By Talia Landman, on May 11th, 2015
The XCOR Lynx Mark I vehicle being fabricated at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, Calif. Photo: Mike Massee / XCOR Aerospace
XCOR Aerospace proudly announced continued progress on its Lynx spaceplane, a suborbital spacecraft designed to take humans and payloads to the edge of space. The Lynx strakes, a major […]
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By Talia Landman, on February 25th, 2015
NASA’s crawler-transporters have been hauling rockets and spacecraft to launch pad for 50 years. Image Credit: Talia Landman/AmericaSpace
NASA’s massive Crawler Transporter-2, also known as CT-2, was moved on Monday, Feb. 23, to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) to test the completed modifications that will allow it to transport NASA’s next heavy-lift rocket […]
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By David Darling, on August 16th, 2013 An unmanned Dragon spacecraft conducting the Commercial Resupply Services mission is seen here (CRS-2) grappled by the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA
Hawthorne, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has just passed the seventh of 15 development milestones set by NASA’s Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative. Along with Boeing and Sierra Nevada […]
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By Jason Rhian, on August 7th, 2013 [youtube_video]http://youtu.be/Rh1rL3k24jA[/youtube_video]
Video courtesy of AmericaSpace
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — The Mobile Service Tower (MST) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 37 (SLC-37) was rolled back the length of a football field revealing the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Medium rocket within. This impressive display is just one […]
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By Jason Rhian, on August 5th, 2013 United Launch Alliance is poised to launch a Delta IV Medium rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 37 on Wednesday, Aug. 7 at 8:29 p.m. EDT. Photo Credit: Jeffrey J. Soulliere / AmericaSpace
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — Everything is moving forward with a planned Wednesday evening launch attempt of […]
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By Jason Rhian, on July 26th, 2013 The rapid pace of United Launch Alliance was made apparent during the lead up to the recent launch of an Atlas V rocket (which took place on July 19). Over at a nearby pad, ULA was preparing another rocket to be launched just 19 days later on Aug. 7. Photo Credit: ULA
While […]
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By Jason Rhian, on July 19th, 2013 Despite dire weather predictions, United Launch Alliance successfully delivered the MUOS 2 spacecraft orbit via the venerable Atlas V rocket. Liftoff occurred at 9 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41. Photo Credit: John Studwell / AmericaSpace
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — Today United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully sent […]
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By Jason Rhian, on July 17th, 2013 A Delta IV Medium rocket underwent a “Wet Dress Rehearsal” on July 17 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 37. Photo Credit: John Studwell / AmericaSpace
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — In a day marked by many events dedicated to preparing for the launch of an Atlas V 551 rocket, over […]
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By NASA, on June 19th, 2013 Image Credit: NASA
WASHINGTON — NASA announced Tuesday a Grand Challenge focused on finding all asteroid threats to human populations and knowing what to do about them.
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By David Darling, on June 17th, 2013 The Dawn spacecraft has left Vesta and is currently on its way to Ceres, which it should reach in 2015. Image Credit: NASA
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft was launched September 27, 2007, on a unique mission: to explore the two most massive objects in the asteroid belt, Vesta and Ceres. Propelled by an ion […]
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