Spectacular Launch Delivers MMS Probes To Study Magentic Reconnection Zero-G News Admin March 13, 2015 Astrophysics, Exploration, Frontpage Articles, Launches, NASA, News, Photo Galleries, Planetary Science, Rockets, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight, Video Features NASA's first-of-its kind mission to study the violent interactions of the magnetic fields surrounding Earth got underway last night with a spectacular blastoff of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V from Space...
Falcon Orbits Electric Satellites On Dual-Launch Milestone Zero-G News Admin March 2, 2015 Frontpage Articles, Launches, News, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight 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...
Deep Space Falcon Launch Successfully Deploys NASA’s DSCOVR Climate Observatory Zero-G News Admin February 12, 2015 Frontpage Articles, Launches, NASA, News, Photo Galleries, Planetary Science, Rockets, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight, Video Features The second mission of 2015 for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket finally thundered into space today from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral after three days of delays due to weather and technical issues....
NASA Selects Winning Student Designs Of 3-D Printed Tools For Astronauts Zero-G News Admin February 5, 2015 Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, ISS, NASA, Press Releases, Top Stories After three months of designing and modeling, a panel of judges from NASA, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Foundation (ASME) and Made In Space Inc. have selected the winners of the Future...
NASA’s New Horizons Returns First Photos Of Pluto, Charon As It Nears Encounter Zero-G News Admin February 4, 2015 Exploration, Frontpage Articles, NASA, Planetary Science, Press Releases, Space Exploration, Top Stories NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft returned its first new images of Pluto on Wednesday, as the probe closes in on the dwarf planet. Although still just a dot along with its largest moon, Charon, the images come...
“Old Reliable” Delta II Orbits First Of A Kind Soil Moisture Mapping Spacecraft Zero-G News Admin February 1, 2015 CubeSats, Frontpage Articles, Launches, NASA, News, Photo Galleries, Planetary Science, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight Blazing a trail through a cloudy California morning, a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket successfully deployed NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP spacecraft into polar orbit this morning on one...
Planetary Society Announces LightSail Spacecraft Test Flight Zero-G News Admin January 26, 2015 Commercial Space, CubeSat, CubeSats, Frontpage Articles, Nanosatellites, News, Planetary Science, Press Releases, Small Sats, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight The Planetary Society today announced the first of its LightSail spacecraft will embark on a May 2015 test flight. Funded entirely by private citizens, the solar sail satellite will hitch a ride to space...
SpaceX And US Air Force Agree To Settle Lawsuit Zero-G News Admin January 23, 2015 Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, Military, News, Rockets, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight Just days after entering judge-ordered mediation, SpaceX and the United States Air Force announced today that they have reached a settlement agreement regarding the lawsuit SpaceX filed against the Air Force's...
First Full-Scale SLS Booster Installed On Stand For March Static Test Zero-G News Admin January 22, 2015 Asteroid, Exploration, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, NASA, News, SLS, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Top Stories NASA and ATK have completed installing the first Space Launch System booster qualification motor, QM-1, in a specialized test stand in Utah. The largest solid rocket motor ever built for flight, QM-1 is now...
NASA Completes Investigation of 2014 Sounding Rocket Failure Zero-G News Admin January 22, 2015 Frontpage Articles, NASA, Press Releases, Rockets, Top Stories January 12, 2015 - An investigation team has determined that the failure of a July 2014 Terrier-Improved Malemute suborbital sounding rocket flight from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia was linked...
