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Mission 61C: The Original ‘Mission Impossible’ (Part 2)
On Mission 61C, launched on this day (12 January) in 1986, Space Shuttle Columbia was making her first orbital flight in over two years. Late in January 1984, a month after returning from her STS-9 mission, she was transported from Florida to California for a major program of upgrades at prime contractor Rockwell International’s plant […] More
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Mission 61C: The Original ‘Mission Impossible’ (Part 1)
January 1986 has become entrenched in the popular psyche as one of the darkest months in space history, for on its 28th day the crew of Challenger were lost in the skies above Cape Canaveral. The disaster would bring the shuttle program to its knees for almost three years, but earlier that month another team […] More
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Orion Fairing Test Encounters Problem
At first blush, the fairing of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) might not seem to be a vital piece of equipment; however, it is crucial. NASA is currently testing the fairing that will be used on the first flight of Orion, dubbed Exploration Flight Test 1, or “EFT-1,” which is currently slated to take […] More
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Orion Spacecraft Cool Under Pressure
The Orion spacecraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has undergone extensive testing to prepare it for its first flight, currently scheduled to take place in September of next year. Tests to address new issues, as well as resolve old ones, have been taking place over the course of the past three weeks. More
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UPDATE: Boeing Not a KSC Tenant – Yet
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla — AmericaSpace has learned that Boeing has yet to sign a lease for Kennedy Space Center shuttle-era facilities for servicing its CST–100 crewed spacecraft. It is unclear, and AmericaSpace has been unable to confirm with Boeing, when it will sign its lease with Space Florida. More
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What Might NASA’s Mission to Snag Asteroid Look Like?
[youtube_video]http://youtu.be/hstKzxqn29c[/youtube_video] Video courtesy of NASA The recent announcement that $100 million had been earmarked in the White House’s FY 2014 Budget Proposal Request to send an unmanned probe to an asteroid and have it transported back to lunar orbit to be studied by astronauts has generated a lot of buzz. What would such a mission […] More
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On @ The 90: How Mission to Capture Asteroid Could Change NASA
In April 2010, President Obama announced a plan that, at the time, received a rather tepid response. This was the president’s announcement that NASA would conduct a mission to an asteroid. The plan, which many assumed had been forgotten, came roaring back into the spotlight last week when Florida Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) announced that […] More
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NewSpace Firm XCOR Eyes Florida’s Space Coast
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – The private space firm XCOR announced possible plans to establish a base of operations along Florida’s Space Coast. If demand for the company’s Lynx Mark II suborbital reusable launch vehicle is high enough the company is looking at the Sunshine State as a potential location for their operations. Should this happen […] More
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Cabana on Orion & EFT-1: ‘The Future is Here – Now!’
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – “The future is here – now!” These words were used by Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana to open an event highlighting the arrival of the pressure vessel that will become the flight test article of the Orion spacecraft to be used on the Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1) to NASA’s […] More