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Drones on Mars? Small ‘Helicopter-Like’ Scout Could Be Added to Mars 2020 Rover Mission
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Flying the Friendly Martian Skies: NASA to Test Mars Airplane Prototype
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Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser Awarded Additional Milestone Funding by NASA
Today, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announced that NASA has amended SNC’s Dream Chaser Space Act Agreement (SAA) to include two additional, optional milestones in the development of their Dream Chaser spacecraft. The company hopes to eventually provide NASA crew transport to the International Space Station and other low-Earth orbit destinations. More
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New ‘Dream Chaser’ Space Plane Ready to Start Testing
With the ending of the Space Shuttle program, NASA is now turning to private companies to design and build new spacecraft to take astronauts into orbit. One of the most interesting concepts, the Dream Chaser, is now ready to start testing, and it is hoped that this will help usher in a new era of […] More
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Upward and Forward: Orion Gains New Support, Tests Parachute Failure
NASA’s new crewed, deep space exploration spacecraft, Orion, has gained Burlingame, Calif.-based ARES Technical Services Corp to handle the capsule’s program integration. NASA issued a press release on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, to make the announcement. More
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ESC Empowers: Conclusion
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — The challenges for the Engineering Services Contract (ESC) are growing right along with NASA’s new direction. The ESC is refurbishing the infrastructure at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and while this encompasses the “nuts and bolts” of what is required to launch spacecraft to orbit, it is not the only thing […] More
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ESC Empowers Part 4: Rolling Thunder
[youtube_video]http://youtu.be/WJqj5KHuloc[/youtube_video] This video contains elements from NASA videos CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — In the space business, one has to get used to heights. In terms of scale, only the expansive VAB and pads of Launch Complex-39 beat the height of NASA’s new Mobile Launcher (ML) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center located in Florida. The AmericaSpace team […] More
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ESC Empowers Part 2: It’s Electric—Lightning Protection at Launch Complex 39B
[youtube_video]http://youtu.be/Yv5eepFBZJo[/youtube_video] This feature uses sections of NASA video segments. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – In this second installment of our series detailing the efforts of the men and women of the Engineering Services Contract, or ESC, we will detail the efforts conducted to renovate and safeguard the historic Launch Complex-39B (LC-39B) for future use. Most importantly, […] More
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What Would a Mars Base Be Like?
Mars is the planet most like Earth in our Solar System. Aside from its lack of air and generally chilly temperatures, it isn’t too unfriendly a place for life. In fact, it may even have had life of its own three to four billion years ago, when it was a warmer and wetter place. It’s also […] More
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Opinion: Will Obama’s Second Term Get Us Closer to a Big Goal?
Politics and space exploration – both manned and unmanned – are inextricably linked. Big decisions and goals come from the President and go through congress for funding, which means that when a new President takes office he can radically change the nation’s path in space. This is particularly true in NASA manned program, whose missions […] 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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NASA Selects Booster Proposals For SLS
NASA is working to make its new heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System or “SLS” dependable and inexpensive. To do this, the space agency has tapped six proposed booster designs for use on the SLS. Each of the awardees will need to produce risk-reduction concepts that demonstrate the viability of their proposals. More
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Liberty Space Giving Away T-Shirts on Facebook
Liberty Space the commercial space company that is one of few that offers a launch vehicle, spacecraft, launch abort system and a unique cargo capability all under one roof wants you to “fly the colors!” To do so, they’re giving away Liberty Launch Support T-Shirts on the group’s Facebook page to 10 lucky fans a […] More
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AmericaSpace Exclusive: Q&A With Team Liberty
As NASA redirects its focus, energy and funding toward commercial, public-private efforts, companies within NASA’s family of contractors have adapted their efforts and offerings to reflect this new direction. One such company, ATK, has announced that it is now including a spacecraft into the mix. Initially dubbed the Composite Crew Module, the Liberty spacecraft as […] More
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