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in NASA, Shuttle, ChallengerRemembering the Shuttle Night Landings (Part 2)
37 years after STS-8, AmericaSpace looks back at some of the highs & lows of landing the Space Shuttle at night. More
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‘What a Lucky Person I Am’: 25 Years Since STS-43 (Part 2)
A quarter-century has now passed since five astronauts roared into orbit to complete the fifth-longest space shuttle mission at that time. Aboard Atlantis for her lengthiest voyage to date, STS-43 Commander John Blaha, Pilot Mike Baker, and Mission Specialists Shannon Lucid, Jim Adamson, and David Low spent almost nine days aloft, deploying a critical NASA communications and […] More
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in News, NASA, Spaceflight, Orion, Mars, Space, KSC, Kennedy Space Center, SLS, Lockheed Martin, Space Launch System, Mike Killian, Space Exploration, USA, Space Coast, Technology, Flight Test, SLSSuper Guppy Delivers Orion EM-1 Structure to KSC for 2018 Inaugural SLS Flight
The Orion spacecraft destined to fly atop NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) in late 2018 on Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) is now at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. NASA’s Super Guppy transport aircraft delivered the crew module’s completed underlying structure, the pressure vessel which provides a sealed environment for astronaut life support, from Michoud Assembly […] More
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Sierra Nevada Outlines Challenges and Opportunities for Landing Dream Chaser at Public Airports
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) may not have been awarded a multi-billion dollar commercial crew contract by NASA, but that isn’t stopping the company from moving forward with plans for their Dream Chaser. The fact is the spacecraft’s unique lifting-body winged design offers numerous potential applications that no other existing spacecraft can, and the aerospace community […] More
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Morpheus Prototype Lander Ready for New Series of Flight Tests at Kennedy Space Center
At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, at the northern edge of the former Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF), is an area that looks very much like the surface of the Moon, complete with rocks and craters to serve as a site to flight test the agency’s Morpheus prototype planetary lander. A total of 14 free […] More
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KSC’s Remaining Shuttle Processing Hangars Will Support Secretive Air Force X-37B Program
On Dec. 11, 2012, ULA launched the third mission to deliver a secretive and controversial U.S. Air Force “mini-shuttle” into orbit as part of the Air Force’s X-37B program. The vehicle, known as the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (or OTV), has been on orbit (as far as we know) ever since, and this week NASA announced […] More
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Project Morpheus Concludes Successful Flight Test Campaign With Spectacular Night Launch
At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, at the northern edge of the former space shuttle landing facility, is an area that looks very much like the surface of the Moon, complete with rocks and craters to serve as a site to flight test NASA’s Morpheus prototype planetary lander, and last Wednesday evening (May 28)—after […] More
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Meet NASA’s Morpheus ‘Bravo’ Prototype Planetary Lander
At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, at the edge of the shuttle landing facility, is an area that looks very much like the surface of the Moon, complete with rocks and craters. The resemblance, however, is no accident or coincidental act of nature, but rather a landing site for the space agency’s prototype planetary […] More
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NASA Providing Support for Santa’s Annual Christmas Mission Tonight
Santa’s epic mission to deliver toys to good children around the world for Christmas 2013 is already underway, with an estimated 132 million Christian homes on his “nice” list that can expect a visit. Pulling off this feat, year after year, across millions of square miles in one 24-hour period, is a magical feat even […] More
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Mailing List Opens Opportunity to Fly Above KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility
The Shuttle Landing Experience (SLE) encourages those interested in replicating the thrill of shuttle landings to sign up for its mailing list. Each month, one person who signs up will be selected to receive a gift certificate from SLE, which is good for one free Level 1 flight with a guest of his or her choosing. More
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Historic Structures at Kennedy Space Center Face Uncertain Future
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — Three historic pieces of space flight hardware are being opened for possible commercial uses. The Mobile Launcher Platforms, which were used during both the Apollo and Space Shuttle eras, also might be destroyed. More
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NASA Cedes Control of Shuttle Landing Facility to Space Florida
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla — On Friday, June 28, NASA announced that Space Florida will now be responsible for the management of the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) located at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The runway, which is 15,000 feet long and 300 feet wide, hosted 70 shuttle landings over a period of 30 years. Its […] More
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