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NASA officials have set a requirements baseline for the Orion crew exploration vehicle, bringing the next U.S. spacecraft a step closer to

Aerojet, a GenCorp, Inc.  company and a core propulsion provider for NASA’s new space exploration vehicle, Orion, recently conducted an internally-funded static

From New Scientist comes this review of human spaceflight during 2006.  Read the article.

The Nobel Intent article ‘What if we made a moonbase and no one turned up?’ brings up some compelling thoughts. These include:

There has been a lot in the news about NASA’s proposed Mooncamp. Here are some links: “NASA may be going to the

The most powerful radiotelescope yet devised is to be built on the Moon, under plans being put together by Nasa for its

There is a great article on the development of food for astronauts.  It shows how meals have evolved since the early days

NASA this week completed its first review of all systems for the Orion spacecraft and the Ares I and Ares V rockets.

NASA’s Space Shuttle Program successfully fired a reusable solid rocket motor Thursday, Nov. 16, at a Utah facility. The two-minute test provided

NASA is appraising a human mission to a near-Earth asteroid — gauging the scientific merit of the endeavor while testing out spacecraft

Sources inside the development of the Ares 1 launch vehicle (aka Crew Launch Vehicle or “The Stick”) have reported that the current

Florida, the nation’s premier launch site since the 1960s thanks to NASA’s largesse, is in danger of being eclipsed in a fast-changing

NASA Constellation have approved the Rollercoaster Escape System to be used as the Emergency Egress Systems (EES) for astronauts and pad crew

Irvin Aerospace, the world’s first parachute engineering, design and manufacturing company founded in 1919, was selected by Jacobs Sverdrup for NASA to

Florida is not content with just winning the assembly and launch work for NASA’s next human spaceship. Gov. Jeb Bush and the

Charming cottage, secluded location, stunning panoramic views… A Swedish artist has asked experts to help design one of Sweden’s iconic little red