The design work on the Ares I Emergency Escape System (EES) Rollercoaster is starting to pick up the pace, as the huge project undergoes further refinements on the giant structure that will reside at Pad 39B.
Redesigned as a fixed structure that will rise several hundred feet into the Space Coast panorama, a Design Kick Off presentation has called for three vehicles that can carry nine passengers each, in the event of an emergency evacuation of the pad.
An Emergency Egress System (EES) has completed its installation into the Crew Access Tower (CAT)…
Year 2015 was yet another banner stretch for planetary exploration. The year saw the farewell…
An unplanned spacewalk has been completed on the ISS, successfully fixing a stuck transportation cart…
Evaluations into pad escape options for the crewed vehicles of the future are currently taking…
As Atlantis’ seven member crew enjoy a working Thanksgiving on orbit, preparations are in full…
The STS-129 ascent/entry flight control team and flight crew concluded the fourth and final integrated…
Veteran orbiter Discovery and her crew of seven have returned to Earth on the first…
The Rollercoaster Emergency Escape System (EES) will now be a fixed, permanent structure at launch…
The International Space Station (ISS) was successfully rotated by 180 degress today, without the use…
NASA has published its Request For Proposals (RFP) to potential contractors, ahead of the construction…
NASA Constellation have approved the Rollercoaster Escape System to be used as the Emergency Egress…
Looking like it would appear more at home at the nearby Disney attractions in Orlando,…
Years and billions of dollars in the making, the first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket…
The Space Launch System (SLS) Mobile Launcher (ML) will make its debut Crawler Transporter (CT)…
Just over two years after the Japanese company ispace attempted but failed to land its…
After a planned eight day mission to the ISS that launched in June 2024, Butch…
SpaceX launched its next private human spaceflight mission, Fram2, from Florida on Monday evening. The…
After more than nine months in space, the crew of the Boeing Crew Flight Test…
NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program is now seeing more results from the work…
