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Archive for January 3rd, 2017

NASA’s Webb Telescope to resume vibration testing in January

January 3rd, 2017 by

During routine testing of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, an unexpected response occurred from several of the more than 100 devices designed to detect small changes in the motion of the structure. This prompted the engineers put the vibration tests on hold to determine the cause. Since then, the team of engineers and scientists have analysed many potential scenarios for the measured responses.

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NASA selects mission to study black holes, cosmic X-rays

January 3rd, 2017 by

NASA has selected a science mission that will allow astronomers to explore, for the first time, the hidden details of some of the most extreme and exotic astronomical objects, such as stellar and supermassive black holes, neutron stars and pulsars.

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Harris completes sale of CapRock Communications SpeedCast

January 3rd, 2017 by

Harris Corporation has completed the previously announced sale of its CapRock Communications commercial business to SpeedCast International Limited for US$425 million in cash.

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