Dream Chaser making impressive progress ahead of CCDev-3
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) have provided a positive overview on their progress in readying their Dream Chaser spacecraft for commercial crew operations in 2016. A fan favorite – due to its baby shuttle orbiter appearance – Dream Chaser has been paired with the highly reliable Atlas V launch vehicle as part of their Commercial Crew [...]
Opportunity’s eight years on Mars: A story of science and endurance
Eight years ago today (January 25, 2004), the Mars Exploration Rover -B (MER -B) slammed into the Martian atmosphere and executed a successful Entry, Descent, and Landing on the Red Planet – beginning what was supposed to be 90 days of science operations on the surface of Mars. Eight years and 2,922 Earth-days later, Opportunity [...]
SLS Exploration Roadmap evaluations provide clues for human Mars missions
As NASA managers continue to work through the evaluations into an exploration roadmap for the agency, the end goal of sending humans to Mars is starting to show a level of consistency. Per documentation, the key Design Reference Mission (DRM) evaluations are pointing to the “Flexible Path” approach of visiting a Martian moon, prior to [...]
Engineers begin removing orbiter MPS components for donation to SLS
Kennedy Space Center engineers have begun removing Main Propulsion System (MPS) hardware from the aft of the retired orbiters. The flight-flown hardware – a natural match to the RS-25Ds the SLS will initially fly with – will live on with the monster rocket, as much as some of the orbiter hardware will be focused on [...]
Atlantis begins vacation inside the VAB as she prepares for exhibition
Atlantis departed her Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF-2) on Friday, ahead of arriving inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Looking rather sorry for herself – with all her propulsive hardware elements removed – Atlantis can at least look forward to staying on the Space Coast, as her impressive retirement home began ground-breaking this week.
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Dream Chaser making impressive progress ahead of CCDev-3
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) have provided a positive overview on their progress in readying their Dream Chaser spacecraft for commercial crew operations in 2016. A fan favorite – due to its baby shuttle orbiter appearance – Dream Chaser has been paired with the highly reliable Atlas V launch vehicle as part of their Commercial Crew [...]
Russian Progress M-14M launches – M-13M de-orbits following satellite deploy
The uncrewed Russian Progress M-14M resupply spacecraft, also going by its US designation of 46P, has launched toward the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday at 11:06 PM GMT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch came just one day after the recently undocked Progress M-13M/45P performed the unusual procedure of deploying a microsatellite into space prior [...]
Opportunity’s eight years on Mars: A story of science and endurance
Eight years ago today (January 25, 2004), the Mars Exploration Rover -B (MER -B) slammed into the Martian atmosphere and executed a successful Entry, Descent, and Landing on the Red Planet – beginning what was supposed to be 90 days of science operations on the surface of Mars. Eight years and 2,922 Earth-days later, Opportunity [...]
SLS Exploration Roadmap evaluations provide clues for human Mars missions
As NASA managers continue to work through the evaluations into an exploration roadmap for the agency, the end goal of sending humans to Mars is starting to show a level of consistency. Per documentation, the key Design Reference Mission (DRM) evaluations are pointing to the “Flexible Path” approach of visiting a Martian moon, prior to [...]
Engineers begin removing orbiter MPS components for donation to SLS
Kennedy Space Center engineers have begun removing Main Propulsion System (MPS) hardware from the aft of the retired orbiters. The flight-flown hardware – a natural match to the RS-25Ds the SLS will initially fly with – will live on with the monster rocket, as much as some of the orbiter hardware will be focused on [...]
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- ULA Delta IV successfully launches the fourth WGS spacecraft
- EFT-1 set to receive Spring, 2014 launch date after contract negotiations
- Dragon ISS flight slips – SpaceX determined to return US crewed access to LEO
- Fobos-Grunt ends its misery via re-entry
- SSME family prepare for SLS core stage role following Shuttle success
- China launch again – Long March 3A launches FengYun-2F
- SpaceX to begin testing on Reusable Falcon 9 technology this year
- ISS performs hardware and software upgrades to support inaugural Dragon visit
- Enabling the future: NASA call for exploration revolution via NIAC concepts
