Dragon Splashs Down Just After 2 p.m., EST, After Successful SpaceX Test Flight. Updated With Post-flight Comments
The Space X and NASA successfully carried out the first flight demonstration of the Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon capsule on Wednesday. The unmanned two orbit mission marked a significant milestone for the company started by Internet entrepreneur Elon Musk as well...SpaceX, NASA Partnership Nears First Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Test Flight
SpaceX, one of two companies on the forefront of a NASA-led effort to develop commercial cargo and crew transport services to support the International Space Station in the post-shuttle era, will attempt the first of three space agency sponsored test flights this...Discovery Mission Delayed, New Fuel Tank Troubleshooting Planned
. Baffled by small fuel tank cracks, NASA announced Friday that shuttle Discovery’s final mission, an 11-day assembly flight to the International Space Station, will be delayed from Dec. 17 to no earlier than Feb. 3. The cracks in the “intertank” region of...Senate Panel Urges NASA Budget Flexibility
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee pledged a bi-partisan effort on Wednesday to remove legislative barriers from future temporary budget measures that could pro-long NASA’s efforts to transition from the Constellation lunar program to a...NASA Looks to Mid-December at the Earliest for Discovery’s Launching
NASA shuttle managers sounded a cautious note on Wednesday, as they announced further delays in efforts to launch the shuttle Discovery on the senior orbiter’s final flight, an 11-day assembly mission to the International Space Station. The soonest Discovery could...Discovery Lift Off Moves To No Earlier Than Dec. 3
Discovery’s final mission moved to a short end-of-the-year launch period on Thursday to permit more time for shuttle engineers to complete repairs to the orbiter’s external fuel tank and managers to assure themselves they understand what led to the...NASA Auditor Outlines Management, Financial Concerns
NASA faces significant management challenges as it carries out the shuttle’s retirement, termination of the Constellation Program and the start of a commercial space transportation initiative, according to agency Inspector General Paul Martin. In 14-page report made...Though Faced With New Probems, NASA Remains Hopeful Discovery Can Lift Off on Nov. 30
NASA is still striving for a second bid to launch the shuttle Discovery on her final mission during a Nov. 30 through Dec. 6 launch window, though technicians and engineers are dealing with several external fuel tank problems. A substantial leak of hydrogen from a...Europe Looks to International Space Station Plant Experiment
School children seem a natural mix, when it comes to growing plants in space. The European Space Agency plans to make a little hay of its own with the pairing when Italian Paulo Naspoli heads for the International Space Station in mid-December. Students from 12 to...Space Talk
Another first at the World’s Busiest Spaceport! 🚀
Teams with NASA and @USFWS carried out a prescribed fire at Kennedy during an active launch countdown – a new capability to help protect infrastructure and habitat.
Learn why we’re making this change:
NASA Demonstrates New Prescribed Burn Capability for Spaceport
NASA teamed up with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and commercial space partners to intentionally ignite around ...
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President Trump founded the Artemis program in his first term.
Now, with the successful Artemis II mission, NASA is taking a major step forward in returning to the Moon, where we’re building a Moon base, to stay.
Looking forward to celebrating this crew with @POTUS today.
A fast Mars Courier completes its interplanetary transfer burn, flips to point back at Earth and ejects its empty propellant tanks. Thanks to a gas-core nuclear rocket, it'll reach its destination in less than 2 months.
#space #art by William Black.
https://www.deviantart.com/william-black/art/Mars-Courier-Mission-Earth-Escape-Tank-Jettison-587483267
🎤 🎙 Sensational Spaces tonight 8PM EST with @JohnProv1 + @CaffeineCraig @ElijahColeman21 @Cryptogirl_MD @c4pappi @1samdavid @tropicaltrader7
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I'm just listening a bit, I always learn, but will speak a bit on Saturday's #Spaces!
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