By Emily Carney, on September 24th, 2016
An SLS Block 1 launch vehicle hoists an Orion spacecraft from KSC’s Pad 39B, with the VAB in the distance. Image Credit: NASA/MSFC
It seems as if we’re galloping toward the end of 2016, and we’re getting closer by the day to the “dawn” of a new U.S. launch vehicle and human-rated […]
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By Emily Carney, on September 11th, 2016
From NASA: “NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view as it closed in on Jupiter’s north pole, about two hours before closest approach on Aug. 27, 2016.” Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
Jupiter, with its complex layers of clouds and storms, is revealing itself to be a multifaceted jewel of a planet. Over forty years […]
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By Emily Carney, on September 2nd, 2016
From NASA: “The Orion crew module for Exploration Mission 1 was transferred into the clean room inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center in late July to begin installation of the spacecraft’s critical systems, including propellant lines.” Photo Credit: NASA
Nearly two years after NASA successfully completed […]
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By Emily Carney, on March 22nd, 2016
NASA engineer Ernie Wright looks on as the first six of eighteen flight ready James Webb Space Telescope’s primary mirror segments are prepped to begin final cryogenic testing at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (photo previously published). Photo Credit: NASA/MSFC/David Higginbotham
Less than 36 months from its launch, the James Webb Space Telescope […]
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By Emily Carney, on March 9th, 2016
NASA’s InSight mission to Mars is now being targeted for a May 2018 launch. Image has been cropped for publication. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
In December, those following the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission, planned to launch on a trek to Mars this month aboard a ULA Atlas-V […]
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By Emily Carney, on February 14th, 2016 From ESA, “Welcome to a Comet”: “Philae’s view of the cliffs at Abydos. One of the lander’s three feet can be seen in the foreground.” Image Credit: ESA/Rosetta/Philae/CIVA
It would have been a heroic coda to an already ambitious, historic mission, but alas, it was not meant to be. For the past few […]
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By Emily Carney, on February 4th, 2016
From NASA: “Inside a massive clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland the James Webb Space Telescope team used a robotic am to install the last of the telescope’s 18 mirrors onto the telescope structure.” NASA/Chris Gunn
Construction of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a NASA, European Space […]
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By Emily Carney, on January 30th, 2016
A single red carnation and, most touchingly, an apple decorate Christa McAuliffe’s plaque at Titusville’s Sand Point Park Saturday morning. McAuliffe was the first Teacher in Space, but perished aboard Challenger on Jan. 28, 1986. Photo Credit: Alan Walters / AmericaSpace
The dates marked Jan. 27, 28, and Feb. 1 are downcast days […]
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By Emily Carney, on January 20th, 2016
From NASA: “NASA’s Commercial Crew astronauts Doug Hurney, Eric Boe, Bob Behnken, and Suni Williams are working closely with Boeing and SpaceX this year as each company works toward flight tests.” Photo Credit: NASA/James Blair
In 2015, both Boeing and SpaceX—NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partners—received orders for spaceflights to restore the United […]
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By Emily Carney, on January 17th, 2016
“Inspiration” on the move: On Saturday, Jan. 16, the space shuttle mockup was moved from its mounts to a new home across the Indian River. Photo Credit: Mike Killian/AmericaSpace
In collaboration with collectSPACE
Changes are taking place along NASA Causeway, the stretch of road leading to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) […]
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