The Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) team that will launch the first integrated Orion and Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle started formal countdown simulations last month in the Launch Control Center (LCC) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. The first “run for record” simulation covered different blocks of work in the period of the countdown around cryogenic loading operations of the launch vehicle.
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NASA is getting the hardware ready for an important test next year of the launch…
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Engineers at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans are using a pathfinder RS-25…
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Russian institute plans all-female simulated moon mission for end of 2015
by Tony QuineFollowing from their Mars-500 “long duration” simulation in 2011-2012, the Institute of Biomedical Problems in…
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NASA’s Desert Research and Technology Studies (RATS) are working through a series of tests in…
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NASA’s Mission Operations Directorate (MOD) are preparing for involvement in an underwater simulation of protocols…
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The first – and possibly the last – Ares rocket is set to launch on…
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United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV rocket is now scheduled to launch on Friday for its…
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On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft slammed into the side…
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SpaceX is preparing to follow up its third flight of Starship – one that achieved…
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Soyuz MS-25 has finally launched to the International Space Station with crew from Russia, Belarus, and NASA
The fourth human spaceflight — and third orbital human flight — of the year has…
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A team of NASA-funded scientists recently discovered long-lasting radio signals above sunspots — regions of…
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Sierra Space tests upcoming in-space habitat as other commercial space stations continue development
by John SharpOn Jan. 21, Sierra Space performed an “ultimate burst pressure test” on a full-scale model…
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Ship 28 and Booster 10 excelled in nearly every aspect and nearly completed every objective…
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Stoke Space continues to test reusable second stage, looks ahead to full rocket
by John SharpStoke Space recently carried out the first test of the full-size 30-thruster version of the…
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Blue Origin continues to take big steps forward with its New Glenn orbital rocket as…
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On Monday, March 4, 2024, SpaceX launched the Transporter-10 rideshare mission from Space Launch Complex…
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Japan’s H3 rocket made a second attempt to reach orbit on Saturday, 11 months after…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX to launch next ISS crew rotation; Electron launches debris removal demonstration
by Martin SmithDespite multiple scrubs and delays due to weather violations, SpaceX broke its own cadence record…
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IDEFIX Phobos rover sent to Japan ahead of mission to Mars
by Adrian BeilThe Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission is JAXA’s lead mission that plans to survey and…