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Comment on First Launch of Commercial Crew Quietly Slips to 2017 by Dave

Dave — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:47:05 +0000

Thanks Jason.

Comment on First Launch of Commercial Crew Quietly Slips to 2017 by Jason Rhian

Jason Rhian — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:04:37 +0000

Dave,
Cape Canaveral Air For Station’s Space Launch Complexes 37, 40 & 41 – are all active pads. 41 hosted a launch last week, 37 is set to conduct a launch tomorrow. So the launch pads at Cape Canaveral conduct missions on almost (and in some cases more) a monthly basis.
Sincerely, Jason Rhian – Editor, AmericaSpace

Comment on First Launch of Commercial Crew Quietly Slips to 2017 by Dave

Dave — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:46:47 +0000

Anyone aware if Cape Canaveral launch pads will ever be used again for future missions?

Comment on Atlas V Inserts Classified OTV-3 Mini-Shuttle into Orbit by WGS-5 Launch to Mark Delta IV’s Return to Flight « AmericaSpace

WGS-5 Launch to Mark Delta IV’s Return to Flight « AmericaSpace — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:34:01 +0000

[...] a resolution of the problem. However, whilst the Delta IV-specific investigations continued, an Atlas V successfully delivered the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B spacecraft into orbit without incident on 11 December [...]

Comment on Atlas V Boosts GPS IIF-4 Satellite Into Orbit by WGS-5 Launch to Mark Delta IV’s Return to Flight « AmericaSpace

WGS-5 Launch to Mark Delta IV’s Return to Flight « AmericaSpace — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:00:45 +0000

[...] CANAVERAL, Fla — No sooner has the smoke and fire settled from last Wednesday’s liftoff of an Atlas V to deliver the GPS IIF-4 satellite into orbit, United Launch Alliance (ULA) is primed [...]

Comment on What Comes After Kepler? by Tom Vasiloff

Tom Vasiloff — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:21:46 +0000

Kepler has blazed an important trail in mankind’s quest to find habitable planets. It is only logical that new generations of spacecraft with build upon the Kepler experience and allow scientists to find evidence of microbial life “out there.” It is exciting to contemplate!

Comment on NASA and the White House Pay Tribute to Sally Ride by Becca Putman

Becca Putman — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:10:19 +0000

You really want to honor Sally Ride? Give the proper survivor benefits to her wife.

Comment on Atlantis Takes Flight at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex by Mary Kanian

Mary Kanian — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:15:09 +0000

OHHHHHHhhhhhh…..!! What a GEM of an article!!! Sneak peak of a wonderful EXHIBIT TO COME!!! THANK YOU!!!!

Comment on Nine-Year-Old Mars Rover Passes 40-Year-Old Record by Tom Vasiloff

Tom Vasiloff — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:13:59 +0000

Mega kudos to JPL and the the entire Mars rover team! May the exploration continue.

Comment on Britain’s Tim Peake Assigned to Six-Month ISS Mission in 2015-16 by tgser

tgser — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:35:14 +0000

Cheers
and lets also add:
Prawn Cocktail

Comment on Britain’s Tim Peake Assigned to Six-Month ISS Mission in 2015-16 by Ben Evans

Ben Evans — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:15:26 +0000

Actually, the British stereotype is just that: a stereotype.

And we don’t all speak like Hugh Grant, either

(Having said that, add a Full English Breakfast and that sounds like a great menu!)

Comment on Britain’s Tim Peake Assigned to Six-Month ISS Mission in 2015-16 by tgser

tgser — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:36:23 +0000

Wonder what his food packs will look like:

Toad in the Hole
Yorkshire Pudding
Bangers n’ Mash
Bubbling Squeak
Sheppard’s Pie
Fish n’ Chips

Comment on Men With Missions: The Year-Long ISS Trailblazers by Britain’s Tim Peake Assigned to Six-Month ISS Mission in 2015-16 « AmericaSpace

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:49:09 +0000

[...] Sergei Volkov. Kelly and Kornienko will fly to the station in March 2015 and will stage the first year-long mission aboard the ISS, whilst Volkov will join them in September-October and accompany them until the [...]

Comment on OSIRIS-REx Mission Passes Key Confirmation Review by Karol

Karol — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:49:00 +0000

The mission sounds about as easy as standing atop the Empire State Building with a rifle, firing a bullet, and hitting a quarter held up by someone on the Washington Monument. Obviously, for the geniuses at NASA, the extremely difficult is done immediately, the impossible just takes a little longer.

Comment on OSIRIS-Rex Asteroid Target Named For Ancient Egyptian Firebird by OSIRIS-REx Mission Passes Key Confirmation Review « AmericaSpace

OSIRIS-REx Mission Passes Key Confirmation Review « AmericaSpace — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:54 +0000

[...] weeks after its asteroid target received a new name, NASA’s Origins-Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer [...]