Endeavour landed on runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center at 1632 UTC on Aug 21. The deorbit burn at 1525 UTC lowered the orbit from 336 x 347 km to about -28 x 342 km; landing mass was 100878 kg.
Iddo Genuth writes “A U.S. based company introduced an innovative propulsion system that could significantly shorten round trips from Earth to Mars (from two years to only six months) and enable future spaceships to reach Jupiter after one year of space traveling. The system, which may dramatically affect interplanetary space travel is called the Miniature Magnetic Orion (Mini-Mag Orion for …
NASA is accepting applications for the 2009 Astronaut Candidate Class. Those selected could fly to space for long-duration stays on the International Space Station and missions to the moon.
“We look forward to gathering applications and then being able to select from the largest pool possible,” said Ellen Ochoa, NASA’s chief of Flight Crew Operations at the Johnson Space Center. “Continuing our impressive record in successfully carrying out challenging human spaceflight missions depends on maintaining a talented and diverse astronaut corps.” Read more
WASHINGTON – NASA awarded a contract worth up to $1.13 billion Tuesday to aerospace giant The Boeing Co. to build a key part of its multibillion-dollar rocket system to send astronauts back to the moon.
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Science editor Alan Boyle’s blog: For the first time in several years, NASA is putting out a job posting for astronaut candidates. But what kind of spaceship will the Class of ‘09 fly?
We’ve gathered to kick off this lecture series commemorating NASA’s upcoming 50th birthday. But we’re celebrating more than what NASA has done and the benefits that have followed; we’re celebrating who we are, and who we can be, as a people.
NASA opens new frontiers and creates new opportunities, and because of that is a critical driver of innovation. We don’t just create new jobs, we create entirely new markets and possibilities for economic growth that didn’t previously exist. This is the emerging Space Economy, an economy that is transforming our lives here on Earth in ways that are not yet fully understood or appreciated. It is not an economy in space. Not yet. But space activities create products and markets that provide benefits right here on Earth, benefits that have arisen from our efforts to explore, understand, and utilize this new medium. Read more
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NASA awarded a contract worth up to $1.13 billion Tuesday to aerospace giant Boeing Co. to build a key part of its multibillion-dollar rocket system to send astronauts back to the moon.
WASHINGTON — NASA awarded a contract worth up to $1.13 billion Tuesday to aerospace giant Boeing Co. to build a key part of its multibillion-dollar rocket system to send astronauts…
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WASHINGTON - NASA announced Tuesday that it has selected Houston-based Boeing Space Exploration to build the upper stage of the Ares I rocket the United States will use to launch astronauts into orbit after the space shuttle retires.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - NASA today awarded Boeing a contract to build a key part of its rocket system to send astronauts back to the moon. The Chicago-based company had worked on every NASA manned spaceship in the past.
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