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NRL was instrumental in the design and development of the Large Area Telescope which is part of NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. This mission is making exciting discoveries about cosmic rays.(More Information)
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Sea Node Completes Trident Warrior 2009 Exercise with Positive
Military Utility Assessment
NRL-developed "Sea Node" has completed the Trident Warrior 2009 Exercise and officially received a positive Military Utility Assessment. (Continued)
Fermi Large Area Telescope Points the Way to New Millisecond Pulsars
The discovery of seventeen new millisecond pulsars was announced by scientists from NRL's Space Science Division and a team of international researchers. (Continued)
NRL Researchers and Universities Collaborate to
Win Supercomputing Bandwidth Challenge
NRL team and collaborators win Supercomputing Bandwidth Challenge for effectively extending the local NRL campus InfiniBand network cloud across the country. The demonstration shows substantial functionality for visualization from a distributed Open Cloud Infrastructure. (Continued)
NRL's MISSE7 Launched Aboard STS-129
The Materials on the International Space Station Experiment 7, designed and built by NRL, launched aboard STS-129 for transport to the International Space Station. (Continued)
STPSat-1 Successfully Completes Extended Mission
The STPSat-1 was decommissioned October 7th after completing almost 2 1/2 years of successful on-orbit operation. (Continued)
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