Monday, November 19 – Even if you only use binoculars tonight, you can’t miss the beautiful C-shape of Sinus Iridium as it comes into view on the lunar surface. As we have learned, the mountains that ring it are called the Juras, and the crater punctuating them is named Bianchini. Do you remember what the [...]
Three men who landed the unprecedented assembly work on Orion may have laid the foundation for how the state should get future NASA work based at KSC.
NASA LaRC Solicitation: Requests for Information for Mortared Drouge Parachute System and Recovery Parachute System
NASA has run into some problems with the design of its new Ares 1 launch vehicle – problems that could affect its ability (as designed) to safely launch its human cargo into space.
This has been an exciting week for NASA’s Constellation program – the missions that will bring humans back to the moon. Earlier in the week, NASA announced plans for testing abort systems and inflatable moon habitats. But on Thursday, November 15 actual tests were conducted for some of the genuine hardware that will be used [...]
I know what you’re thinking, and no, that’s not a UFO in a secret government laboratory. It’s not a prop for an upcoming science fiction movie, and it’s not the world’s largest Frisbee. It’s a prototype heat shield, developed by Boeing for NASA’s Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle.
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – With less than a year until flight tests of NASA’s Constellation Program, work is under way on a launch pad that will host the first of those tests.
Boeing has completed a developmental heat shield for NASA’s Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) that is designed to protect future astronauts from extreme heat during re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere following lunar and low-Earth orbit missions.
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