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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
NASA Announces Design For New Deep Space Exploration System
New Heavy-lift Rocket Will Take Humans Far Beyond Earth
NASA has selected the design of a new Space Launch System that will take the agency’s astronauts farther into space than ever before, create high-quality jobs here at home, and provide… Continue reading
NASA Launches Mission To Study Moon From Crust To Core
NASA’s twin lunar Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 9:08 a.m. EDT Saturday to study the moon in unprecedented detail.
GRAIL-A is scheduled to reach the moon on… Continue reading
Space Station Commercial Cargo Carrier Arriving At NASA Wallops
WASHINGTON — NASA’s partnership with industry to develop transportation to the International Space Station reaches another milestone on Wednesday, Aug. 24. The cargo module for Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Cygnus spacecraft, which will carry supplies to the station, is scheduled to… Continue reading
F9/DRAGON: PREPARING FOR ISS
Over the last several months, SpaceX has been hard at work preparing for our next flight – a mission designed to demonstrate that a privately-developed space transportation system can deliver cargo to and from the International Space Station (ISS). NASA… Continue reading
NASA selects Virgin Galactic for Suborbital Flights
US Space Agency will fly technology payloads to space onboard Virgin Galactic’s spacecraft.
Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline, owned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and Aabar Investments PJS, has been selected by NASA to provide flight opportunities… Continue reading
NASA’S Juno Spacecraft Launches To Jupiter
 NASA’s solar-powered Juno spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 12:25 p.m. EDT Friday to begin a five-year journey to Jupiter.
Juno’s detailed study of the largest planet in our solar system will help reveal Jupiter’s origin… Continue reading
NASA Spacecraft Data Suggest Water Flowing On Mars
Observations from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) have revealed possible flowing water during the warmest months on Mars.
“NASA’s Mars Exploration Program keeps bringing us closer to determining whether the Red Planet could harbor life in some form,” NASA Administrator… Continue reading
NASA’S Hubble Makes One Millionth Science Observation
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope crossed another milestone in its space odyssey of exploration and discovery. On Monday, July 4, the Earth-orbiting observatory logged its one millionth science observation during a search for water in an exoplanet’s atmosphere 1,000 light-years away.… Continue reading
NASA Sets Launch Date For Final Space Shuttle Mission
Space shuttle Atlantis’ Commander Chris Ferguson and his three crewmates are scheduled to begin a 12-day mission to the International Space Station with a launch at 11:26 a.m. EDT on July 8, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The… Continue reading
Cassini samples the icy spray of Enceladus’ water plumes
The NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens mission has directly sampled the water plumes jetting into space from Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The findings from these fly-throughs are the strongest evidence yet for the existence of large-scale saltwater reservoirs beneath the moon’s icy crust.
Enceladus’… Continue reading