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And Then Silence: 25 Years Since the Rise and Fall of Mars Observer

By Ben Evans, on September 24th, 2017

What might have been? Artist’s concept of Mars Observer in orbit around the Red Planet. Image Credit: NASA

“Range Safety Command Destruct System has been armed…fuel valves are now being opened…”

It was Friday, 25 September 1992—a quarter-century ago—as NASA counted down the final moments on Earth of its first voyage to the […]

Flying the Friendly Martian Skies: NASA to Test Mars Airplane Prototype

By Paul Scott Anderson, on July 1st, 2015

Artist’s conception of the Prandtl-m airplane flying above the surface of Mars. Image Credit: NASA Illustration/Dennis Calaba

For several decades, Mars has been a busy place, with orbiters, landers, and rovers providing unprecedented views of the Red Planet. Another exciting possibility which has yet to be realized is an airplane, which could soar […]

The Shuttle Flight That Did it All: Twenty Years Since STS-51 (Part 1)

By Ben Evans, on September 21st, 2013

Thanks to the camera aboard the ASTRO-SPAS payload, this remarkable view of Discovery drifting against the blue and white backdrop of Earth was acquired. Photo Credit: NASA

“T-30 seconds … “

The words of the launch commentator at the Kennedy Space Center on the morning of 12 August 1993 were calm and measured, […]

NASA Selects Four Potential Mars Landing Sites for InSight Mission

By Mike Killian, on September 5th, 2013

NASA has selected four landing sites for the upcoming InSight mission to the Red Planet. Image Credit: NASA

In late November, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft is expected to thunder away from Earth on a one-way trip to study the thin atmosphere of Mars, but the next mission to land on the Red Planet’s […]

AmericaSpace Video Feature: Arrival of MAVEN's Atlas V

By Jason Rhian, on August 30th, 2013

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Video courtesy of AmericaSpace / Wired4Space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — United Launch Alliance’s ULA Mariner, a ship owned by Foss Marine, delivered the Atlas V 401 rocket which will be used to power NASA’s Mars Atmosphere Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission on its way to Mars. Launch is currently scheduled to […]

ULA Mariner Delivers Atlas V Rocket for NASA's MAVEN Mission to Mars

By Jason Rhian, on August 26th, 2013

The ULA Mariner, operated by Foss Marine, safely delivered the first stage and Centaur upper stage, which will be used to begin NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft, on the road to Mars. Photo Credit: Jeffrey J. Soullere / AmericaSpace

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — United Launch Alliance (ULA) and NASA greeted […]

Staging Point for the Stars: Space Launch Complexes 40 and 41

By Ben Evans, on July 10th, 2013

An Atlas V rocket with its GPSIIF4 payload launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41. Photo Credit: Alan Walters / AmericaSpace

Between them, they have spent nearly five decades sending robotic explorers to almost every planet—and a few “non-planets,” too—in our Solar System. Missions bound for Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, […]

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