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Boeing Begins NASA Solar Electric Propulsion Study
The Boeing Company has begun work on a four-month NASA contract to develop a mission concept study for solar electric propulsion technologies. Under the $600,000 firm, fixed-price contract, Boeing will evaluate concepts that combine high-power solar arrays with advanced electric… Continue reading
NASA Twin Spacecraft On Final Approach For Moon Orbit
PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s twin spacecraft to study the moon from crust to core are nearing their New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day main-engine burns to place the duo in lunar orbit.
Named Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL),… Continue reading
NASA Announces Launch Date and Milestones for Spacex Flight
WASHINGTON — NASA has announced the launch target for Space Exploration Technologies’ (SpaceX) second Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration flight will be Feb. 7, 2012. Pending completion of final safety reviews, testing and verification, NASA also has agreed to… Continue reading
NASA’s Kepler Confirms Its First Planet in Habitable Zone of Sun-Like Star
NASA’s Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the “habitable zone,” the region where liquid water could exist on a planet’s surface. Kepler also has discovered more than 1,000 new planet candidates, nearly doubling its previously known count. Ten… Continue reading
NASA Ready For November Launch Of Car-Sized Mars Rover
NASA’s most advanced mobile robotic laboratory, which will examine one of the most intriguing areas on Mars, is in final preparations for a launch from Florida’s Space Coast at 10:25 a.m. EST on Nov. 25.
The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)… Continue reading
Virgin Galactic signs deal with NASA for Research Missions on SpaceShipTwo
Space Agency places order to carry technology payloads to space
Another exciting piece of news in the run up to our New Mexico Spaceport event on Monday! We have been informed by NASA, that, following a submission of proposals, Virgin… Continue reading
NASA, NRO, USAF Establish Strategy for Certifying New Expendable Launch Vehicles
WASHINGTON — NASA, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the U.S. Air Force signed an agreement this week to establish clear criteria for certification of commercial providers of launch vehicles used for national security space and civil space missions.
The… Continue reading
Virgin Galactic Appoints Former NASA Executive as Vice President of Operations
Virgin Galactic is pleased to announce the appointment of former NASA executive Michael P. Moses as the Vice President of Operations. Just days prior to the dedication of the company’s operational headquarters at Spaceport America in New Mexico, Virgin has… Continue reading
NASA Awards Historic Green Aviation Prize
NASA has awarded the largest prize in aviation history, created to inspire the development of more fuel-efficient aircraft and spark the start of a new electric airplane industry. The technologies demonstrated by the CAFE Green Flight Challenge, sponsored by Google,… Continue reading
European experts follow satellite reentry
ESA closely monitored the reentry on 24 September of the UARS observatory satellite. The Agency’s Space Debris Office worked with NASA and international partners in a coordinated prediction and risk-assessment exercise.
NASA’s non-operational Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) reentered Earth’s… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Completes Primary Structure of NASAs MAVEN Spacecraft
Photograph Shows Structure of Next Mars Orbiter
DENVER, September 26th, 2011 — – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has completed building the primary structure of NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft at its Space Systems Company facility near Denver. The Mars Atmosphere And Volatile… Continue reading
NASA’s Kepler Mission Discovers a World Orbiting Two Stars
The existence of a world with a double sunset, as portrayed in the film Star Wars more than 30 years ago, is now scientific fact. NASA’s Kepler mission has made the first unambiguous detection of a circumbinary planet — a… Continue reading