By Mike Killian, on October 18th, 2013 The Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-5 is moved onto a transporter on 17 September 2013, whilst in clean room conditions at the Navstar Processing Facility at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Photo Credit: Boeing
Next week’s planned launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta-IV rocket with the Global Positioning System (GPS) […]
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By Scott Johnson, on September 8th, 2013 One final test for J-2X Engine No. 10002. Photo Credit: NASA / Stennis Space Center
BAY ST. LOUIS, Ms — On Thursday, Sept. 5, NASA along with Aerojet Rocketdyne conducted a test firing of a J-2X rocket engine at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. The hot-fire was conducted in order to test the engine […]
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By Jason Rhian, on August 20th, 2013 Just last month, Aerojet Rocketdyne tested out a rocket engine fuel injector that was produced by 3D printing. AmericaSpace spoke with Jeff Haynes, a program manager working to develop this technology for space flight purposes. He talked about the first test, what the limitations are for 3D-printed parts, as well as the ramifications […]
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By Ben Evans, on June 23rd, 2013 A row of Rocketdyne-built RS-25 Space Shuttle Main Engines just before being shipped to Stennis Space Center for use on the Space Launch System program. Photo Credit: Alan Walters / awaltersphoto.com
Last week, California-based Aerojet and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne—the two premier rocket-power providers in the United States—finalized their merger, almost a year […]
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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 25th, 2013 NASA has selected the United Launch Alliance Delta II to send its ICESat-2 spacecraft into polar orbit. Photo Credit: Alan Walters / awaltersphoto.com
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — The Launch Services Program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, located in Florida, has selected United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Delta II rocket to launch the agency’s Ice, […]
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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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By Jason Rhian, on February 22nd, 2013 Photo Credit: The Spaceship Company
In July 2007, a test of a hybrid nitrous oxide-fueled rocket engine that Scaled Composites planned to use on its SpaceShipTwo space plane failed. The resulting explosion killed three and injured three more. The California Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or Cal/OSHA, has released its investigation report which […]
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By Jason Rhian, on January 5th, 2013 Google Lunar X PRIZE (GLXP) team Moon Express has acquired fellow GLXP team Rocket City Space Pioneers and have thus poised themselves one step closer to landing their rover on the Moon. Image Credit: NASA
One of the teams competing in the Google Lunar X PRIZE (GLXP), Moon Express, has reached an agreement […]
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By Jason Rhian, on January 2nd, 2013 The United States Air Force offers a free tour to guests that encompasses some of the most historic locations at Cape Canaveral. Photo Credit: AmericaSpace / Jason Rhian
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – With the current economic reality, many planning vacations along Florida’s Space Coast are having to scale back their plans. It turns […]
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