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NASA Extends Russia Space Travel Deal
WASHINGTON, April 30 – NASA will pay an additional $424 million to extend its contract with Russia’s Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) to transport US astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS), NASA said Tuesday, a move that America’s… Continue reading
NASA Successfully Launches Three Smartphone Satellites
WASHINGTON — Three smartphones destined to become low-cost satellites rode to
space Sunday aboard the maiden flight of Orbital Science Corp.’s Antares rocket
from NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia.
The trio of
“PhoneSats” is operating in orbit, and… Continue reading
Boeing X-48C Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft Completes Flight Testing
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The Boeing (NYSE: BA) X-48C research aircraft flew for the 30th and final time April 9, marking the successful completion of an eight-month flight-test program to explore and further validate… Continue reading
SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Returns Critical NASA Science to Earth
A Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft successfully
completed the company’s second cargo flight to the International Space Station
on Tuesday, March 26, with a 12:36 p.m. EDT splashdown in the Pacific Ocean a
few hundred miles west of… Continue reading
NASA Set for New Round Of J-2X Testing at Stennis Space Center
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — NASA’s progress toward a return to deep space missions continues with a new round of upcoming tests on the next-generation J-2X rocket engine, which will help power the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) to new… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Completes Assembly, Begins Environmental Testing of NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft
DENVER, Feb. 8, 2013 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has completed the assembly of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft. The orbiter is now undergoing environmental testing at the company’s Space Systems facilities, near Denver, Colo. MAVEN is… Continue reading
ESA workhorse to power NASA?s Orion spacecraft
ESA agreed with NASA today to contribute a driving force to the Orion spacecraft planned for launch in 2017. Ultimately, Orion will carry astronauts further into space than ever before using a module based on Europe?s Automated Transfer Vehicle technology.… Continue reading
NASA’s Operation Icebridge Resumes Flights Over Antarctica
WASHINGTON — Scientists and flight crew members with Operation IceBridge, NASA’s airborne mission to study Earth’s changing polar ice, are beginning another campaign over Antarctica. Now in its fourth year, IceBridge’s return to the Antarctic comes almost a year after… Continue reading
Northrop Grumman-Built NASA Global Hawks Support Hurricane Missions From Both U.S. Coasts
New Base of Operations Allows NASA Global Hawks to Reach Atlantic Storms More Quickly and Collect Data for Longer Periods of Time
Now deployed to the U.S. East coast, Northrop Grumman Corporation -built unmanned NASA Global Hawks will be able… Continue reading
Shuttle Endeavour Ferry Flight Rescheduled to Sept. 19
WASHINGTON — NASA’s ferry flight of space shuttle Endeavour atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) is rescheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 19 due to an unfavorable weather forecast along the flight path on Tuesday, Sept. 18. Endeavour now is expected… Continue reading
Rockwell Collins optics used on NASA’s Mars rover
Lens assemblies manufactured at Rockwell Collins in Carlsbad, Calif., are being used on NASA’s Mars rover, Curiosity.
Launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Nov. 26, 2011, the rover will spend the next 98 weeks – one Martian year – in… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Delivers Orion Spacecraft To NASA Kennedy Space Center
DENVER, July 2, 2012 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has delivered the first space-bound Orion spacecraft crew module structure to the Operations and Checkout Building on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. The crew module structure recently underwent its… Continue reading