Bringing the moon home in Hutch
June 27, 2009 – 7:32 am
The day after NASA launched its first unmanned moon mission in 10 years, local space enthusiasts wer … Read More at Hutchinson News…
Monthly Archives: June 2009
NASA readies Plan B for moon rockets
June 25, 2009 – 7:28 am
NASA has a backup plan to launch crew and cargo to the moon, reduce the gap between shuttle retirement and a replacement ship’s debut, and save taxpayers billions of dollars. Read More at MSNBC…
Orion Propulsion Completes Qualification Testing for Innovative “Green” Propulsion System that will Power World’s …
June 22, 2009 – 3:42 pm
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—-Orion Propulsion, Inc. today announced completion of a qualification test program for the Forward Propulsion System of Bigelow Aerospace’s Sundancer Project, the world’s first commercial space habitat. Read More at Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance…
NASA Hopes to Launch Shuttle Endeavour on Wednesday
June 22, 2009 – 8:10 am
NASA hopes to squeeze in another launch attempt for the space shuttle Endeavour on June 17. Read More at SPACE.com…
NASA’s future plans in doubt?
June 18, 2009 – 7:47 am
Experts are huddling to look at NASA’s future plans, which may indicate trouble for the agency Read More at ABC 13 Houston…
Talented crew heading to the space station
June 18, 2009 – 7:41 am
MARK POLANSKY Mission Commander Mark Polansky, a distinguished test pilot, first joined NASA in August 1992, as an aerospace engineer and research pilot assigned to the Aircraft Operations Division of the Johnson Space Center. Read More at The Bay Area Citizen…
NASA to Test Fly Astronaut Escape Ship Alternative
June 17, 2009 – 3:47 pm
A bullet-shaped escape ship could show how astronauts might avoid a launch disaster during a planned launch test. Read More at Fox News…
Flight will be intricate dance of spacewalks and robotics
June 11, 2009 – 3:58 pm
The shuttle Endeavour is poised for blastoff Saturday on one of the most complex space station assembly missions yet attempted, a grueling 16-day flight to attach a Japanese experiment platform, deliver critical spare parts, replace massive solar array batteries and swap out a station crew member. Read More at Spaceflight Now…
Crew performs unusual spacewalk inside station
June 10, 2009 – 7:14 am
Working in spacesuits inside a compartment opened to vacuum, space station commander Gennady Padalka and NASA flight engineer Michael Barratt carried out a short 12-minute internal spacewalk today to finish rigging a port in the Zvezda command module for arrival of a new docking module in November. Read More at Spaceflight Now…
NASA’s New Rocket Escape System Questioned
June 8, 2009 – 3:25 pm
NASA’s Orion spaceship and the astronauts onboard might not survive an explosive launch failure of the agency’s proposed Ares I moon rocket, analyses by Air Force safety experts show. Read More at SPACE.com…