NASA Orion Spaceship Blog

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The aerospace giants contracted to help build NASA’s next-generation spaceships, including Utah’s ATK Space Systems, are quietly hedging their bets and stepping back from the Ares rockets that the agency has staked its future on after the shuttle retires next year. In recent weeks, Lockheed Martin Corp. and the Boeing Company have reached out to NASA officials, lawmakers …

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The gap between the retirement of the shuttles and the first flights of the replacement system was a numbskull idea from the start.

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With a launch pad gas leak fixed, NASA will try to launch a Delta II rocket and two missile defense demonstration satellites at 8 a.m. Friday. The latest Air Force weather forecast offers a 70-percent chance of conditions good enough for liftoff during the one-hour window, with cumulus clouds and showers again the main concern.

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The 2009 Catalina Classic crowns a new winner ? and brings back old times. by Dexter Ford Published September 3, 2009

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The gap between the retirement of the shuttles and the first flights of the replacement system was a numbskull idea from the start.

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NASA can’t afford to go beyond low-Earth orbit without extra cash, says a review panel ? but a funding boost could get crews into orbit around Mars relatively quickly

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Unable to find a break in the weather at Kennedy Space Center, NASA managers on Thursday scrubbed its plans to land the space shuttle Discovery in Florida and gave the astronauts a bonus day in orbit.

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A presidential task force recommends an expanded role for private aerospace companies in U.S. space exploration, plus more money for NASA, if the nation wants to explore space beyond earth orbit.

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New England is at it’s best in autumn. The slugginess of summer is gone, the leaves turn bright and the air is crisp. And the arts community goes into full bloom in the fall. There are about 14,572 worthy cultural events between now and Thanksgiving, so it’s amazing that we somehow pared down the list. Please note: This is just a sample of the great events scheduled for the fall. So now is the …

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A manned asteroid mission using two Orion spacecraft, docked nose-to-nose to form a 50-ton deep space vehicle, is being studied by Lockheed Martin Space Systems.

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