Five Things To Know About Dragon’s Pad Abort Test Zero-G News Admin May 5, 2015 Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, ISS, ISS, Launches, NASA, News, Press Releases, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, SpaceX, Top Stories Crew Dragon's first critical flight test, known as a Pad Abort Test, is expected to take place this Wednesday, May 6, from SpaceX’s Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) in Cape Canaveral, Florida. While the test...
Blue Origin Conducts First Test Flight Of New Shepard Suborbital Rocket Zero-G News Admin April 30, 2015 Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, Launches, News, Rockets, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Suborbital, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight, Video Features Secretive space startup Blue Origin achieved a significant milestone on April 29 with the first development flight of the company's New Shepard suborbital launch vehicle and spacecraft from its west Texas test...
NASA Launches RockSat-X Sounding Rocket With University Payloads Zero-G News Admin April 19, 2015 Frontpage Articles, Launches, NASA, News, Rockets, Top Stories A NASA Terrier-Improved Malemute suborbital sounding rocket carrying the RockSat-X payload was successfully launched at 7:01 a.m. EDT, Saturday, April 18, 2015. The rocket carried experiments developed by...
Falcon 9 Blasts Off With Cargo Supporting NASA’s One-Year Mission Zero-G News Admin April 18, 2015 Commercial Space, Expedition 43, Exploration, Falcon 9, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, ISS, ISS, Launches, Mars, NASA, News, One-Year Mission, Photo Galleries, Rockets, Space Exploration, space station, Spaceflight, SpaceX, Top Stories, Video Features, Yearlong Mission Two tons of supplies and research cargo are headed to the International Space Station today following the successful launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. After a one-day delay due to strong...
Blue Origin Completes Acceptance Testing of New Shepard BE-3 Engine Zero-G News Admin April 7, 2015 Spaceflight Blue Origin recently completed acceptance testing of its BE‑3 rocket engine, the first new hydrogen engine to be developed in the United States in more than a decade. The 110,000-lbf BE‑3 will power Blue...
NASA’s Space Launch System to Boost Science with Secondary Payloads Zero-G News Admin April 2, 2015 Spaceflight When NASA's new Space Launch System (SLS) launches on its first flight, it will be doing some serious multi-tasking. Not only will Exploration Mission-1 test the performance of SLS and its integration with the...
American And Russian Begin Yearlong Orbital Journey Zero-G News Admin March 28, 2015 Expedition 43, Exploration, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, ISS, Launches, Mars, Moon, NASA, News, One-Year Mission, Rockets, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Yearlong Mission ISS One-Year Mission Expedition 43 Soyuz TMA-16M Launch Coverage NASA TV A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts blasted off for the International Space Station today. Their launch wasn't historic in its...
Delta IV Hits The Mark With Another Successful GPS Launch Zero-G News Admin March 25, 2015 Delta IV, Frontpage Articles, Launches, Military, News, Photo Galleries, Rockets, Top Stories, United Launch Alliance, Unmanned Spaceflight Piercing a thick layer of clouds that hung low over the lannch pad, A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral on March 25, 2015 and successfully orbited the Global Positioning...
United Launch Alliance Lets The Public Name Its New Rocket Zero-G News Admin March 23, 2015 Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, Rockets, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight ULA is offering the public the opportunity to select the name of the company's Next Generation Launch System (NGLS) rocket. Out of more than 300 names suggested by ULA employees, three finalists will be...
SpaceX Clarifies Reason For TurkmenAlem52E Launch Delay Zero-G News Admin March 23, 2015 Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, Rockets, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight Over the weekend, SpaceX filled in some of the specifics regarding the recent decision to delay the launch of TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSAT, manufactured by Thales, due to what has been reported as a problem with...