Sep 25, 2011 | Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Mars, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Roscosmos, Space Research, The Moon
A collaboration among 12 national space agencies, including NASA — and working under the wing of the International Space Exploration Coordination Group believes so. They established a blue print, The Global Exploration Roadmap, which was made public...
Sep 24, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, The Moon, Why Space
Psychology of Space Exploration, Edited by Douglas Vakoch, NASA History Series SP-2011- 4411, Government Printing Office (GPO); (Hardcover) $27.00; (Paperback) $23.00; Washington, D.C.; 2011. You’re going to find a rich, motherload of information here regarding a...
Sep 10, 2011 | Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Construction is underway on the first space-bound Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. Engineers at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have started welding together the craft. The first welds were completed last week using an innovative new friction...
Aug 18, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Canadian Space Agency, China, Commercial Space, Education, European Space Agency, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Roscosmos, Space and Science, Space Race, Space Research, Space Tourism, Spaceports, The Moon, Why Space
The Futron Corp’s 2011 Space Competiveness Index finds the United States perched atop 10 global competitors in the field, yet slipping as the nation’s space policy undergoes a transition, especially in the realm of human space flight. The Bethesda,...
Aug 15, 2011 | Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Work on the Orion MPCV, or Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, has reached a new milestone. Last week at Lockheed Martin facilities near Denver, the Orion MPCV was crowned with a Launch Abort System. In that fully-stacked condition, the combined length of the coupled gear...
Jul 28, 2011 | Asteroid Exploration, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
NASA’s Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, or MPCV, is moving forward as the space agency’s deep space vehicle for human exploration. At the Lockheed Martin Waterton facility near Denver, Colorado, work is underway to integrate the Crew Module and the tower-like Launch...