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The Quiet Supersonic Technology, or QueSST, concept is one of NASA’s first X-planes. Credits: NASA Last week, NASA’s efforts in making supersonic passenger travel over land a reality took a significant step forward, with the successful completion of a preliminary design review (PDR) for an experimental ‘Quiet Supersonic Transport’ (QueSST) aircraft design. It’s […] Whole capsule view of Orion heat shield and compression pads during homecoming event for NASA’s first Orion spacecraft after returning to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 19, 2014. Orion launched successfully on Dec. 5, 2014 and was recovered from the Pacific Ocean by the U.S. Navy . Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/AmericaSpace […] NASA technician Ricky Hall prepares a scale model of Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser spacecraft for tests inside the Unitary Plan wind tunnel at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.Photo Credit: NASA/David C. Bowman Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is quietly, but steadily, moving forward swiftly with the development of their reusable Dream […] The Morpheus Lander successfully completed its first of two successful free flight tests within a week, on Dec. 10. Image Credit: NASA/Johnson Space Center In what looked like scenes from a retro science fiction movie, NASA’s Morpheus Lander successfully conducted its first two back-to-back free-flight tests within a week, earlier this month at […] Space Station Mir as seen on approach by Atlantis on STS-76. Image Credit: NASA In 1997 the Mir Core Module had been in orbit since 1986, for a total of 11 years, 6 years longer than its design life. The United States and the Russian Federation were in the middle of an agreement […]
NASA Fire Department passes Endeavour. Photo Credit Blue Sawtooth Studios / Julian Leek WASHINGTON — NASA’s planned ferry flight of space shuttle Endeavour atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) has been postponed until Tuesday, Sept. 18 due to an unfavorable weather forecast for Monday, Sept. 17. […] 
Artist's illustration of the EFT-1 Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) on orbit. The mission is expected to take place atop a Delta-IV Heavy rocket in 2014. Image Credit: NASA On July 2, the main structure of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at the Kennedy Space Center in […] [youtube_video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2_krYtOHnE[/youtube_video] Video courtesy of Jim Hillhouse, AmericaSpace NASA Astronaut Stephanie Wilson. Photo Credit: NASA February is Black History Month, or National African-American History Month, and here at AmericaSpace we are celebrating the achievements of African-American astronauts in the United States Space Program. From Guion “Guy” Bluford to Ronald McNair, these courageous Americans made significant contributions to human space […] Orion Drop Test on January 6, 2012. Photo Credit: NASA The ninth and final water landing test of the Orion crew capsule was performed earlier today at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The 18,000 pound mockup splashed into Langley’s Hydro Impact Basin, wrapping up a series […] |
 Next Launch Starlink 4 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral AFB, FL scheduled for: 17 Feb 20 at 15:05 GMT 17 Feb 20 at 10:05am Eastern 
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