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SALT LAKE CITY, July 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) has received a $48 million major subcontractor award from Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) to provide commercial solid rocket motors for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) target rocket program. With follow-on options ATK believes the contract has a potential value of up to $90 million. Orbital is the prime contractor for the IRBM program. ATK's contract includes an initial award...
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., June 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- TASC, Inc. provided independent mission assurance for the successful June 29 launch of a Minotaur I rocket from NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia, carrying the ORS-1 space vehicle. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100524/PH08918LOGO ) "This launch deploys a key capability that was urgently needed by U.S. Central Command," says Pat Talty, senior vice president of Mission Engineering at TASC. "It is the culmination...
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., June 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A U.S. Air Force Minotaur 1 rocket carrying the Department of Defense's Operationally Responsive Space office's ORS-1 satellite is scheduled for launch June 28 from NASA's Launch Range at the Wallops Flight Facility and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) ORS-1 is the Operationally Responsive Space Office's first operational satellite. Rapidly developing...
As its shuttles are soon to retire, NASA has awarded funds to private companies with the goal of flying astronauts on commercial spaceships to and from the International Space Station by 2015.More than $269 million was awarded to four companies: Boeing, Space Exploration Technology (SpaceX), Blue Origin and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), says the agency."We're committed to safely transporting U.S. astronauts on American-made spacecraft and ending the outsourcing of this work to foreign...
SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced that Michael J. Bender joined Aerojet today as an executive director of Advanced Programs in the Business Development department. Bender will be responsible for creating and developing opportunities for the company. He has previously held key positions in the aerospace industry including vice president of Government Business Development at Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX),...
WASHINGTON, March 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA ushered in a new era of space exploration at its Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Tuesday with a ribbon cutting ceremony opening the new Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF).(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The HIF will support medium-class mission capabilities. The first customer to use the facility will be Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., with its Taurus II launch vehicle."With this...
NASA will unveil its new rocket integration facility at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. EDT on March 22.The Horizontal Integration Facility will support medium-class mission capabilities. The first customer to use the facility will be Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., with its Taurus II launch vehicle.Orbital will conduct missions for NASA under the agency's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services project and Commercial Resupply...
WASHINGTON, March 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Glory mission ended Friday after the spacecraft failed to reach orbit following its launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) NASA has begun the process of creating a Mishap Investigation Board to evaluate the cause of the failure. Telemetry indicated the fairing, a protective shell atop the satellite's Taurus XL rocket, did not separate as expected. The...
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that the company, along with its partner Orbital Sciences Corporation (Orbital), has received the San Fernando Valley Engineers' Council's Distinguished Engineering Project Achievement Award for work done on the ramjet engine development for the U.S. Navy GQM-163A "Coyote" Supersonic Sea-Skimming Target missile. The award recognizes corporations that have proven engineering excellence...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Preparations for the launch of NASA's Glory mission from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California have been suspended temporarily. Engineers continue to troubleshoot a malfunction in ground support equipment associated with the Taurus XL rocket. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) On Feb. 23, a false indication was received about the rocket's status after commands were sent approximately 15 minutes before launch...
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On February 1st, 1961, Daniel Tani was born to Rose and Henry N. Tani of Ridley Park, Pennsylvania. He and his family later moved to Lombard, Illinois where he graduated high school from Glenbard East High School. In 1979, Tani started his studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 1984 he received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and his master’s, specializing in human factors and group decision making, in 1988. During his time at MIT, Tani was a Brother of...
