Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. A series of deep space missions that include an orbital visit to Mars ahead of a landing may hold technical and financial merit, write two U.S....
Orbital ATK prepares for QM-2 test of SLS Solid Rocket Booster in spring 2016
As work progresses around the country toward the debut of NASA’s SLS rocket in 2018, Orbital ATK is preparing for the final qualification test of the five segment Solid Rocket Booster motor that will power the SLS through first stage flight. That second qualification...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, October 12, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA’s just released, three phase Journey to Mars strategy stirs debate in Congress and among outside experts. Apollo 11’s Buzz...
Space Launch System Highlights for Sept. 2015
NASA’s Space Launch System Highlights for September is out now! Among the updates: –Preparations are underway for SLS’s second booster ground test –Marshall Space Flight Center’s structural test stand adds more steel to accommodate...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, October 9, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. A new NASA primer outlines a three step strategy for the human exploration of Mars. NASA’s Mars strategy will require high profile milestones....
We lost contact with the Pioneer Venus Orbiter 23 years ago today
On this day in 1992, the Pioneer Venus Orbiter stopped transmitting and began its descent in the Venusian atmosphere. Pioneer 12 was launched in May 1978 on a mission to study and map Venus’s clouds and atmosphere. During its 14-year stay, Pioneer 12 was able to...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, October 8, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. A top NASA official predicts humans will reach Mars within two decades. NASA briefs plan for a robotic Mars orbiter in the 2020s equipped to...
Just what is an SLS anyway?
For those lucky enough to be at or near Kennedy Space Center when a Space Launch System rocket leaves Earth for the first time, it will be an unforgettable experience. Any rocket launch is amazing to witness in person, but the rise of a truly powerful launch vehicle,...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA space shuttle rocket engines find new life aboard the Space Launch System exploration rocket. Aging NASA Apollo imagery stirs up memories...Space Talk
@SpaceArchivist_ Yes, the LVSA might be a slight issue, so try it whichever way works best for you!
as for KSP, I appreciate the offer, but i love to show off my own KSP stock stuff so ill probably do that myself, but i do thank you for the offer!
@SpaceArchivist_ could you replace the ICPS with centaur V?
I'm working on a video about SLS centaur V, and one of the points im going to discuss is how massively overkill current SLS is for CV, and that this, much smaller SLS could also do such a thing, and would like to give the audience a
@SpaceArchivist_ and of course, Ill credit you in video!
What a strange configuration
Hey as a completely unrelated fun fact did y'all know that Orion can only be integrated vertically?
We're not rebuilding the same pad for New Glenn. We're moving to a horizontal/vertical hybrid configuration to get us flying again this year at 36A. We were already working on something similar for 9x4 at 36B. Let me explain what that means. We mate the stages horizontally in
@ThePrimalDino @Tygget getting Orion to LLO with CV would definitely require a refill in LEO, and at that point it would make more sense to just use a beefier cislunar transporter
@serendistant @Tygget yup. especially given how tall that rocket would be. it would be very unwieldy
We’re at the Great American State Fair in DC, where we’ve got live feed of NASA astronauts @Astro_Jessica and @Astro_ChrisW replacing a wrist joint on the @Space_Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm during their spacewalk! Tune in here: http://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/us-spacewalk-95/
