Aerojet Rocketdyne 3-D prints Orion’s nozzle extensions
NASA’s Orion partner Aerojet Rocketdyne has recently completed a milestone in additive manufacturing–12 nozzle extensions for Orion’s crew module reaction control system (RCS). The nozzle extensions will provide greater stability to the RCS system...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA and the European Space Agency demonstrate plans to cooperate in the human exploration of deep space with development of the Orion crew...
Orion’s engineering legacy
NASA’s Orion spacecraft is a mix of old and new: the tried and tested Apollo-era capsule design elements have been married with Shuttle-era crew amenities and modern technology. With the ability to carry a crew of four, a “glass cockpit” digital...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Europe’s service module contribution to NASA’s Orion crew exploration capsule could pave the way for the participation of European...
Tune into today for news on the Orion Spacecraft
NASA Television will broadcast an event marking the arrival of a full-size test version of the service module provided by the European Space Agency (ESA) for NASA’s Orion spacecraft at 12:30 p.m. EST on Monday, Nov. 30 at the agency’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky,...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, November 30, 2015
Monday’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA’s Space Launch System will carry CubeSats aboard Exploration Mission-1, the agency’s 2018 inaugural SLS test flight of the...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Though risky, human space exploration is worth the challenge, according to a South Carolina editorial. Popular astrophysicist Neil deGrasse...
The many destinations of SLS
When completed, the Space Launch System will be able to boost a huge variety of payloads to Earth orbit and deep space. Some possible destinations the rocket can service include Saturn, Uranus and even interstellar space. Click on the images below to see some of the...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA contracts with Aerojet Rocketdyne to manufacture the rocket engines for the first stage of the Space Launch System exploration rocket. Planners...Space Talk
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