The official sunrise won’t be until 6:30 Saturday morning, but for the 1,860 employees of SpaceX and thousands of supporters around the globe, the curtain goes up on a new chapter in space an hour and half earlier, at 4:55 am. That is when if all goes as planned the Falcon 9 launch vehicle will take off from Launch […]
Taking the opportunity of the upcoming SpaceX Cots launch to preview coming attractions, NASA and Lockheed Martin gave the space press a chance to take a look at the MPCV (Orion) Structural Test Article. Of particular note was a growing tendency to speak in terms of efficiencies in operations, ranging from large to small. It […]
It all seems a little too familiar. Nearly 50 years after NASA used the RL-10 engine to power the second stage of the Saturn 1 launch vehicle while work was proceeding in developing the J-2, NASA is apparently once again turning to the venerable engine for the upper stage of the first two flights of the SLS. This time […]
Perhaps sensing the potential benefits for his home state. Florida Senator Bill Nelson has come down decisively on the side of Commercial Crew in the ongoing debate. Accordng to an article in Florida Today, the Senate Democrat referred to the House appropriations committee edict to down select to a single provider now as “silliness.’ What once appeared […]
The Air force announced monday that it was awarding a firm fixed price contract to ULA for an Atlas V 551 for 2014 at 398 million. The launch award is for the fourth MOUS satellite, and is for the heaviest version of the Atlas V, which features 5 solid strap on boosters built buy Aerojet and the 5 meter payload […]
Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator COMSTAC Advisory Committee Public Meeting Washington, DC May 10, 2012 Thank you, Chairman Will Trafton and FAA Associate Administrator, George Nield, for giving me this opportunity to join you this morning. I also want to thank FAA Deputy Associate Administrator, Jim Van Laak for his support of this meeting and for […]
Once again injecting themselves into the ongoing debate about the future of the space agency, former NASA greats sent a letter to Frank Wolfe supporting an immediate selection of a single commercial crew provider. The letter itself is so full of qualifications that it gives the distinct impression the writers are not all that sure […]
With only a few “open items” left, we may finally getting close to the next launch
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