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Is The Future Bright for Aerojet Rocketdyne?
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 after it was first announced. GenCorp, Inc., the aerospace and technology firm which has owned Aerojet since 2005, declared Monday 17 June that it had completed the $550 million purchase of PWR from […] More
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Rocket Man: The Legacy of Wernher von Braun
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 as part of “Operation Paperclip.” Along with them came a slew of captured V-2 rockets and components. […] More
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United Launch Alliance’s Delta II Tapped to Launch ICESat-2 by NASA
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, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) satellite into orbit in 2016. More
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Atlantis Ascends: Orbiter’s New Home Readied for June Opening
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Report: Lack of Adequate Precautions Caused Accident That Killed Three During SpaceShipTwo Test
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 was obtained under the California Public Information […] More
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Google Lunar X PRIZE Team Moon Express Acquires Rocket City Space Pioneers, Edges Closer to Goal
One of the teams competing in the Google Lunar X PRIZE (GLXP), Moon Express, has reached an agreement where it will partner with Dynetics to acquire fellow GLXP team, the Rocket City Space Pioneers (RCSP). Moon Express made this announcement on Dec. 20 of last year. The announcement highlighted a competition that is nearing the end. More
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Canaveral’s Hidden Treasure: The Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Public Tour
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 out that the 45th Space Wing Public Affairs Office has a tour to many of the historic locations at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station that is the perfect price for […] More
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Looking Back-Looking Forward: 50 Years with NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – For the past 50 years, NASA has been responsible for achievements in space—and on Earth. In the past year alone, NASA succeeded in landing the most sophisticated rover on the surface of Mars, carried out the first-ever commercial mission to the International Space Station, and advanced the systems needed to send […] More
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Dec. 11 Launch for X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle?
United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced that it has cleared the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle for launch atop one of the company’s Atlas V 501 rockets on Dec. 11, 2012. This follows a thorough review of a technical issue that appeared during the launch of a Delta IV Medium launch vehicle on Oct. 4. More
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Atlas V Stands Ready to Loft Classified OTV-3 Mini-Shuttle
After several delays, United Launch Alliance’s venerable Atlas V rocket is scheduled to loft the third Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-3)—a secretive and highly controversial Air Force mini-shuttle, also known as the X-37B—into space early next month from Pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Launch was originally scheduled for late October, but was repeatedly postponed when […] More
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On @ The 90: The Future
Predictions are dangerous things. Dick Morris, a political commentator, found this out the hard way recently. He predicted that Mitt Romney would win the U.S. presidential election in a landslide. Yeah, so much for that. Predicting what the space program will be like in the future is similarly treacherous. More
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Delta IV Delivers GPS Satellite into Orbit
A few weeks shy of the tenth anniversary of its maiden voyage, United Launch Alliance’s venerable Delta IV booster has triumphantly launched a new Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite into orbit, 11,000 miles above Earth. Liftoff of the Delta – which flew in its Medium+ ‘4-2’ configuration, with a 4-metre-wide (13-foot) payload fairing and two […] More
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