A team of U.S. Army researchers has developed an optical metrology scanning system to obtain 3-D measurements and then reproduce new models of specific objects, the Army reported Thursday. “We had to
MoreJerry Cook, formerly deputy director at NASAâs Stennis Space Center, has been appointed deputy director of the Space Launch System program at the agencyâs Marshall Space Flight Center. Cook assumed the role
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has used the M48 Coordinate Measurement Machine to measure the four mounts that work to support the Primary Mirror Backplane Support Structure of the James
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Todd May has been named director of NASA‘s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The space agency said Tuesday May will be in charge of the $2.5 billion Marshall center and its 6,000
MoreNASAÂ has named Kevin McGhaw as its new deputy director for Marshall Space Flight Center’s Office of Strategic Analysis and Communications. The space agency said Wednesday McGhaw will manage 160 civil service and
MoreThe General Services Administration, NASA and the Defense Department have proposed a regulation to block vendors that use internal agreements to prevent their employees or subcontractors from reporting wasteful spending, fraud and
MoreThe Jason-3 spacecraft launched Sunday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California as part of an international mission that seeks to monitor global weather and rising sea levels. NASA said Monday a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
MoreThe Government Accountability Office has called on federal agencies to reform their assessment processes for federally leased vehicles in order to help reduce underutilized fleets. GAO said in a report released Thursday that
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NASA has launched a new office within the science mission directorate’s planetary science division that will work to detect and monitor asteroids and other near-Earth objects. The planetary defense coordination office will
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The Government Accountability Office reports that a majority of the 11 federal agencies authorized to use what GAO called “other transaction” agreements for contracting or financial assistance programs employed them sparingly from
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