SpaceX are continuing to make progress with their NASA commercial crew contract, with the latest milestone involving the firing of their SuperDraco thruster engine, an integrated element of the Dragon which will be used as its Launch Abort System (LAS). However, these engines are hoping to gain additional roles, including the ability to land Dragon propulsively on land.
Atlantis departed her Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF-2) on Friday, ahead of arriving inside the Vehicle Assembly…
In a potential marriage of the Space Launch System (SLS) with a central exploration plan,…
Engineers at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans are making solid progress on…
As the Space Shuttle Program (SSP) heads into its final week of operations, United Space…
The Shuttle Derived Heavy-Lift Launch Vehicle (SD HLV) Assessment has been completed, the result of…
With the official opening statements on the overhaul of NASA’s future expected “soon”, the realignment…
NASA managers have created an evaluation and roadmap for a potential human mission to visit…
A study by the Aerospace Corporation, conducted at the request of NASA to disprove the…
Captain Eugene (Gene) Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, has called for…
With 2008 being a crucial year for the development of the Ares and Orion vehicles,…
NASA is studying an alternative method of crew abort during the launch phase of Ares…
NASA has drawn up the retirement plan for Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME), which will…
NASA Constellation (CxP) has completed the two-week Integrated Stack (IS) Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM), which…
Marshall Space Flight Center’s Ares I First Stage Element Manager Alex Priskos has spoken to…
The Rollercoaster Emergency Escape System (EES) will now be a fixed, permanent structure at launch…
While the bulk of Constellation’s work currently relates to efforts with Ares and Orion’s tasks…
NASA Constellation and Lockheed Martin engineers have completed the first stage of a realignment of…
The shuttle program is finalizing the approval of a manifest acceleration that will shake-up the…
NASA have awarded the lucrative Ares I Upper Stage contract to a team led by…
