By Mike Killian, on January 10th, 2015 The first of eight tests for the SLS development engine, which will provide NASA engineers with critical data on the engine controller unit and inlet pressure conditions. Four RS-25 engines will power SLS on future missions, including to an asteroid and ultimately to Mars. Photo Credit: NASA
The new year has kicked off […]
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By Ben Evans, on November 23rd, 2014 The Orion spacecraft and its Launch Abort System (LAS) for the Exploration pause briefly outside the historic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), during their journey to Space Launch Complex (SLC)-37B. Photo Credit: Talia Landman/AmericaSpace
After more than a decade of planning, preparation, frustration and cancellation, in just 11 days’ time the first human-capable vehicle […]
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By Mike Killian, on September 8th, 2014 Artist concept of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) 70-metric-ton configuration launching to space. SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever built for deep space missions, including to an asteroid and, ultimately, to Mars.Image and Caption Credit: NASA/MSFC
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) has now reached a point in the program’s development that […]
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By Leonidas Papadopoulos, on February 11th, 2014 Artistic rendering of Mars, made from images taken with NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. Private space companies have announced plans for the colonisation of the Red Planet within the next decade. How close are those plans to becoming a reality? Image Credit: Kees Veenenbos/MOLA Science Team/NASA
“Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s […]
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By Jason Rhian, on March 9th, 2013 [youtube_video]http://youtu.be/OIo3WqLczzY[/youtube_video]
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla — AmericaSpace spoke with Trent Smith with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. He detailed the basics behind efforts to cede responsibility of delivering crew and cargo to low-Earth orbit (LEO), primarily to the International Space Station, to commercial companies. Under this plan, this should allow NASA to […]
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By David Darling, on March 2nd, 2013 Wernher von Braun helped pave the United States’ path to the Moon. Photo Credit: NASA
Beginning in September 1945, shortly after the end of World War II, a team of about a hundred rocket scientists and engineers, led by Wernher von Braun, was spirited out of Germany and brought to the United States […]
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By Jason Rhian, on February 12th, 2013 NASA conducted a test of the Orion spacecraft’s parachute system today. Unlike the image posted here, today’s test saw the intentional failure of one of the capsule’s parachutes to see if the spacecraft could land safely on just two of its three parachutes. Photo Credit: NASA
NASA’s new crewed, deep space exploration spacecraft, […]
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By Jason Rhian, on January 13th, 2013 The commander of the 45th Space Wing, Brigadier General Anthony Cotton, addresses members of the press who attended a media day held by the 45th Space Wing. The media day was held to highlight the heavy workload that the men and women of the Eastern Range have in sending various payloads to orbit. […]
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By Jason Rhian, on January 11th, 2013 [youtube_video]http://youtu.be/BUg7CE58D_c[/youtube_video]
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — When NASA once again sends astronauts to destinations beyond the orbit of Earth, it will need technologies that are currently only in their infancy—or have yet to be developed. The Engineering Services Contract, or “ESC,” has tasked Dr. Tracy Gibson and […]
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By Jason Rhian, on January 7th, 2013 The first in a six-part series detailing the men and women working on the contract that is working to rebuild and redirect NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for the future. Image Credit: Jason Rhian
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – The general public views NASA’s Kennedy Space Center as the place where America launches astronauts into […]
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