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Houston TX (SPX) Mar 09, 2007 SPACEHAB has announced that its Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary has been awarded a one-year contract extension for payload processing services by United Launch Alliance (ULA). The contract is valued at $3.3 million for support of Atlas missions during the one-year period. Through the extension, Astrotech will continue to provide payload processing services and specialized facilities for ULA's Atlas expendable launch vehicle program from Astrotech's bi-coastal locations - Titusville, Florida and Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California. The original contract included the period of December 31, 1999 through December 31, 2006 with four one-year option periods for 2007 - 2010. "Astrotech has readily supported the commercial Atlas program since 1989 and is pleased to have the opportunity to continue this long-term relationship," said Don White, Astrotech General Manager. The Company's nine building compound in Titusville includes a Spacecraft Processing Facility designed to accommodate both 4-meter and 5-meter class satellites with weights in excess of 25,000 pounds and payload fairings up to 75 feet long. Construction begins this month at Astrotech's VAFB facilities to expand to 5-meter fairing accommodations. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SPACEHAB All about the technology of space and more Space Technology News - Applications and Research
Austin Physicists Slow And Control Supersonic Helium Beam
Austin TX (SPX) Mar 09, 2007The speed of a beam of helium atoms can be controlled and slowed using an "atomic paddle" much as a tennis player uses a racquet to control tennis balls, physicists at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered. The slow helium beam technique-a breakthrough in the field of atom optics-could someday be used to better probe microscopic surfaces or create advanced navigation systems. |
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