The Orion European Service Module (ESM) Propulsion Qualification Module (PQM) is in the opening phases of testing – including hot firings – at the White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. Bolted to a test stand, the PQM is being taken through a series of test campaigns by a team of personnel from prime contractor Airbus Defence and Space, the European Space Agency (ESA), and NASA.
Only used once before for a Shuttle landing, White Sands Space Harbor (WSSH) in New…
SpaceX and Boeing continue to make steady progress towards the major flight tests under NASA’s…
At a recent media event, NASA’s Orion Program Manager provided a brief update on development…
Airbus Defence and Space is in the home stretch of work to ship the first…
Boeing, one of NASA’s two Commercial Crew providers, is making excellent progress toward the debut…
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has completed the Design Certification Review (DCR) for the Atlas V…
Boeing is progressing through various stages of assembling the first three CST-100 Starliner spacecraft –…
With just one year to go until the scheduled completion of all uncrewed and crewed…
As Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner crew transportation vehicle for NASA continues to meet its processing milestones…
Following Orbital ATK successful test-firing of an Orion launch abort system (LAS) abort motor at…
SpaceX took a step into the future Thursday as it reused – for the first…
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is progressing through a series of parachute drop tests, refining the technology…
Boeing has revealed the space suit astronauts will wear on missions aboard the Starliner spacecraft.…
Sixty-five years ago, the United States Air Force conducted a pivotal – and what turned…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has began a seven-year round trip to the asteroid Bennu on Thursday,…
As construction on the second CST-100 Starliner for Boeing’s Commercial Crew Transportation initiative continues in…
Orbital ATK has signed a deal worth nearly $100m dollars to provide Orion’s Launch Abort…
Testing of Orion’s Service Module will be conducted at NASA Glenn’s Plum Brook Station this…
The historic “first weld” of the Exploration Mission -1 (EM-1) Orion is set to take…