Today’s Deep Space Extra, Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Apollo 11’s historic moon landing unfolded 46 years ago this week. U.S. Smithsonian Institution raises funds to return the spacesuit worn...
46 years ago, the human race stepped onto the moon
On this day in 1969, man first stepped foot upon the moon. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became two of the most famous pioneers in human history, leaving footprints that may literally last forever. To experience the launch in real time,...Today’s Deep Space Extra, Monday, July 20, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA is meeting difficult cost and schedule challenges to keep development of the Space Launch System exploration rocket on track for its...
Orbital ATK and NASA Release Initial Findings From SLS Booster QM-1 Test Fire
The solid rocket booster that will propel NASA’s skyscraper-size Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and its Orion spacecraft on deep space missions in the coming years took a huge step forward in its development on March 11, 2015, unleashing its fury on a barren...
NASA’s Space Launch System Booster Passes Major Ground Test
The largest, most powerful rocket booster ever built successfully fired up Wednesday for a major-milestone ground test in preparation for future missions to help propel NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to deep space destinations, including...
ATK Completes Installation of World’s Largest Solid Rocket Motor for Ground Test
NASA and ATK (NYSE: ATK) have completed installing the first Space Launch System booster qualification motor, QM-1, in a specialized test stand in Utah. The largest solid rocket motor ever built for flight, QM-1 is now being prepared for its static-fire test, which is...
Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Completes First Hot-Fire Test With RS-25 Engine Controller Unit
Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE:GY) company, successfully completed the first in a series of hot-fire tests on the RS-25 rocket engine, which will help power NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS) and carry humans farther into space than ever before. The test,...
RS-25 Engine Testing Blazes Forward for NASA’s Space Launch System
The new year is off to a hot start for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). The engine that will drive America’s next great rocket to deep space blazed through its first successful test Jan. 9 at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis,...
Stennis conducts SLS engine firing marking RS-25 return
NASA’s Stennis Space Center has test fired the first RS-25 (unit E0525) of the Space Launch System (SLS) era on Friday, marking the beginning of a new career for the famous engine. Four of the former Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME) are set to power each SLS during...Space Talk
@mars_stu @NASAJPL @NASAMars They'll be downlinked when the spacecraft is able to re-point to Earth following its science observations. Will begin likely NET later this evening US time, and take place over a few days.
What's it like to fly NASA's experimental, quiet supersonic aircraft?
We're hosting a @Reddit AMA with our X-59 test pilots on Monday, May 18. Stop by and share your questions! https://www.reddit.com/r/nasa/
What's it like to fly NASA's experimental, quiet supersonic aircraft?
We're hosting a @Reddit AMA with our X-59 test pilots on Monday, May 18. Stop by and share your questions! https://www.reddit.com/r/nasa/
How do planets form? Tiny grains of dust orbiting a newborn star collide, grow, and eventually build entire worlds. ✨🪐
A NASA scientist explains how planets like Earth came to be: https://youtu.be/1A_73j71WkE?si=ipv2g9uW0__rT5nV
