The VentureStar may now be nothing more than a memory, but it nearly became part of NASA’s future ambitions – playing a role as part of a commercial fleet and even an option for the US Air Force. However, controversial key decisions – and a major test failure – during the construction of the technology demonstrator, the X-33, saw the program cancelled just as the first vehicles were being constructed.
The construction of NASA’s second Space Launch System Mobile Launcher (ML-2) has been delayed after…
A second Mobile Launcher (ML-2) for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is heading into its…
Citing increasing U.S. launch costs and the “fleeing” of commercial customers to foreign launch service…
Engineers at the Kennedy Space Center are set to test the Vehicle Stabilizer (VS) via…
The Orion Service Module Umbilical (OSMU) has been installed on to the Launch Equipment Test Facility (LETF)…
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) will begin testing on a vertical propulsion landing system later…
As the Constellation Program prepare to update the media on the current status of Ares…
The Constellation Program is continuing to push through technical and monetary challenges in an attempt…
Work is finalizing on External Tank ET-125, following a huge effort to bounce back from…
Thursday’s Program Requirements Control Board (PRCB) meeting has been presented with documentation that adds confidence…
A new issue with Atlantis’ External Tank LH2 Feed-through connector hardware will require further investigation,…
The Radially Segmented Launch Vehicle (RSLV) Project is picking up the pace, with the manufacter…
Marshall Space Flight Center’s Danny Davis, manager of the Upper Stage of the new Ares…
Fresh off the US Air Force announcement of the SIV Space Test Program’s “Standard Interface…
NASASpaceflight.com has launched a new video service available for users of the site’s forum –…
Alberto Duarte – a key member of the Safety and Engineering Risk Review Panel at…
