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Ball Aerospace Gives NASA Its Solar Mission Plan

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has proposed a solar electric propulsion mission to NASA under a contract awarded in September 2011, the company announced Monday. ATK also helped develop the plans for demonstrating the solar technologies and infrastructure require to sustain human space exploration. Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman also received contracts to develop [...]

NASA wants industry to help develop solar array systems capable of powering space vehicles and enabling electric propulsion systems, the space agency announced Thursday. The agency is soliciting proposals from organizations for advanced space technologies that could lead to new approaches for future space missions, said Michael Gazarik, NASA’s space technology program director. Gazarik said [...]

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