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…
The Soyuz MS-26 crewed mission has flown NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey…
Moving into the second half of 2024, the first week of July began with the…
Following a week in which Tropical Storm Alberto brought high seas, wind, and rain-related delays…
The NASA-developed flight software for the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle successfully flew the…
The latest Falcon Heavy mission launched Sunday, Jan. 15, at 5:56 PM EST (22:56 UTC)…
Intuitive Machines (IM) has selected SpaceX to launch their third mission to the Moon. Named…
Seventeen years after Sir Richard Branson watched SpaceShipOne win the Ansari X-Prize, the English entrepreneur…
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour began its second mission Friday with a crew of four astronauts…
Astrobotic of Pittsburgh, PA has been selected to deliver NASA’s future Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration…
With key worksites closed and activity suspended to protect their workforce from the 2019 novel…
For the final time, a Dragon 1 spacecraft has returned to Earth on Tuesday. The…
