NASA's Orion Spacecraft Stacks Up for First Flight
With just six months until its first trip to space, NASA’s Orion spacecraft continues taking shape at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Engineers began stacking the crew module on top of the completed service module Monday, the first step in moving...Five Things We’ll Learn from Orion’s First Flight Test
All the superlatives associated with Orion’s first mission this year – farthest a spacecraft for humans has gone in 40 years, largest heat shield, safest vehicle ever built – can be dazzling, no doubt. But the reason engineers are chomping at the bit for...Countdown to Deadline to Fly Your Name on Orion!
The Exploration Design Challenge was developed to engage students in science, technology, engineering and math by inviting them to help tackle one of the most significant dangers of human space flight—radiation exposure. This challenge was created through a...ATK Brings NASA’s Space Launch System One Step Closer to 2017 Flight
NASA and ATK (NYSE: ATK) are one step closer to meeting a 2017 launch date for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) after completion of a significant structural test of the booster’s main attachment mechanism. NASA is developing SLS to take humans farther into...Orion Monthly Accomplishments – May 2014
At the end of each month, the accomplishments for Orion are published. Read on to get a picture of how the story of the people and progress of this great project is unfolding. The full PDF is downloadable at the bottom of this post.Space Launch System Monthly Accomplishments – May 2014
SLS Structural Test Stands to be Built at Marshall Space Flight Center SLS will have the largest cryogenic fuel tanks ever used on a rocket. Stands to test the tanks and other hardware to ensure that these huge structures can withstand the incredible stresses of...How Robots Are Blazing a Trail for Manned Mars Missions
Date Published: May 15, 2014 Source: Space.com Whenever humans finally touch down on Mars, they’ll be following in the footsteps of many brave robotic pioneers. Right now there are two NASA robots exploring the Martian surface — the Curiosity rover and its older...NASA's bold plan: Landing people on asteroids
Date Published: May 13, 2014 Source: CNN This isn’t a real-life recreation of “Armageddon.” There’s no clear and present threat to Earth. But NASA says it’s working on plans to send astronauts into space to land on an asteroid. The NASA mission...The big question: Where will space travel be in a decade’s time?
Date Published: May 13, 2014 Source: Wired Magazine Wired asks a panel of experts how they think space travel will evolve over the next decade. Frank de Winne, First European astronaut commander “First, on the institutional side, we will have a system that will...Space Talk
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