NASA preparing Orion Spacecraft for drop tests

NASA preparing Orion Spacecraft for drop tests

In May, NASA’s Langley Research Center received Orion’s heat shield from December’s Exploration Flight Test, and will be integrating it into a crew module mockup and conducting several drop tests to simulate ocean landings. Using test dummies and...

Today’s Deep Space Extra, Thursday, July 30, 2015

Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA and Lockheed Martin make changes to Orion capsule fairing separation system in response to December flight test. Star explosion solves a...
Watch today’s Orion Fairing Separation Test Live!

Watch today’s Orion Fairing Separation Test Live!

Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor for Orion, is hosting a Google Hangout today for an Orion fairing separation test. Using a series of precisely-timed, explosive charges and mechanisms, the team will evaluate design changes they’ve made to the...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2015

TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2015

Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA’s technology investments bring scientists closer to discovery of life beyond the Earth. Some in Congress call for more spending on...
JPL’s Heliophysics Summer School

JPL’s Heliophysics Summer School

Today is the start of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Heliophysics Summer School in Boulder, Colorado. Graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and undergraduate teachers and instructors will meet with NASA scientists to learn about the interactions between...

Today’s Deep Space Extra, Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Experts suggest a moon base could offer a less costly means of reaching Mars with human explorers. NASA’s Dava Newman brings more than...
The 51st Annual Joint Propulsion Conference

The 51st Annual Joint Propulsion Conference

The 51st Joint Propulsion Conference kicks off today in Orlando, FL. Participants will be discussing next-gen commercial and government-sponsored launch systems, orbital insertions, satellites and interstellar propulsion. This conference regularly produces fascinating...

Today’s Deep Space Extra – Monday, July 27, 2015

Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Could NASA’s commercial models for launching supplies and humans to the International Space Station enable a near term, cost saving...
NASA’s final day at EAA AirVenture

NASA’s final day at EAA AirVenture

The Journey to Mars panels at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh are wrapping up today with panels on women in aerospace and the search for life in the cosmos. Check our Facebook and Twitter pages throughout the day for more updates! Former astronaut Charlie Precourt answers...

Today’s Deep Space Extra, Friday, July 24, 2015

Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA’s Space Launch System exploration rocket is closing in on the conclusion of a key milestone, Critical Design...