NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Achieves Historic First Powered Flight on Another World

By Paul Scott Anderson, on April 19th, 2021

Success! The Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, took this photo looking down at its own shadow on the surface after liftoff. This is the first time that powered, controlled flight has been accomplished on another planet. Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

After much anticipation, NASA’s first-ever Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, has successfully completed its first test flight, which took […]

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Touchdown! NASA's Perseverance Rover Lands on Mars to Begin Search for Past Life

By Paul Scott Anderson, on February 18th, 2021

The first low-rez raw image sent back by Perseverance from the ancient lakebed in Jezero Crater, showing many small rocks. Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

After a journey of 292.5 million miles (470.8 million kilometers), NASA’s Perseverance rover has finally reached its destination – an ancient lakebed in Jezero Crater on Mars. The rover, the most […]

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Through the Lens: SpaceX's Fifth Dragon Resupply Launch to ISS in Stunning Imagery

By Mike Killian, on January 11th, 2015

LIFTOFF of SpaceX’s Falcon-9 booster Saturday morning, Jan. 10, 2015, kicking off the first U.S. launch of 2015 and the company’s fifth NASA-contracted Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: Mike Killian / AmericaSpace

In the early morning hours of Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, SpaceX kicked off the United States’ […]

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WATCH: Up-Close Launch Pad Cameras Capture Antares ORB-3 Explosion in Frightening Detail

By Mike Killian, on November 23rd, 2014

Remote cameras set up around launch pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia captured incredible up-close views of an Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket exploding seconds after liftoff several weeks ago. The mission was to deliver the company’s Orb-3 Cygnus spacecraft to deliver supplies and experiments […]

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Antares Rising: Stunning Launch Pad Footage Showcases Violent ORB-1 Launch

By Mike Killian, on January 11th, 2014

Antares thunders off pad 0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility to deliver Cygnus to the ISS, the first flight for Orbital Sciences Corporation to deliver fresh supplies to the ISS under a $1.9 billion NASA contract. Photo Credit: AmericaSpace / Mike Killian

Orbital Sciences Corporation successfully launched their Cygnus spacecraft to the International […]

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Atlantis Ascends: Orbiter's New Home Readied for June Opening

By Julian Leek, on February 24th, 2013

Former NASA shuttle astronaut Jon McBride (far left), along with the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Chief Executive Officer Bill Moore, unveil the new sign in front of Shuttle Atlantis’ exhibit. Photo Credit: Julian Leek / Blue Sawtooth Studio

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — Space Shuttle Atlantis’ new digs has a new sign in […]

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Atlantis Photo Feature Part Seven: Wired4Space

By Jason Rhian, on November 11th, 2012

Photo Credit: Jeff Seibert

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – After the space shuttle era drew to a close, AmericaSpace reached out to a number of smaller media outlets so that we could pool our resources and better survive the transitional period. One of the first that we reached out to was Wired4Space. The team […]

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PHOTO FEATURE: Shuttle Atlantis Continues Retirement Transition

By Mike Killian, on May 29th, 2012
Space shuttle Atlantis' forward Reaction Control System, or RCS, being lowered by a crane as workers ready to re-install the hardware on the nose of the orbiter. Photo Credit: Mike Killian / ARES Institute and AmericaSpace

Space shuttle Atlantis' forward reaction control system, or FRCS, being lowered by a crane as workers ready to re-install the hardware on the nose of the orbiter. Photo Credit: Mike Killian / ARES Institute and AmericaSpace

Space shuttle Atlantis continues to progress smoothly through transition and retirement processing at Kennedy Space Center. The […]

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AmericaSpace Exclusive: Stunning Video From Recent MUOS-1 Launch

By Jason Rhian, on February 27th, 2012

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Excluding the “countdown” audio and music score during the second launch video – all the elements of this presentation were produced by AmericaSpace and its affiliates. Alan Walters, Mike Killian, Jason Rhian, Matt Gaetjens as well as Mike Barrett & Jeff Seibert with Wired4Space.com and Lloyd Behrendt with Blue Sawtooth Studios contributed to […]

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