As part of its objective to promote industrial and business activity, Florida County has offered incentives to Blue Origin to make and launch rockets near NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Blue Origin has been promoted by billionaire Jeff Bezos, founder and Chief Executive of Amazon.com. The space center is coming up in Brevard County.
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Lockheed-Boeing venture ULA bags $882-mn contract
United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture floated by Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co, has bagged a contract worth $882million for launching satellites for the US Air Force with Delta IV and Atlas V rockets. The contract is effective from 1 October and includes launch capability, mission, integration, base and range support, maintenance, depreciation on equipment, mission assurance, program management, systems engineering and launch site and range operations during the 2016 fiscal year, according to US Defense Department. The usage of Atlas V rockets will enable the US Defense Department to compete for military and spy satellite launch contracts. ULA is poised for its latest launch this week and this is its 100th mission this week.
NASA redesigns heat shield for Orion's EM-1 space mission in 2018
NASA is gearing up the Orion heat shield for its first space mission, the EM-1, in 2018. The new heat shield must survive extreme temperatures upon its travel to space.
Minecraft Story Mode Episode 1 Digital Release Confirmed on October 13; New World, Characters and Gameplay Detailed
Telltale Games is gearing up towards the launching Minecraft Story Mode, a narrative-focused spinoff of the widly popular sandbox game as it officially announces the game's schedule of releases next month. New details on the title's world, characters, and over-all gameplay have also been revealed.
Android 6.0 Marshmallow To Run In Nexus 6, LG G2, G3 and G4
Huawei's Nexus 6 will be run by the Android's newest version, LG's flagship and pioneer G series will receive the same update too.
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