Kennedy Space Center Opens New Small Vehicle Launch Complex Zero-G News Admin July 18, 2015 Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, NASA, News, Press Releases, Small Sats, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida took another step forward in its transformation to a 21st Century multi-user spaceport with the completion of the new Small Class Vehicle Launch Pad, designated 39C, in...
Atlas Delivers Again With Newest Air Force GPS Satellite Zero-G News Admin July 17, 2015 Atlas V, Atlas V, Boeing, Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, Launches, Military, Photo Galleries, Rockets, Top Stories, United Launch Alliance, Video Features The newest member of the the Air Force's worldwide Global Position System satellite constellation successfully blasted off on July 16 from Cape Canaveral. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifted off at...
NASA Names First Four Commercial Crew Program Astronauts Zero-G News Admin July 9, 2015 Commercial Space, CST-100, Dragon, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, ISS, ISS, NASA, News, Spaceflight, SpaceX, Top Stories, United Launch Alliance As Boeing and SpaceX continue working toward the goal of conducting human spaceflight launches in the next few years, NASA announced today that the agency has selected the first four of its astronauts to...
Video Feature: SpaceX Falcon 9 CRS-7 Launch In Slow Motion Zero-G News Admin July 9, 2015 Dragon, Falcon 9, Frontpage Articles, SpaceX, Top Stories During this month's launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the ill-fated CRS-7 ISS resupply mission, Zero-G News had a high-speed camera at the launch pad to record liftoff in super-slow motion. Check out the...
SpaceX Delays Crucial Test, Moves Crew Dragon Abort Test To KSC Zero-G News Admin July 7, 2015 Commercial Space, Dragon, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, ISS, NASA, News, Press Releases, Spaceflight, SpaceX, Top Stories Following the successful pad abort test in May, SpaceX began developing a plan that would move its in-flight abort test to provide higher fidelity data and reduce risk to future crews launched to the...
First Falcon 9 Loss Leaves SpaceX Reeling, Challenges ISS Resupply Lines Zero-G News Admin June 29, 2015 Commercial Space, Dragon, Falcon 9, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, ISS, ISS, NASA, One-Year Mission, Photo Galleries, Rockets, Spaceflight, SpaceX, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight, Video Features Sunday's loss of the 19th Falcon 9 rocket on its seventh mission to deliver cargo to the International Space Station has left SpaceX searching for answers and facing a potentially months-long grounding of its...
NASA Launches Suborbital Rocket From Wallops With Student Experiments Zero-G News Admin June 26, 2015 Spaceflight NASA successfully launched a NASA Terrier-Improved Orion suborbital sounding rocket carrying student experiments with the RockOn/RockSat-C programs at 6 a.m., June 25. More than 200 middle school and...
NASA Hosts Rocket Week at Wallops Flight Facility Zero-G News Admin June 26, 2015 Spaceflight Students and educators from across the country will have the chance to be rocket scientists during Rocket Week, June 20-26 at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. About 150 university and community...
Atlas V Launches Secret X-37B Spaceplane And Novel Solar Sail Experiment Zero-G News Admin May 24, 2015 Atlas V, Commercial Space, CubeSat, CubeSats, Exploration, Frontpage Articles, Launches, Nanosatellites, News, Photo Galleries, Rockets, Small Sats, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Top Stories, United Launch Alliance, Unmanned Spaceflight, Video Features With help from NASA, a small research satellite to test technology for in-space solar propulsion launched into space Wednesday aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, as part...
SpaceX Successfully Completes Crew Dragon PAd Abort Test Zero-G News Admin May 7, 2015 Commercial Space, Dragon, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, ISS, Launches, NASA, News, Photo Galleries, Space Exploration, space station, Spaceflight, SpaceX, Top Stories, Video Features A loud whoosh, faint smoke trail and billowing parachutes marked a successful demonstration Wednesday by SpaceX of its Crew Dragon spacecraft abort system - an important step in NASA’s endeavor to rebuild...