RS-25 Main Engine Testing Resumes At Stennis After Five-Year Hiatus Zero-G News Admin January 12, 2015 Exploration, Frontpage Articles, NASA, News, Rockets, SLS, Space Exploration, Top Stories The new year is off to a hot start for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS). The engine that will drive America's next great rocket to deep space blazed through its first successful test Jan. 9 at the agency's...
Falcon 9 Launches Fifth Contracted SpaceX ISS Mission; Booster Recovery Test Fails Zero-G News Admin January 10, 2015 Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, ISS, Launches, NASA, News, Rockets, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight A Falcon 9 rocket blasted into space early this morning carrying the fifth mission to resupply the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract with Space Exploration...
Technical Glitches, Orbital Mechanics Push Falcon 9 CRS-5 Launch Into 2015 Zero-G News Admin December 18, 2014 Frontpage Articles, ISS, Launches, NASA, News, Rockets, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight The next launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to deliver cargo to the International Space Station is being delayed until early January, company officials confirmed this morning. Trouble encountered during a test...
Amid Testing Trouble, Firm Launch Date Expected Today For Falcon 9 CRS-5 Zero-G News Admin December 18, 2014 Frontpage Articles, ISS, Launches, NASA, News, Rockets, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight We should learn today whether or not SpaceX will be able to attempt a launch this week of its Falcon 9 rocket on a mission to the space station. However, a slip of a day or two, possibly longer, is expected...
X Marks the Spot: Falcon 9 To Attempt Ocean Platform Landing Zero-G News Admin December 17, 2014 Commercial Space, Launches, Rockets, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight (Source: SpaceX) During our next flight, SpaceX will attempt the precision landing of a Falcon 9 first stage for the first time, on a custom-built ocean platform known as the autonomous spaceport drone ship....
Powerful Atlas Launches Clandestine Satellite From California Zero-G News Admin December 12, 2014 Frontpage Articles, Launches, Military, News, Photo Galleries, Rockets, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight The largest Atlas rocket to fly from California blasted off tonight on a successful mission to deliver the classified NROL-35 satellite to polar orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office. Following a one...
Atlas To The Rescue, Orbital Selects ULA To Launch Cygnus To ISS In 2015 Zero-G News Admin December 9, 2014 Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, ISS, Launches, News, Rockets, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight As the company continues to recover from October's spectacular launch failure of the Antares medium-lift launch vehicle, Orbital Sciences Corporation announced that it has signed a contract with United...
NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Completes “Picture Perfect” First Test Flight Zero-G News Admin December 5, 2014 Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, Launches, NASA, News, Orion, Rockets, SLS, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight Reaching a pinnacle in its nine-year development program, NASA’s next-generation Orion deep-space exploration craft soared through a picture-perfect test flight today to mark a major milestone in NASA’s...
Inferno Over Wallops! A first-hand Photo And Video Account Of Antares Launch Failure Zero-G News Admin November 23, 2014 Commentary, Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, ISS, Launches, NASA, News, Photo Galleries, Rockets, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight, Video Features Read the story with a full page of launch pad remote camera photos and video! Last month, Zero-G News had the opportunity to travel to Wallops Flight Facility, VA in order to cover the anticipated launch of...
NASA’s Morpheus Lander Readies New Round Of Test Flights Zero-G News Admin November 19, 2014 Spaceflight NASA’s Morpheus experimental rocket-powered vertical takeoff and landing testbed is scheduled to resume testing in November after successfully completing a series of free flights earlier this year. Morpheus...