The NASA Orion spacecraft that will fly the Artemis 1 lunar orbit mission is about halfway through two months of around the clock thermal vacuum testing at Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio. NASA and prime contractor Lockheed Martin are collecting data on the spacecraft’s behavior and performance while it operates in simulated deep space conditions.
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Now that the first of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stages has shipped from…
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In a major milestone for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), all four RS-25 engines –…
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Following the successful July Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) test of the Launch Abort System (LAS) for…
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NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and contractor personnel conducted an Abort To Orbit (ATO) test…
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At mid-year prime contractor Boeing was progressing through structural assembly of the second NASA Space…
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NASA will need another set of Orion and Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle hardware for…
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A flurry of initiatives announced early in March to find a way to fly Exploration…
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NASA performed an in-flight test of the Launch Abort System (LAS) for its Orion crewed…
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All the elements of the NASA flight test vehicle for the Orion program’s Ascent Abort-2…
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NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, is finishing preparations for pre-flight testing of the…
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NASA is looking at deferring some programmatic certification activities until after the Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1)…
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A new amendment to the White House’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget request increases NASA’s federal…
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The Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) team that will launch the first integrated Orion and Space…
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NASA has been tasked with returning humans to the surface of the moon by 2024.…
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NASA is officially still deciding whether or not to take the time to conduct the…
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NASA Launch Services Program outlines the alternative launcher review for EM-1
by Philip SlossWith a mid-2020 Administration deadline for Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) fast approaching, NASA tasked its Launch…
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NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Program is working through a formal test series for the…
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While NASA pushes it Space Launch System (SLS) to make a mid-2020 debut, Orion also…
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Administration proposes the end of EUS while Administrator considers full Exploration manifest rewrite
by Philip SlossAlongside last week’s Trump Administration budget proposal to cancel future Space Launch System (SLS) upgrades,…