By Ben Evans, on August 6th, 2015 Under Wednesday’s contract extension with Roscosmos, the Soyuz TMA-M and Soyuz MS spacecraft will continue to deliver U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), potentially through 2019. Photo Credit: Samantha Cristoforetti/NASA/Twitter
It was difficult to miss the frustration in NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden’s words, as he submitted a letter to the leadership […]
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By Paul Scott Anderson, on April 25th, 2014 The new Z-2 Spacesuit being developed by NASA for missions to the Moon and Mars. Photo Credit: NASA
If you’ve ever wondered what the latest fashion trends are for NASA astronauts, then here is your answer. For the first time in nearly 30 years, spacesuits for American astronauts are being given a complete […]
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By Daniel Burns, on October 8th, 2013 SLS staging of solid rocket motors. Photo credit NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
In August, the Space Launch System Program (SLS) passed its Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The next major milestone for the program is Key Decision Point C (KDP-C).
If SLS passes this decision point, it will progress from the formulation […]
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By Jason Rhian, on September 14th, 2013 Boeing’s CST-100 spacecraft has successfully completed a pivotal integration test at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. This image of NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik in front of the spacecraft was taken in July of this year during a fit check of the capsule. Photo Credit: NASA / Robert Markowitz
Boeing recently tested systems […]
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By Space Safety Magazine, on September 6th, 2013 Russian Cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov has quit his position in order to do something “more interesting.” Photo Credit: NASA
According to Russian news agency RIA Novosti, Cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov has submitted his resignation on September 5. According Sergei Krikalev , administrator of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Lonchakov has found a “more interesting job.”
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By Mike Killian, on August 19th, 2013 Image Credit: Sierra Nevada Corporation
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 […]
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By Jason Rhian, on August 14th, 2013 SpaceX has successfully conducted a test of the firm’s Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing test vehicle, the Grasshopper. Photo Credit: SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies, more commonly known as “SpaceX,” successfully completed another test flight of the company’s Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing (VTVL) “Grasshopper” vehicle today, Aug. 13. The Grasshopper—described as, essentially, a Falcon 9 […]
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By David Darling, on August 12th, 2013 Interior view of Boeing’s CST-100 crew capsule. Image Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz
NASA and Boeing engineers have just started going through the painstaking and meticulous process of evaluating and tweaking the interior of the CST-100 to make sure the ergonomics and design will suit the real-world needs of the astronauts inside. The main purpose […]
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By Jim Hillhouse, on August 6th, 2013 NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver. Photo Credit: NASA
It is reported on several space news sites that NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver will be leaving NASA in early September and will be taking up a position with the Airline Pilots Association. Some might wonder why NASA’s Deputy Administrator would leave at this time, and her […]
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By Jason Rhian, on June 18th, 2013 NASA is currently working to prepare the A-1 Test Stand at the space agency’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi for testing the RS-25 rocket engine seen in the inset. Photo Credit: NASA (Inset Alan Walters / AmericaSpace)
In the latter half of 2014 NASA plans to launch the first of its Orion spacecraft […]
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