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in News, KSC, Kennedy Space Center, SpaceX, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, KSCVC, Space Coast, Launch, Flight Test, FH TestThese Are The Best Places to Watch Falcon Heavy’s Debut Next Week
Thousands of space enthusiasts and spectators, as well as around 400 credentialed journalists from around the globe, are flocking to Florida’s “Space Coast” this weekend to witness what will become the world’s most powerful operational rocket, the Falcon Heavy, launch on its maiden voyage no-earlier-than (NET) next week. Counting down to a liftoff attempt on Tuesday, […] More
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in News, NASA, Air Force, KSC, SpaceX, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Falcon 9, Launch, Flight Test, 45th Space Wing, FH TestSpaceX Says Gov’t Shutdown Will Impact Falcon Heavy, ISS Resupply Missions and Others
The federal government shutdown currently underway will impact the nation’s ability to launch space missions, and not just government missions either. SpaceX is currently testing their inaugural Falcon Heavy rocket on pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in preparation for a test fire of its 3 cores and 27 engines, to be followed […] More
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Falcon Heavy Rises Atop Pad 39A for First Time
One of the most highly-anticipated rockets in history rose atop its launch pad for the first time today, December 28, 2017, as SpaceX’s triple-barreled Falcon Heavy went vertical in launch position for testing prior to its inaugural flight. More
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in News, KSC, Kennedy Space Center, SpaceX, Falcon 9, Launch, Flight Test, FH TestCheck Out Elon’s Tesla Getting Ready for Launch on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy
Just a few days ago SpaceX released the first photos of their highly-anticipated new heavy-lift rocket, the Falcon Heavy, being prepared for its inaugural launch in the company’s Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF) at Kennedy Space Center launch complex 39A. But today, Elon Musk released the first images of the rocket’s payload, an original Tesla Roadster, being prepared […] More
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SpaceX Unveils Falcon Heavy Rocket for Early 2018 Launch Debut
This morning Elon Musk revealed in a tweet SpaceX’s highly-anticipated new triple-barreled Falcon Heavy rocket, which is slated to fly for the first time as soon as next month. More
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in News, NASA, Commercial, FAA, International Space Station, Sierra Nevada Corporation, Dream Chaser, Edwards Air Force Base, Flight Test, Armstrong Flight Research CenterDream Chaser Passes Major CRS-2 Review Milestone, Next Flight Test Nears
Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser ‘spaceplane’ is another step closer to reality this week, having passed a major milestone review by NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under the space agency’s multi-billion dollar Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-2) program to resupply the International Space Station from 2019-2024. More
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Take a Sneak Peek Inside Blue Origin’s Crew Capsule
Billionaire entrepreneur Jeff Bezos and his Kent, Wash.-based company Blue Origin have been making progress at a steady rate the last few years, developing and testing a fully reusable, suborbital New Shepherd flight system and making plans to resurrect dormant Cape Canaveral Launch Complex-36 (LC-36) to fly it from. The company has already flown to suborbital space […] More
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PHOTOS: Dream Chaser Delivered to Edwards AFB for Next Flight Test
It has been just over a year now since NASA announced the winners of their multi-billion dollar second round of Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-2) contracts to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) from 2019 through 2024. SpaceX and Orbital ATK both secured contracts, but Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), who was not selected by NASA for a big commercial crew contract in 2014, was […] More
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in News, NASA, Spaceflight, Orion, Mars, KSC, Kennedy Space Center, Lockheed Martin, Space Exploration, USA, Space Coast, Technology, Flight Test, EM-1NASA Shows Off Orion EM-1 Structure at KSC for Inaugural SLS Lunar Flight Test
NASA’s Orion crew module pressure vessel is secured on a test stand called “the birdcage” inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. The pressure vessel makes up the underlying structure of the Orion crew module, which will be used for the agency’s unmanned Exploration […] More
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in NASA, Air Force, Kennedy Space Center, SpaceX, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Military Space, Falcon 9, Delta IV, Atlas V, ULA, satellite, Department of Defense, Space Coast, Commercial Space, GPS, Launch, Pegasus XL, low earth orbit, Flight Test, 45th Space Wing, Orbital ATKCape/KSC Spaceport Faces Fantastic 2016 with Especially Significant GPS Kickoff Feb. 5
The planned Feb. 5 launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas-V carrying the last of 12 U.S. Air Force/Boeing GPS 2F spacecraft will initiate 2016 Cape Canaveral Spaceport operations this week, with as many as 30 liftoffs and nearly a dozen space vehicle landings planned—the busiest schedule in 15 years. Those landings will include […] More
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in News, NASA, Spaceflight, Orion, Mars, Space, KSC, Kennedy Space Center, SLS, Lockheed Martin, Space Launch System, Mike Killian, Space Exploration, USA, Space Coast, Technology, Flight Test, SLSSuper Guppy Delivers Orion EM-1 Structure to KSC for 2018 Inaugural SLS Flight
The Orion spacecraft destined to fly atop NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) in late 2018 on Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) is now at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. NASA’s Super Guppy transport aircraft delivered the crew module’s completed underlying structure, the pressure vessel which provides a sealed environment for astronaut life support, from Michoud Assembly […] More
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in News, NASA, Spaceflight, KSC, Kennedy Space Center, Lockheed Martin, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Sierra Nevada, International Space Station, Dream Chaser, Mike Killian, Atlas V, ULA, Space Coast, Commercial Space, Technology, Launch, low earth orbit, Flight TestDream Chaser’s First Launch Will Fly to ISS, SNC Outlines Testing and Development Plans Ahead
Yesterday, NASA announced the winners of their multi-billion dollar second round of Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contracts to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) from 2019 through 2024. SpaceX secured a contract with their Falcon-9 and Dragon systems, and Orbital ATK secured a contract with their Cygnus spacecraft, flying atop their own Antares rocket and ULA’s Atlas-V. […] More
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