While most of the recent attention has been on its next door neighbor, Pad 39B is making good progress towards its new role in hosting the Space Launch System (SLS) – and potentially other rockets – with a major milestone completed this month. The last of over 93,000 new bricks was laid in the Flame Trench, setting the stage for the installation of the new Flame Deflector next month.
With NASA’s management officially informing the workforce that evaluations are taking place into installing a…
NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) has been hit by a tornado in the early afternoon hours…
With work continuing on a lengthy project to convert the Mobile Launcher (ML) for use…
NASA has claimed the threat of MicroMeteoroid and Orbital Debris (MMOD) – small pieces of…
With a series of successful test firings completed by Orbital ATK, engineers are gaining confidence…
NASA managers have told the Agency’s safety oversight board that they are continuing to put…
NASA managers have placed a “stop work order” in relation to the human-rating of the…
NASA has issued a lengthy explanation behind the decision to contract Aerojet Rocketdyne to restart…
NASA’s Orion spacecraft has passed a critical milestone via the Key Decision Point -C (KDP-C)…
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…
The next great adventures for human space exploration have been touted as missions to asteroids…
The Orion Service Module Umbilical (OSMU) has been installed on to the Launch Equipment Test Facility (LETF)…
NASA’s transition from the Space Shuttle to the commercial crew vehicles will dramatically improve crew…
The Critical Design Review (CDR) for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is underway, with managers…
Orbital ATK engineers have concluded a thorough examination of the Qualification Motor -1 (QM-1) following…
The Space Launch System (SLS) management have set the milestones and dates for the upcoming…
Orbital ATK’s Qualification Motor -1 (QM-1) test has conducted a key firing on Wednesday, on…
Updates to master planning schedules have revealed NASA’s intention to add four more Commercial Resupply…
