Aug 7, 2014
ATK has successfully completed its Critical Design Review (CDR) with NASA to verify that the five-segment solid rocket booster is on track for an unmanned, first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) in 2017. The SLS vehicle is planned to launch humans...
Aug 6, 2014
The space shuttle’s hydrogen-fueled rocket engines will soon roar again after receiving upgrades to fly on the Space Launch System, a heavy-lifting mega-rocket NASA hopes will take astronauts on journeys farther than humans have ever traveled. The first...
Aug 6, 2014
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education launches the dreams of students. Aerojet Rocketdyne debuted a video that captures just how powerful this inspiration can be for a new generation. It is projected that by 2018, there will be eight...
Jul 30, 2014
Crowds at EAA AirVenture @ Oshkosh, Wisconsin learn more about how NASA plans to take us to Mars, with former astronaut Charlie Precourt.
Jul 30, 2014
[Image credit: NASA]
Jul 30, 2014
Image credit: NASA
Jul 30, 2014
The first flight test of the SLS will feature a configuration for a 70-metric-ton (77-ton) lift capacity and carry an uncrewed Orion spacecraft beyond low-Earth orbit to test the performance of the integrated system. As the SLS evolves, it will provide an...
Jul 30, 2014
Space Launch System, or SLS, begins a bolder mission for NASA and the world — a new era of exploration unlike anything we’re done before. Able to carry more payload than the space shuttle and generate more thrust at launch than the Saturn V, SLS will send...
Jul 29, 2014
Space Launch System, or SLS, begins a bolder mission for NASA and the world — a new era of exploration unlike anything we’re done before. Able to carry more payload than the space shuttle and generate more thrust at launch than the Saturn V, SLS will send...
Jul 29, 2014
“This is all the space for you and your three closest friends,” says Brad Holcomb, a project manager at Lockheed Martin’s Exploration Development Laboratory in Houston, as I settle into the commander’s seat on the low-fidelity mockup of the Orion capsule. Having...