Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Crashes, One Pilot Reported Killed Zero-G News Admin October 31, 2014 Spaceflight We have received word that Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo failed and crashed today during a powered test flight. Reports are that one pilot did not survive and one injured with an unknown status. This has to...
Antares Explodes, ISS Cargo Lost In Launch Failure Zero-G News Admin October 29, 2014 Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, ISS, Launches, NASA, News, Rockets, Space Exploration, space station, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight Launch of the Cygnus spacecraft was supposed to be the start of the third of Orbital Science Corporation’s eight NASA-contracted resupply missions to the International Space Station. Instead, Orbital and...
Atlas V Racks Up 50th Success With Launch of GPS IIF-8 For U.S. Air Force Zero-G News Admin October 29, 2014 Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, Launches, News, Press Releases, Rockets, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket successfully launched the eighth Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-8 satellite for the U.S. Air Force at 1:21 p.m. EDT today from Space Launch Complex-41. This...
Hurricane Gonzalo Delays NASA’s Latest Cargo Run To ISS Zero-G News Admin October 16, 2014 Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, ISS, Launches, NASA, News, Rockets, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight Already delayed several times, the launch of an Orbital Sciences Antares rocket from Wallops Flight Facility, VA was pushed back again today due to the expected passage of a powerful hurricane over a critical...
Photo Feature: Melbourne Air & Space Show Zero-G News Admin October 8, 2014 Aviation, Frontpage Articles, Photo Galleries, Top Stories "We are thrilled by the turnout on Saturday for the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and are making accommodations to make sure everyone gets a chance to see these amazing pilots do what they do best,” said Bryan...
JPL Selects CubeSat Proposals for Europa Clipper Mission Study Zero-G News Admin October 8, 2014 CubeSat, CubeSats, Nanosatellites, NASA, Planetary Science, Press Releases, Small Sats, Unmanned Spaceflight NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, has chosen proposals from 10 universities to study CubeSat concepts that could enhance a Europa mission concept currently under study by NASA. The...
Looking To The Future, Delta IV Rocket For Orion First Flight Reaches The Launch Pad Zero-G News Admin October 1, 2014 Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, NASA, News, Orion, Photo Galleries, Rockets, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket stands on the launch pad today, marking a critical and historic milestone of NASA’s plan to launch the first Orion spacecraft later this year. Overnight,...
India, U.S. To Collaborate On Earth Obsevation, Mars Missions Zero-G News Admin September 30, 2014 Frontpage Articles, Mars, NASA, Press Releases, Space Exploration, Top Stories In a meeting Tuesday in Toronto, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and K. Radhakrishnan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), signed two documents to launch a NASA-ISRO satellite mission...
Sierra Nevada Targets Air-Launch With Stratolaunch Partnership Zero-G News Admin September 30, 2014 Business, Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, News, Press Releases, Spaceflight, Top Stories Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) today announced a design for an integrated system for human spaceflight that can be launched to low Earth orbit (LEO) using Stratolaunch Systems' air launch architecture and a...
ATK Test Fires Igniter For Orion Launch Abort System Motor Zero-G News Admin September 30, 2014 Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, NASA, Orion, Press Releases, Rockets, SLS, Spaceflight, Top Stories NASA and ATK successfully completed a static test of the launch abort motor igniter for the Orion crew capsule's Launch Abort System (LAS). Conducted at ATK's facility in Promontory, Utah, this test is the...