space coast and far beyond.

NASAs four Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft were stacked like pancakes on top of one another and encapsulated inside the rocket extended nose cone atop the Atlas V.

The venerable rocket continues to enjoy a 100% success rate. It launched in the Atlas V 421 configuration with a 4-meter diameter Extra Extended Payload Fairing along with two Aerojet Rocketdyne solid rocket motors attached to the Atlas booster first stage.

The two stage Atlas V delivered the MMS satellites to a highly elliptical orbit. They were then deployed from the rockets Centaur upper stage sequentially, in five-minute intervals beginning at 12:16 a.m. Friday, March 13. The last separation occurred at 12:31 a.m.

About 10 minutes later at 12:40 a.m., NASA scientists and engineers confirmed the health of all four spacecraft.

I am speaking for the entire MMS team when I say were thrilled to see all four of our spacecraft have deployed and data indicates we have a healthy fleet, said Craig Tooley, project manager at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

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Best Space Stories of the Week March 15, 2015

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NASA launched a new space-weather mission, scientists found evidence of a hydrothermal system on Saturn's ocean-bearing moon Enceladus and three astronauts returned safely to Earth after nearly six months aboard the International Space Station. Here's a look at Space.com's top stories of the week:

NASA space weather mission takes flight

NASA launched its Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission, which consists of four satellites that will study energy eruptions in Earths magnetic field caused by space weather. MMS blasted off Thursday night (March 12) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. [Full Story: Spectacular Night Launch Sends NASA Satellites on Hunt for Magnetic Collisions]

A hydrothermal system on Enceladus

Scientists have found evidence of active hydrothermal vents on Saturn's ice-covered moon Enceladus. Conditions deep in Enceladus' subsurface ocean may therefore be similar to those that gave rise to the first life on Earth. [Full Story: Hot Springs on Saturn's Moon Enceladus Powered by Hydrothermal Vents]

Spaceflyers come home

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft touched down on the steppes of Kazakhstan Wednesday night (March 11), wrapping up a nearly six-month stint aboard the International Space Station for NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore and cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyaev and Elena Serova. [Full Story: US-Russian Space Crew Returns to Earth After 167 Days in Orbit]

Happy birthday, Kepler!

NASA's prolific Kepler space telescope, which has discovered more than half of all known planets beyond our solar system, just celebrated six years in space. The prolific planet hunter blasted off on March 6, 2009. [Full Story: Happy Birthday, Kepler! NASA Planet Hunter Marks 6 Years in Space]

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NASA to Test New Augmented Reality Glasses For Astronauts

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Washington: NASA is developing augmented reality glasses that could help ISS astronauts carry out difficult repairs in space.

NASA is teaming up with military tech company Osterhout Design Group (ODG) for the project and plans on testing the glasses this year in its giant underwater training facility in the Gulf of Mexico.

If the testing is successful, the glasses will then go with astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).

After that, NASA plans on using the glasses for helping out astronauts with its Orion spacecraft, which is supposed to eventually land humans on asteroids and Mars.

San Francisco-based ODG's glasses include a processor, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and sensors for figuring out where the user is looking. The glasses have been primarily used by various US military agencies, but ODG is also launching a version for consumption.

For NASA, equipping astronauts with these glasses could make space flight a lot more manageable for astronauts.

The main use would be sending instructions straight to the user's eye for maintaining and repairing equipment on space shuttles.

The glasses could also send live video feed back to someone who is knowledgeable about a piece of equipment and send audio or visual instructions to the wearer of the smart glasses.

This could potentially cut down on the enormous amount of time astronauts have to spend on the ground training for missions to space, 'Forbes.com' reported.

"The amount of savings in training could be staggering," said Sean Carter, the manager of new business development at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

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NASA's MMS prepping to study magnetic reconnection phenomenon

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This is an artist's concept of the MMS observatory fleet with rainbow magnetic lines. (Credit: NASA)

Provided by Susie Hendrix, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Following a successful launch at 10:44 p.m. EDT Thursday, NASAs four Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft are positioned in Earths orbit to begin the first space mission dedicated to the study of a phenomenon called magnetic reconnection. This process is thought to be the catalyst for some of the most powerful explosions in our solar system.

The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft onboard launches from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41, Thursday, March 12, 2015, in Florida. (Credit: NASA)

The spacecraft, positioned one on top of the other on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 421 rocket, launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. After reaching orbit, each spacecraft deployed from the rockets upper stage sequentially, in five-minute increments, beginning at 12:16 a.m. Friday, with the last separation occurring at 12:31 a.m. NASA scientists and engineers were able to confirm the health of all separated spacecraft at 12:40 a.m.

I am speaking for the entire MMS team when I say were thrilled to see all four of our spacecraft have deployed and data indicates we have a healthy fleet, said Craig Tooley, project manager at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

[VIDEO: Next stop Mars: NASA tests most powerful booster ever created]

Over the next several weeks, NASA scientists and engineers will deploy booms and antennas on the spacecraft, and test all instruments. The observatories will later be placed into a pyramid formation in preparation for science observations, which are expected to begin in early September.

After a decade of planning and engineering, the science team is ready to go to work, said Jim Burch, principal investigator for the MMS instrument suite science team at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio (SwRI). Weve never had this type of opportunity to study this fundamental process in such detail.

The mission will provide the first three-dimensional views of reconnection occurring in Earths protective magnetic space environment, the magnetosphere. Magnetic reconnection occurs when magnetic fields connect, disconnect, and reconfigure explosively, releasing bursts of energy that can reach the order of billions of megatons of trinitrotoluene (commonly known as TNT). These explosions can send particles surging through space near the speed of light.

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NASA spacecraft in Earth's orbit, preparing to study magnetic reconnection

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Following a successful launch at 10:44 p.m. EDT Thursday, NASA's four Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft are positioned in Earth's orbit to begin the first space mission dedicated to the study of a phenomenon called magnetic reconnection. This process is thought to be the catalyst for some of the most powerful explosions in our solar system.

The spacecraft, positioned one on top of the other on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 421 rocket, launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. After reaching orbit, each spacecraft deployed from the rocket's upper stage sequentially, in five-minute increments, beginning at 12:16 a.m. Friday, with the last separation occurring at 12:31 a.m. NASA scientists and engineers were able to confirm the health of all separated spacecraft at 12:40 a.m.

"I am speaking for the entire MMS team when I say we're thrilled to see all four of our spacecraft have deployed and data indicates we have a healthy fleet," said Craig Tooley, project manager at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Over the next several weeks, NASA scientists and engineers will deploy booms and antennas on the spacecraft, and test all instruments. The observatories will later be placed into a pyramid formation in preparation for science observations, which are expected to begin in early September.

"After a decade of planning and engineering, the science team is ready to go to work," said Jim Burch, principal investigator for the MMS instrument suite science team at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio (SwRI). "We've never had this type of opportunity to study this fundamental process in such detail."

The mission will provide the first three-dimensional views of reconnection occurring in Earth's protective magnetic space environment, the magnetosphere. Magnetic reconnection occurs when magnetic fields connect, disconnect, and reconfigure explosively, releasing bursts of energy that can reach the order of billions of megatons of trinitrotoluene (commonly known as TNT). These explosions can send particles surging through space near the speed of light.

Scientists expect the mission will not only help them better understand magnetic reconnection, but also will provide insight into these powerful events, which can disrupt modern technological systems such as communications networks, GPS navigation, and electrical power grids.

By studying reconnection in this local, natural laboratory, scientists can understand the process elsewhere, such as in the atmosphere of the sun and other stars, in the vicinity of black holes and neutron stars, and at the boundary between our solar system's heliosphere and interstellar space.

The spacecraft will fly in a tight formation through regions of reconnection activity. Using sensors designed to measure the space environment at rates100 times faster than any previous mission.

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NASA's Hubble observations suggest underground ocean on Jupiter's largest moon

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IMAGE:In this artist's concept, the moon Ganymede orbits the giant planet Jupiter. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope observed aurorae on the moon generated by Ganymede's magnetic fields. A saline ocean under... view more

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has the best evidence yet for an underground saltwater ocean on Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon. The subterranean ocean is thought to have more water than all the water on Earth's surface.

Identifying liquid water is crucial in the search for habitable worlds beyond Earth and for the search of life as we know it.

"This discovery marks a significant milestone, highlighting what only Hubble can accomplish," said John Grunsfeld, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters, Washington. "In its 25 years in orbit, Hubble has made many scientific discoveries in our own solar system. A deep ocean under the icy crust of Ganymede opens up further exciting possibilities for life beyond Earth."

Ganymede is the largest moon in our solar system and the only moon with its own magnetic field. The magnetic field causes aurorae, which are ribbons of glowing, hot electrified gas, in regions circling the north and south poles of the moon. Because Ganymede is close to Jupiter, it is also embedded in Jupiter's magnetic field. When Jupiter's magnetic field changes, the aurorae on Ganymede also change, "rocking" back and forth.

By watching the rocking motion of the two aurorae, scientists were able to determine that a large amount of saltwater exists beneath Ganymede's crust affecting its magnetic field.

A team of scientists led by Joachim Saur of the University of Cologne in Germany came up with the idea of using Hubble to learn more about the inside of the moon.

"I was always brainstorming how we could use a telescope in other ways," said Saur. "Is there a way you could use a telescope to look inside a planetary body? Then I thought, the aurorae! Because aurorae are controlled by the magnetic field, if you observe the aurorae in an appropriate way, you learn something about the magnetic field. If you know the magnetic field, then you know something about the moon's interior."

If a saltwater ocean were present, Jupiter's magnetic field would create a secondary magnetic field in the ocean that would counter Jupiter's field. This "magnetic friction" would suppress the rocking of the aurorae. This ocean fights Jupiter's magnetic field so strongly that it reduces the rocking of the aurorae to 2 degrees, instead of the 6 degrees, if the ocean was not present.

Scientists estimate the ocean is 60 miles (100 kilometers) thick - 10 times deeper than Earth's oceans - and is buried under a 95-mile (150-kilometer) crust of mostly ice.

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Public Invited to NASA Goddard Hubble Space Telescope 25th Anniversary Celebration

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GREENBELT, Md., March 12, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, will mark 25 years since the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope with a free public event at its visitor center on Saturday, March 28, 2015, from 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. EDT. There are ongoing activities and two sessions, one beginning at 7 p.m. and the second beginning at 9 p.m. Anyone wishing to attend isasked to register because space is limited.

On April 24, 2015, NASA will mark the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope's launch. Since its launch, Hubble has allowed astronomers to observe the universe in stunning clarity, revealed properties of space and time, and shed light on many of the great mysteries of the universe making conjectures certainties. Today, Hubble continues to provide views of cosmic wonders never before seen and is at the forefront of many new discoveries.

To participate in one of the event's two presentation sessions, guests must preregister online at http://socialforms.nasa.gov/goddard-visitor-center-hubble-25. Registration is not required to participate in the event's other activities.

The first presentation session will include engaging lectures that will start at 7 p.m., with a second session at 9 p.m. for those who miss the first session. Presenters include Michael Soluri, a New York City-based documentary photographer, speaker and author; and Dr. Jennifer Wiseman, a senior astrophysicist at NASA Goddard where she serves as the senior project scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope.

Soluri's photography has appeared in numerous American, European and Brazilian print and online publications like Time, Discover, Air & Space, NPR.org, Family Circle, Mother Earth News, Wired UK, Grazia, Amica, Vogue Brasil and Claudia. His recently published book, "Infinite Worlds," has been cited in Quest, Air & Space, Discover, Spaceflight Insider and Space Collect, among other publications. Images from the book are currently being exhibited in "Outside the Spacecraft: 50 Years of Extra-Vehicular Activity" at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington; "Hubble@25" at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York; and the space shuttle Atlantis pavilion at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Wiseman previously headed the Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory at Goddard. She studies the formation of stars in interstellar clouds using optical, infrared and radio telescopes. She discovered a comet while pursuing a bachelor's degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She earned a doctorate in astronomy from Harvard University.

Soluri will open Session 1 at 7 p.m. and Session 2 at 9 p.m. Wiseman will follow Soluri in Session 1 at 7:30 p.m., and in Session 2 at 9:30 p.m.

Soluri will share the insights of his three-year photographic journey documenting the final Hubble servicing missions. Wiseman will highlight stunning space images, references to key scientific advancements and a description of unexpected discoveries enabled by the success of Hubble.

Throughout the evening, additional activities will include:

Guests should arrive at least 15 minutes before their registered session to allow for time to parking and checking in.

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Balloon Makes First Commercial Flight to Near Space

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A company that plans to send tourists to near-space by balloon has just completed its first commercial flight.

The Arizona-based companyWorld View lofted two payloads during an umanned balloon flight Sunday from southeastern Arizona. The mission was part of NASAs Space Technology Mission Directorates Flight Opportunities Program, which flies experiments designed by students, educators and researchers.

World View is committed to furthering stratospheric exploration and research, Taber MacCallum, World Views chief technology officer, said in a statement. Our first flight as a NASA flight service provider marks the launch of our commercial efforts to aid research and education by providing a new way for NASA and others to access near-space.

One of the experiments measured the properties of cosmic rays, which are believed to emanate from supernova explosions. The payload was developed by 18 undergraduate students and three faculty members at Gannon University in Pennsylvania.

The second experiment, known as the Planetary Atmospheres Minor Species Sensor, is designed to measure the distribution of gases in the air of Earth and other worlds. It was designed by students from the Florida Space Institute at the University of Central Florida.

Many types of space applications and research need more access to near-space than has been possible previously, World View chief scientist Alan Stern, who is also principal investigator of NASAs Pluto-bound New Horizons mission, said in the same statement..

With this flight, Stern added, World View illustrates its ability to provide expanded access to the near-space environment for NASA, private corporations and universities.

In February, Arizona-based World View announced it had broken the world altitude record for a parafoil flight. The altitude of 102,200 feet (31,151 meters) is the same that officials hope to reach when they loft passengers, officials added.

World Views passenger flights would cost $75,000 per person and would soar high enough for passengers to see black sky and the curvature of the Earth. Last year, the organization said it plans to offer these flights starting in 2016.

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World View Completes First Commercial Flight For NASA

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Commercial balloon spaceflight company World View, has completed their first commercial flight carrying research payloads as part of NASA Space Technology Mission Directorates Flight Opportunities Program.

This program gives students, researchers and educators the opportunity to fly their experiments and payloads with proven commercial flight companies.

World View is committed to furthering stratospheric exploration and research, said Taber MacCallum, World Views Chief Technology Officer. Our first flight as a NASA flight service provider marks the launch of our commercial efforts to aid research and education by providing a new way for NASA and others to access near-space.

Through this flight, World View has demonstrated that they can provide commercial access to near space to advance science and technology of interest to NASA, said Dr. LK Kubendran, Program Executive for NASA Flight Opportunities.

This flight carried two university experiments to the edge of space. In one experiment, eighteen undergraduate students and three faculty members from Gannon University developed and flew equipment designed to measure new aspects in the composition of cosmic rays, a long standing research topic in astronomy. For the second experiment, students from the Florida Space Institute at University of Central Florida tested their Planetary Atmospheres Minor Species Sensor (PAMSS), which is designed to detect the amount and distribution of gases in the atmospheres of Earth and other planets.

Many types of space applications and research need more access to near-space than has been possible previously, said Dr. Alan Stern, World Views Chief Scientist. With this flight, World View illustrates its ability to provide expanded access to the near-space environment for NASA, private corporations and universities.

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