Years in the planning, and NASA’s first step toward returning humans to deep space exploration, Exploration Flight Test -1 (EFT-1) is now into the business end of launch preparations. With the Delta IV-H rolled out to the pad, the EFT-1 Orion is in the final flow milestones ahead of joining forces with the ULA rocket for the December launch.
The RS-25 – the engine that enjoyed a hugely successful career with the Space Shuttle…
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV conducted a morning launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base…
Following a 30 year career with the Space Shuttle Program, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne’s RS-25…
One of the most famous rocket engines in history – the Apollo/Saturn’s F-1 – could…
After several years of trade studies and political arguments, NASA administrator Charlie Bolden finally gave…
A decision on the configuration of the Space Launch System (SLS) Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle…
With a Shuttle Derived (SD) Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle (HLV) still leading the way via…
A preliminary NASA report, outlining plans for developing a Space Launch System (SLS) in response…
Alliant Techsystems (ATK) and NASA have tested the second fully developed “Ares” five-segment solid rocket…
The United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket has launched on its twelfth mission, successfully carrying…
Senator Kay Hutchison – in conjunction with Representatives Suzanne Kosmas and Bill Posey – has…
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) have created an expansive plan to utilize the Atlas and…
In what is likely to be the final attempt to close the minimum five year…
A study by the Aerospace Corporation, conducted at the request of NASA to disprove the…
After three years of delays, United Launch Alliance have launched the third Delta IV Heavy,…
Two months after Constellation informed the workforce of an internal slip to opening element of…
Captain Eugene (Gene) Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, has called for…
Constellation manager Jeff Hanley has addressed his workforce with a wide-ranging e-mail that overviewed the…
NASA has drawn up the retirement plan for Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME), which will…
