NASA’s monster rocket will evolve into an even larger vehicle early in her lifetime, as the Block 1 rocket grows into the workhorse known as the Block 1B. With a large increase in capability – and height – the Block 1B will require a revamp of numerous elements of the KSC ground systems, ranging from major changes to the new Mobile Launcher, through to need for a new LH2 storage sphere at the pad.
An investigation into the water leak in Tim Kopra’s Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) – which…
NASA has claimed the threat of MicroMeteoroid and Orbital Debris (MMOD) – small pieces of…
NASA managers have told the Agency’s safety oversight board that they are continuing to put…
ISS partners – NASA and Roscosmos – have conducted a bilateral Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM) to…
The Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) has issued a “Justification for Other Than Full and…
NASA’s key advisory body has warned the agency that schedule pressure, in combination with cost…
NASA managers have placed a “stop work order” in relation to the human-rating of the…
An “All-Hands” style meeting was held in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy…
The Orion Program has successfully conducted another parachute drop test over the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving…
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is continuing to make relatively good progress during its development…
NASA officials have admitted the interim Upper Stage for the Space Launch System is at…
NASA’s key advisory body has heaped praise on the Agency’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP), claiming…
NASA’s transition from the Space Shuttle to the commercial crew vehicles will dramatically improve crew…
The Space Launch System (SLS) management have set the milestones and dates for the upcoming…
The proposed mission to send two astronauts to a captured asteroid near the Moon won’t occur until…
Space Launch System (SLS) managers are continuing to look at potential – and as yet…
As NASA closes in on the next major milestone of its Commercial Crew Program (CCP),…
Orion’s first trip into space has been delayed by nearly three months, following a manifest…
All three of the main contenders competing to return domestic crew launch capability to the…
