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NASA Selects Launch Provider for OSIRIS-REx Mission
With three years to go before launch, NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC of Englewood, Colo., to launch its Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft. Under the terms of the $183.5 million contract—which includes payload processing, integrated services, telemetry, and other launch support requirements—the mission will fly from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-41 at Cape […] More
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Buzz Aldrin’s Mission to Mars: A Review
On May 7, veteran astronaut and space advocate Buzz Aldrin releases his new book, Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration. Co-written with respected space journalist Leonard David, the book is a blend of reminisces, snippets of mission and policy concepts, and revisited analyses of the space landscape to-date. More
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Apollo Test Stand Re-Purposed For SLS
One of the test stands at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi which supported the development of the Saturn family of launch vehicles is now being tapped to test engines that are planned for use on NASA’s new heavy-lift booster, the Space Launch System, or “SLS.” More
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NASA Conducts Failure Tests of Orion Parachutes
A test article of NASA’s Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle conducted tests to see how the spacecraft’s parachutes would handle failure scenarios. The tests were conducted in the deserts of Yuma, Ariz., Wednesday, May 2, 2013. More
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Solid Rocket Boosters Complete Space Launch System Program Milestone
NASA and ATK have completed Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the Solid Rocket Booster design that will be used on NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift booster. The completion of this milestone means that SLS is one step closer to launch, with the first flight planned to take place in 2017. More
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Hot-fire Tests Steering the Future of NASA’s Space Launch System Engines
Engineers developing NASA’s next-generation rocket closed one chapter of testing with the completion of a J-2X engine test series on the A-2 test stand at the agency’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and will begin a new chapter of full motion testing on test stand A-1. More
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NASA Administrator Details Impact of 2014 Budget
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden spoke with the media today regarding the White House’s 2014 FY Budget Request, which was unveiled Wednesday, April 10, 2013, a few hours prior to the briefing. Joining Bolden was NASA’s Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson. Given the fact that NASA’s proposed budget dropped by an estimated $50 million, Bolden and […] More
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in Tech, NASA, Moon, Spaceflight, Orion, Mars, Space, SLS, MPCV, Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle, Space Launch System, Space Exploration, astronaut, Technology, Launch
Space Launch System Truths and Misconceptions
We had promised this article would appear yesterday and as we like to keep our promises, we ran a portion of it yesterday. We felt it was important that our readers be able to read the article in its entirety, and so here it is. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — AmericaSpace recently received numerous comments stating that […] More
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in NASA, Moon, Spaceflight, Orion, Mars, Space, KSC, Kennedy Space Center, SLS, MPCV, Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle, Space Launch System, Opinion, Jason Rhian, Space Exploration, Launch
Space Launch System Truths and Misconceptions (Part 1)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — AmericaSpace recently received numerous comments stating that NASA’s new Space Launch System, or “SLS,” was neither wanted by the space agency nor did it even have a mission. It was also said that, under the current economic uncertainty, NASA could not afford this new heavy-lift booster. These beliefs stem from the perception that […] More
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ExoMars’ Partners Sign Agreement Moving Mission Forward
With the signing of a formal agreement regarding the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ExoMars mission, it appears that the two-part exploratory effort might be gaining steam. Roscosmos and ESA put pen to paper this week and formalized the arrangement which would see two launches be carried out in 2016 and 2018 to deliver the mission’s […] More
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Sequestration to Squash Commercial Crew?
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — A lot has been said about “Sequestration,” which begins March 1, and there has been some coverage about the effects of sequestration on NASA’s budget. But enough has not been said about what impact sequestration will have on NASA’s space efforts. A review highlights the impacts as well as the positive […] More
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