By Paul Scott Anderson, on December 9th, 2020
Illustration depicting the flow of the solar wind from the Sun. Both GLIDE and Solar Cruiser will help scientists study the solar wind and its effects on communications is space and on Earth. Image Credit: NASA
NASA has announced the selection of two new SmallSat missions – the Global Lyman-alpha Imagers of the Dynamic […]
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By Elliot Severn, on July 9th, 2015
An expanded view of NASA’s Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, showing the crew module, service module, launch escape system, and protective fairings.” Image Credit: NASA
On Tuesday, July 7, Orbital ATK signed a contact with Lockheed Martin to provide the solid rocket motor for the launch abort system of NASA’s Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. […]
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By Talia Landman, on April 3rd, 2015
A space habitat at night, docked with a “Space Exploration Vehicle.” This photo was taken during the 2010 Desert RATS field testing, from Aug. 31 – Sept. 15, 2010, in Black Point Lava Flow, Ariz. Image credit: NASA
This week, NASA announced the selection of 12 partnerships within the commercial industry to help […]
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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 Mike Killian, on December 31st, 2014 File photo of a five-segment ATK solid rocket booster on the company’s test stand in Promontory, Utah. The 154-foot booster, which is in development for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), will produce heat two-thirds the temperature of the Sun, and its 12-foot-diameter cylinder will deliver 3.6 million pounds of thrust when the rocket […]
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By Leonidas Papadopoulos, on December 4th, 2014 Registration is now open for NASA’s latest Centennial Challenges technology prize competition, called Cube Quest Challenge. The competition will award up to a total of $5 million to any teams that will successfully demonstrate a CubeSat in-space operations and communications in lunar orbit and beyond. Image Credit: NASA
With the much-anticipated, first test […]
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By Emily Carney, on November 22nd, 2014 Scott G. Phillips stands by his space shuttle tribute display. Phillips’ new memoir, Remove Before Flight, tells the story of his own personal shuttle odyssey. Photo Credit: Scott G. Phillips
Since the beginning of the space shuttle era, which kicked off with STS-1’s triumphant launch in 1981, space buffs, historians, and writers chronicling […]
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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 June 28th, 2014 Aerojet Rocketdyne recently completed a series of hot-fire tests on its “Baby Bantam” liquid rocket demonstration engine (pictured above), which was entirely constructed with additive manufacturing processes, also known as 3-D printing. Image Credit: Aerojet Rocketdyne.
The advent of additive manufacturing technologies, better known as 3-D printing, has been an ongoing trend […]
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By Mike Killian, on May 13th, 2014 Artist’s concept of NASA’s Space Launch System launching at night. Image Credit: Misho Katulic / www.TerraBuilder.com
This month, a year-long construction project to build the structural test stands for NASA’s Space Launch System’s gigantic core stage will begin at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The stands, one of which […]
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