NASA Begins Testing New Spacecraft
October 31, 2008 – 7:32 pm
On Wednesday, NASA began testing the Orion Launch Abort System at Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base. Read More at KERO 23 Bakersfield…
Monthly Archives: October 2008
NASA May Push Up Shuttle-Replacement Schedule
October 31, 2008 – 1:34 pm
Agency might try to narrow no-vehicle gap to four years instead of five. Read More at Fox News…
NASA Denies News Report that Ares I Is Doomed
October 30, 2008 – 6:45 am
NASA shot back Wednesday at reports suggesting the Ares 1 rocket is doomed to failure. Read More at SPACE.com…
New NASA capsule Orion resembles Apollo
October 30, 2008 – 6:37 am
The agency unveils the test module for structural testing at Edwards Air Force Base. The capsule, designed to carry humans to the moon, looks a lot like the one that first did so four decades ago. NASA rolled out its next-generation space capsule here Wednesday, revealing a bulbous module that is scheduled to carry humans [...]
NASA introduces new space travel vehicle – Orion
October 30, 2008 – 6:30 am
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE – America’s return journey to the moon requires a stop at the Mojave Desert outpost where Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier. Photo Gallery: NASA’s Orion Project at Dryden Watch Video: NASA Orion Capsule Read More at San Bernardino Sun…
NASA is assessing how to expedite Orion craft
October 30, 2008 – 6:22 am
NASA is assessing how it could accelerate by a year or more the maiden launch of the new Orion moonship, officials at the space agency disclosed Wednesday. Read More at Houston Chronicle…
NASA moon craft ready a year early?
October 30, 2008 – 6:12 am
NASA officials said Wednesday that it might be possible to try out its new moon rocket ship a year earlier than its current target date of 2015. Read More at Orlando Sentinel…
NASA may trim a year off moon rocket production
October 29, 2008 – 7:54 pm
NASA officials said today it might be possible to try out its new moon rocketship a year earlier than its current target date of 2015. Read More at Houston Chronicle…
NASA Denies News Report that Ares 1 Is Doomed
October 29, 2008 – 7:50 pm
WASHINGTON — NASA shot back Wednesday at recent news reports suggesting the Ares 1 rocket in development for the past three years is doomed to failure. Read More at SPACE.com…
NASA might speed up moonship’s launch
October 29, 2008 – 7:47 pm
NASA officials said Wednesday it might be possible to try out its new moonship a year earlier than its current target date of 2015. Read More at MSNBC…