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Boeing and Aerojet Rocketdyne Test CST-100 Thrusters
Sep 23, 2013 (SPX)
Boeing's CST-100 spacecraft is one step closer to liftoff after a gauntlet of test firings of its steering jets at White Sands Space Harbor in Las Cruces, N.M. ...
Experimental Spaceplane Shooting for Aircraft-Like Operations in Orbit
Sep 19, 2013 (SPX)
Commercial, civilian and military satellites provide crucial real-time information essential to providing strategic national security advantages to the United S...
US launches unmanned Cygnus cargo ship to ISS
Sep 18, 2013 (AFP)
Orbital Sciences Corp launched the first flight of its unmanned Cygnus cargo ship Wednesday to the International Space Station, as NASA forges ahead with its pl...
RS-25: The Clark Kent of Engines for the Space Launch System
Sep 17, 2013 (SPX)
In the iconic comic-book series, "Superman," the main character, Clark Kent, looks like your average Joe. Under the ruse of a three-piece suit and glasses, Kent...
NEXT Provides Lasting Propulsion and High Speeds for Deep Space Missions
Sep 17, 2013 (SPX)
Ion propulsion used to exist only in the imagination of science fiction writers. But after years of research and development NASA is poised to equip some of its...
Japan's new rocket blasts off in laptop-controlled launch
Sep 14, 2013 (AFP)
Japan's new solid-fuel rocket successfully blasted off Saturday carrying a telescope for remote observation of planets in a launch coordinated from a laptop com...
Proposed Russian spacecraft to have a modern convenience -- a toilet
Sep 06, 2013 (UPI)
A Russian spaceship for trips beyond Earth orbit will have at least one crucial advantage over a U.S. rival -- a toilet -- one of the craft's developers says. "...
NASA Tests Limits of 3-D Printing with Powerful Rocket Engine Check
Aug 28, 2013 (SPX)
The largest 3-D printed rocket engine component NASA ever has tested blazed to life Thursday, Aug. 22 during an engine firing that generated a record 20,000 pou...
NASA Continues Preparation for SLS Engine Testing at Stennis
Aug 28, 2013 (SPX)
Think about negotiating an intricate maze, and you begin to appreciate the challenge of designing and fabricating test stand piping for NASA's RS-25 rocket engi...
Japan suspends satellite rocket launch at last minute
Aug 27, 2013 (AFP)
Japan suspended the launch of its next-generation solid-fuel rocket on Tuesday just seconds before lift-off after engineers discovered a technical glitch. Japan...
Flights of Fancy
Aug 23, 2013 (SPX)
Robert Zimmerman got it exactly right. In last Wednesday's Wall Street Journal his op ed piece appeared, entitled: "No Liftoff for These Space Flights of Fancy....
NASA Partner Completes Second Dream Chaser Captive-Carry Test
Aug 23, 2013 (SPX)
NASA partner Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) of Louisville, Colo., successfully completed a captive-carry test of the Dream Chaser spacecraft Thursday, Aug. 22,...
Japan space agency unveils new rocket Epsilon
Aug 21, 2013 (XNA)
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on Tuesday unveiled its new solid-fuel rocket Epsilon before its launch with a scientific satellite next week. Epsilon, a...
ISRO may use standy engine to launch GSLV
Aug 21, 2013 (IANS)
Indian space agency ISRO will look at options of using a standby engine for the early launch of its heavy geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV) after e...
ATK Awarded Contract by Orbital Sciences to Support Stratolaunch System
Aug 14, 2013 (SPX)
ATK (ATK) has received a contract from Orbital Sciences Corporation (ORB) to provide first and second stage propulsion for the Air Launch Vehicle (ALV) that Orb...
Avionics: The Central Nervous System of NASA's Space Launch System
Aug 14, 2013 (SPX)
The nervous system in the human body controls everything a person does, including walking, thinking and feeling. Avionics is much like that complex collection o...
NASA's Space Launch System Completes Preliminary Design Review
Aug 06, 2013 (SPX)
NASA has achieved a major milestone in its effort to build the nation's next heavy-lift launch vehicle by successfully completing the Space Launch System (SLS) ...
Test confirms NASA manned capsule can land even if one parachute lost
Jul 25, 2013 (UPI)
NASA says a complex, high-altitude test confirms its new Orion spacecraft could land safely even if one of its three parachutes failed. In the latest test of th...
N. Korea halts work at long-range rocket site: website
Jul 23, 2013 (AFP)
Fresh satellite images confirm that North Korea has halted construction at a facility to launch a new generation of long-range rockets, a US research institute ...
Federal auditors say NASA doesn't have funds for big rocket
Jul 23, 2013 (UPI)
One of NASA's headlining programs is the Space Launch System, a giant rocket program aimed at eventually delivering astronauts to the moon, Mars, asteroids and ...
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