NASA HQ appear to be closing in on a decision to combine the second and third of three planned Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration flights (C2 and C3) of SpaceX’s Dragon capsule. Internal schedules, presentations and memos are continuing to point towards a working plan for a preliminary November 30 launch date for the beefed up mission, although challenges remain ahead of approval.
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft launched on its maiden flight Wednesday, beginning a series of demonstration…
The re-award of NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) contract – called after RpK’s failure…
Gert van Ommering, Director of Technology at Space Systems/Loral – and leader of the company’s…
Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) has written a letter to NASA’s Scott Horowitz, asking him to reconsider…
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) has sent a list of recommendations in response to the…
Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) was officially notified by NASA on Friday that they had failed to…
NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services or COTS contracts have been awared to SpaceX and RP…
Lockheed Martin and the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) are hoping they will benefit from the…
SpaceX has conducted the milestone Static Fire test on the Falcon 9 set to launch…
SpaceX’s CRS-13 Dragon unberthed from the ISS ahead of a return to a Pacific Ocean…
With last Friday’s successful launch of CRS-13, SpaceX marked its fiftieth orbital launch. The milestone…
SpaceX launched a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket Friday, deploying a Dragon spacecraft on the CRS-13…
Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket has launched a Cygnus spacecraft on Sunday, beginning the company’s CRS-8…
Orbital ATK’s Taurus-XL rocket – now renamed Minotaur-C – returned to flight on Tuesday with…
SpaceX’s CRS-12 Dragon unberthed from the ISS ahead of a return to a Pacific Ocean…
SpaceX conducted its first flight from the US Eastern Range following July’s scheduled maintenance stand…
SpaceX launched its first re-used Dragon spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 on Saturday, beginning the…
United Launch Alliance and Orbital ATK launched the OA-7 Cygnus mission to the International Space…
SpaceX took a step into the future Thursday as it reused – for the first…