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Download and install Acrobat Reader Orbital Technologies Corporation Wins Contract for In-Space Cryogenic Propellant Storage & Transfer Orbital Technologies Corporation Wins Contract for Cast Aluminum Thrust Chamber Development Orbital Technologies Corporation Soars with Prime Contract for the Commercial Space Industry [ read press release ] American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics SpaceOps Quarterly Newsletter Publishes ORBITEC Tools for Creation of Just-In-Time 3D Procedural Simulations Article [ read article ] Commercial Spaceflight Federation Releases Video Showing What's Next for U.S. Human Spaceflight [ view video ] ORBITEC President Tom Crabb Interviewed by In Business Magazine [ view In Business video ] [ read In Business article ] ORBITEC Engineer and Manager of Applied Research Market Division Interviewed on "In Business With Jody & Joan" Radio Program [ listen to podcast ] ORBITEC Wins Two NASA SBIR Phase 1 Awards [ view Non-Thermal Sanitation by Atmospheric Pressure Plasma briefing chart ] [ view Hydrogen Generator by Methane Pyrolysis with Carbon Capture briefing chart ] ORBITEC Delivers First-Ever LED Lighting System for Orbital Science's Cygnus Module Spacecraft Navigation Lighting [ read details ] ORBITEC's HMA Fire Kick Starts Sales of its New T4 Extended Diesel Ultra-High Pressure Vehicles with Two Awards from the U.S. Military [ read press release ] ORBITEC's Space Garden Greenhouse Headed to ISS [ read Space-Travel.com article ] [ visit Space Garden website ] ORBITEC Awarded Patent for All-Terrain, Drive by Wire, High Pressure Fire Fighting Apparatus. The patent number is 7,836,964 and will issue on November 23, 2010. Rory Groonwald and Kris Cozart are the inventors, ORBITEC is the assignee. ORBITEC Collaborates with Purdue Researchers on Greenhouse LED Lighting Project [ read press release ] American Society for Horticultural Science Shows ORBITEC's Space Garden at National Science Fair [ read White House / Office of Science and Technology Policy article ] [ view pictures ] [ visit Space Garden website ] Rockets Land at ORBITEC for Engine Design [ read Wisconsin State Journal article ] ORBITEC hosts a Workshop in Rocket Science for Educators [ read Wisconsin State Journal article ] NASA Tests ORBITEC VEGGIE Greenhouse Unit During Desert RATS (Research and Technology Studies) [ read Discovery Channel story ] [ read Space.com story ] [ read Desert RATS overview on NASA webpage ] [ read about VEGGIE on NASA Habitat Demonstration Unit Technologies webpage ] Commercial Spaceflight Federation Welcomes ORBITEC and Four Other New Associate Members [ read press release ] ORBITEC Helps NASA Grow Vegetables in Space [ read press release ] ORBITEC Earns Multiple NASA Opportunities for Propulsion and Life Support Space Technologies [ read press release ] ORBITEC President Tom Crabb on AeroInnovate Funding Your Dream panel and AeroInnovate Pitch & Mingle [ read details ] United Space Alliance video showcases their Questus Operations Suite Software, in which ORBITEC’s Hypercosm 3D Software was used to help create 3D model-based capabilities of the Instru training module and the Acquiro inventory management system [ view United Space Alliance video ] ORBITEC Wins NASA Propulsion Contract [ read press release ] ORBITEC Tests its Carbothermal Regolith Reduction System, Producing Water and Ultimately Oxygen and Hydrogen from Hawaiin Tephra at the Simulated Lunar Field Test Site [ read Hawaii Tribune Herald article ] [ view a video explaining carbothermal reduction on YouTube ] [ view a video showing testing of our carbothermal reduction reactor on Mauna Kea on YouTube ] ORBITEC Trusted by Bigelow Aerospace to provide Environmental Control and Life Support for Sundancer [ read press release ] ORBITEC Delivers Readout Device for Liquid Crystal-based Chemical Sensors [ read story ] Successful Test of ORBITEC's New Vortex Hybrid Rocket Motor [ read story ] ORBITEC Hires Business Development Director [ read story ] Air Force Awards ORBITEC $750,000 to Develop Hypercosm 3D Casual Games for Preventive Medical Instruction [ read press release ] ORBITEC Completes Major Commitments for Commercialization Expansion [ read press release ] ORBITEC wins subcontract to build a real-time, interactive 3D planning and visualization software tool [ read press release ] ORBITEC announces new testing services [ read press release ] ORBITEC runs with Colbert - Madison space company helps build COLBERT Treadmill [ see WKOW 27 article and video ] Ready For Takeoff - City Company That Partners With Nasa In Space Is Aiming To Bring Its Products To Earth [ read Wisconsin State Journal article ] Orbitec seeking investors for expansion [ read JS Online Article ] ORBITEC announces formation of five strategic business units [ read press release ] ORBITEC celebrates 20th anniversary, Eric Rice appoints Thomas Crabb President and Head of Growth Initiatives [ read press release ] ORBITEC awarded Plasma Air Decontamination System (PADS II) [ read press release ] ORBITEC awarded Enhanced Brine Dewatering System (EBDS II) [ read press release ] Plant Growth Chamber to Launch on Space Shuttle to International Space Station [ read press release ] R. Clay Burkhalter Named ASQ-Certified Quality Auditor [ read press release ] Orbitec will use $25 million Air Force contract to make small launch vehicle [ read Wisconsin Technology Network article ] Read PDF documents with the free Acrobat Reader. Click [here] to download and install Acrobat Reader.