Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are wrapping up acoustic testing on a 5-percent scale model of NASA’s Space Launch System. The Aug.28 test, the 34th in the series, will help NASA engineers understand how loud the SLS vehicle will be during liftoff. Data from the test series will be used […]
UPDATE: Due to weather conditions, there will be no launch of the LDSD test vehicle June 4 or 5. Other potential launch dates include June 7, 9, 11 and 14. The decision to move forward with another launch attempt of the LDSD test is made the day before each launch opportunity date. NASA’s flying saucer-shaped […]
Working to build a steady launch pace and shake off the impression that its rockets tend to scrub as often as they fly, today SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 on time on its first launch attempt. The milestone mission to deliver two communications satellites on the same vehicle blasted off in the foggy night […]
