Sixty-five years ago, the United States Air Force conducted a pivotal – and what turned out to be groundbreaking – flight of their Aerobee sounding rocket at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. The flight, with one monkey and 11 mice, became the Western Hemisphere’s proof of concept that animals could survive all elements of rocket flight – including landing.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has began a seven-year round trip to the asteroid Bennu on Thursday,…
As construction on the second CST-100 Starliner for Boeing’s Commercial Crew Transportation initiative continues in…
Orbital ATK has signed a deal worth nearly $100m dollars to provide Orion’s Launch Abort…
Testing of Orion’s Service Module will be conducted at NASA Glenn’s Plum Brook Station this…
The historic “first weld” of the Exploration Mission -1 (EM-1) Orion is set to take…
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has presented an overview on the wealth of potential landing site…
ATK’s Launch Abort System (LAS) – a key element for crew safety during the ride…
The historic Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) has taken another…
As NASA and its new commercial partners continue to push toward the era of realized…
Launch Abort System (LAS) hardware for the Exploration Flight Test -1 (EFT-1) mission has arrived…
NASA’s latest Tracking and Data Relay Satellite was carried into orbit atop an Atlas V…
NASA teams are continuing to set up the mission rules for their Orion spacecraft, with…
Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour was turned over to the California Science Center by NASA and…
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), NASA 905, arrived at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on…
The Exploration Flight Test Orion (EFT-1) is into its first month of outfitting operations, aimed…
Transition and Retirement (T&R) work continues at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) for Atlantis and Endeavour…
Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery’s almost 30 years of processing at Kennedy Space Center’s (KSC) Orbiter…
This year is already marking a significant ramp up in achievements for the Orion Program,…
With Kennedy Space Center workers towing Orbiter Atlantis on Thursday “around the corner” of the…
