Sierra Nevada Files Protest Challenging NASA Commercial Crew Awards To Boeing, SpaceX Zero-G News Admin September 26, 2014 Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, NASA, Press Releases, Top Stories (Editor's Note: The following is a press release from Sierra Nevada Corp. in regards to filing of a protest against NASA's recent CCtCap contracts to Boeing and SpaceX) Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC)...
Dragon Blasts Off With Science, Supplies On Fourth Space Station Cargo Run Zero-G News Admin September 21, 2014 Frontpage Articles, ISS, Launches, NASA, News, Photo Galleries, Rockets, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight, Video Features Dodging persistent thunderstorms that have beseiged Florida most of the summer, a Falcon 9 rocket soared into space overnight and sucessfully delivered a cargo-laden Dragon spacecraft in low Earth orbit to...
NASA Opens Bidding For Second Round Of ISS Cargo Resupply Services Zero-G News Admin September 18, 2014 Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, ISS, NASA, Press Releases, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight On the heels of awarding groundbreaking contracts to U.S. commercial space companies to ferry American astronauts to the International Space Station, NASA has released a request for proposals (RFP) for the...
United Launch Alliance and Blue Origin To Develop RD-180 Alternative Zero-G News Admin September 17, 2014 Business, Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, Rockets, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight Model of Blue Origin BE-4 engine. Photo Credit: United Launch Alliance Facing pressure to find a domestic replacement for the Russian-built RD-180 liquid fuel rocket engine that powers the Atlas V EELV,...
One More Leap, Boeing And SpaceX Win NASA’s Commercial Crew Contracts Zero-G News Admin September 16, 2014 Business, Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, ISS, NASA, News, Press Releases, space station, Spaceflight, Top Stories U.S. astronauts once again will travel to and from the International Space Station from the United States on American spacecraft under groundbreaking contracts NASA announced Tuesday. The agency unveiled its...
NASA Rolls Out First Orion Spacecraft For December EFT-1 Test Flight Zero-G News Admin September 11, 2014 Asteroid, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, Mars, Moon, NASA, Orion, Photo Galleries, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Top Stories NASA is making steady progress on its Orion spacecraft, completing several milestones this week at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the capsule's first trip to space in December....
Falcon 9 Successfully Delivers AsiaSat 6 Comsat To Orbit Zero-G News Admin September 7, 2014 Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, Launches, Photo Galleries, Rockets, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket thundered into orbit during the overnight hours on September 7 on a successful mission to deliver the commercial AsiaSat 6 communication satellite to orbit for Asia Satellite...
Acoustic Tests Help NASA Model SLS Launch Dynamics Zero-G News Admin August 28, 2014 Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, NASA, Press Releases, SLS, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Top Stories A 5-percent scale model of the Space Launch System (SLS) is ignited Aug. 28 at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. Image Credit: NASA/MSFC/David Olive Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in...
SLS Passes Milestone And Receives NASA Approval For Development Zero-G News Admin August 27, 2014 Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, NASA, Press Releases, SLS, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Top Stories Artist concept of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) 70-metric-ton configuration launching to space. SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever built for deep space missions, including to an asteroid and...
SpaceX Falcon 9R Rocket Explodes During Texas Test Flight Zero-G News Admin August 22, 2014 Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, Launches, News, Rockets, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight SpaceX experienced a rare but disappointing failure today when one of the company's Falcon 9R (reusable) rockets exploded during a test flight at the SpaceX facility near McGregor, TX. It is unknown if the...
