By Mike Killian, on September 20th, 2013 NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has reported back findings that might impact the discovery of life on Mars. Image Credit: NASA / JPL
For years the planetary science community has speculated, with much optimism, that methane exists in the environment of Mars. Data from observations of the Red Planet made from Earth and from […]
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By Jason Rhian, on September 5th, 2013 On Sept. 5, 2013, Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo was released from its carrier aircraft and proceeded to conduct its second supersonic flight. Photo Credit: Mars Scientific / Clay Center Observatory
At 8 a.m. PDT, over the deserts of Mojave, Calif., Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo (SS2), ferried aloft by the WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) carrier aircraft, was released, […]
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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 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 10th, 2013 NASA image of proposed 2020 Mars rover.
NASA detailed its plans for the next robotic mission to Mars on Tuesday, July 9 during a conference held in Washington, D.C. This mission will use a robot similar to the successful Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity which touched down on the surface of Mars almost […]
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By Jason Rhian, on June 6th, 2013 In this panorama shot, one can see the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity’s view of its destination—Mount Sharp on Mars. Photo Credit: NASA / JPL / Caltech / MSSS
Curiosity is approaching the biggest turning point to date in its planned two-year mission of exploration on the Red Planet. This is according to […]
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By Jason Rhian, on February 22nd, 2013 Image Credit: Jim Hillhouse
AmericaSpace has been working quietly to improve the services it offers to you. For space enthusiasts who cannot attend launch, there is no feature we have that brings you closer to the action than AmericaSpace Launch Tracker. However, until now, Launch Tracker has lacked consistency and by and large […]
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By Jason Rhian, on February 19th, 2013 Photo Credit: NASA
At approximately 9:45 a.m. EST Tuesday, February 19, 2013, the International Space Station lost communications with the ground. During this period, flight controllers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, were updating software aboard the space station’s flight computers. As this was happening, one of the station’s data relay […]
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By Jason Rhian, on January 13th, 2013 The commander of the 45th Space Wing, Brigadier General Anthony Cotton, addresses members of the press who attended a media day held by the 45th Space Wing. The media day was held to highlight the heavy workload that the men and women of the Eastern Range have in sending various payloads to orbit. […]
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