Lockheed Proposes Dual Use ‘Jupiter’ Space Freighter for Station Resupply and Deep Space Exploration

By Ken Kremer, on March 14th, 2015

Artist’s concept shows Jupiter spacecraft and Exoliner cargo carrier with NASA’s Orion crew capsule in a Lockheed Martin dual use conceptual proposal for commercial missions to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) and deep space exploration missions to the Moon and Mars. Credit: Lockheed Martin

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Critical Year for SLS Development Continues With Base Heating Tests

By Emily Carney, on February 4th, 2015

From NASA: “A two-percent scale model of the Space Launch System core stage RS-25 engines, in the pictures at left, and a model of the SLS without the twin boosters is used for nominal, core-stage-only testing at CUBRC Inc. in Buffalo, New York.” Image Credit: NASA/MSFC

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What Did NASA Learn From Orion’s First Test Flight? NASA Administrator Bolden Tells AmericaSpace

By Ken Kremer, on January 14th, 2015

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden (center) and Mike Hawes, Lockheed Martin Vice President (right of center) for Orion inspect a Jacquard loom operating at Bally Ribbon Mills in Bally, Pa., on Jan. 9, 2015, that is weaving a 3-D Quartz perform material that will be used as a key component in Orion’s critical thermal […]

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Mandatory Ascent Abort System Launch Test Lies Ahead Before Orion’s First Crewed NASA SLS Blastoff

By Ken Kremer, on December 30th, 2014

This Orion capsule will soar again to space! Homecoming view of NASA’s first Orion spacecraft after returning to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 19, 2014, after successful blastoff on Dec. 5, 2014. Credit: Ken Kremer – kenkremer.com

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL — Before our astronauts will ever be allowed to […]

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