Weather Better, SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon Lifts Off on CRS-4 Cargo Run
Note: Last night’s launch marks the 8th flight in the first year for the Falcon 9 V1.1 NASA News Story An eruption of fire and smoke sent a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft skyward laden with 5,000 pounds of...
View ArticleMaven Prepares For Mars Gravity Capture Tonight
Image Credit: NASA/GSFC NASA Press Release: NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft is nearing its scheduled Sept. 21 insertion into Martian orbit after completing a 10-month...
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Maven Arrives at Mars, India’s MOM Two Days Away
Image Credit: NASA Following a 10 month interplanetary cruise after launch from Cape Canaveral on November 18th 2013, NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) orbiter arrived successfully...
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SpaceX Breaks Ground, Dragon Berths and a New Era Begins
Artists Rendering of South Texas Launch Pad: Credit SpaceX Drawing a dramatic seven day period to a close, the SpaceX CRS-4 Dragon spacecraft was successfully berthed to the International Space Station...
View ArticleIndia Celebrates a MOM Safe at Mars
Two days after NASA hailed the arrival of its MAVEN spacecraft at the Red Planet, rising space power India is now celebrating the successful orbital insertion of its own; MOM, or Mars Orbital Mission....
View ArticleTrio of NASA Telescopes Combine to Find Water Vapor and Clear Skies on...
Artists Concept: Image Concept NASA/JPL-Caltech JPL News Story: Astronomers using data from three of NASA’s space telescopes — Hubble, Spitzer and Kepler — have discovered clear skies and steamy water...
View ArticleSierra Nevada Lodges GAO Protest Over Dream Chaser Loss
Image Credit: Sierra Nevada Corporation On Friday, Sierra Nevada Corporation lodged a formal complaint with the GAO regarding its loss with the Dream Chaser spaceplane in NASA’s Commercial Crew...
View ArticleCassini Finds Strange Feature in Titan’s Sea
Three images show an unusual feature in Titan’s sea. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI/Cornell Note: Yet another in a long series of intriguing findings from the Cassini spacecraft operating in the...
View ArticleNASA’s ISS Commercial Resupply Contract Holds Transformative Potential
On September 26, NASA released its Commercial Resupply Services 2 Request for Proposal in solicitation for continued cargo delivery to and from the International Space Station from 2017 through 2020,...
View ArticleStratolaunch Teams With SNC for a Dream Chaser Mini-Me
A press release from Sierra Nevada Corporation issued in advance of a presentation at the International Astronautical Congress suggests a somewhat diminished version of its Dream Chaser space plane may...
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