New Spacecraft Will Become First U.S. Space Lifeboat in 40 Years Zero-G News Admin May 1, 2014 Commercial Space, Human Spaceflight, ISS, NASA, Spaceflight Space stations need lifeboats. Image Credit: NASA/Matthew Young The next generation of American spacecraft designed to carry people into low-Earth orbit will be required to function as a lifeboat for the...
NASA Partnerships Launch Multi-User Spaceport Zero-G News Admin May 1, 2014 Business, Commercial Space, NASA This aerial view shows the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, and other buildings in the Launch Complex 39 area at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on May 6, 2013. The Launch Control Center is in front of the...
NASA Outlines Future Path To Human Mars Exploration Zero-G News Admin April 29, 2014 Human Spaceflight, Mars, NASA, Orion, SLS, Top Stories I will join 11 senior NASA officials in a public forum about NASA's exploration path to Mars. This will be another important opportunity for members of the NASA Family to learn how all of our exploration...
Dragon Begins Third ISS Resupply Mission; First Stage Recovery Test Success Zero-G News Admin April 18, 2014 Commercial Space, CubeSat, CubeSats, Expedition 39, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, ISS, Launches, NASA, Photo Galleries, Rockets, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight, Video Features A GoPro Captures Launch Of A SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Carrying Dragon CRS-3 Dodging a gloomy weather forecast, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket roared into space this afternoon to begin a critical...
Space Launch System Core Stage Model ‘Sounds’ Off for Testing Zero-G News Admin April 8, 2014 NASA, Rockets Image Credit: NASA/MSFC/David Olive A 5-percent scale model of the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage fires up for another round of acoustic testing at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville,...
NASA Selects New Suborbital Technology Payloads Zero-G News Admin April 8, 2014 NASA Members of the UP Aerospace ground grew roll back the moveable garage and payload integration facility to expose the launcher with the SL-8 sounding rocket mounted underneath. (NASA / Paul De Leon) NASA's...
Air Force Releases Details Of Incident That Scrubbed Atlas And Falcon Launches Zero-G News Admin March 28, 2014 ISS, Launches, NASA, Rockets, Spaceflight An Atlas 5 rocket remains on the pad following a launch scrub due to the loss of an Air Force tracking station. Photo Credit: Zero-G News / Matthew Travis In the wake of serious outage on the U.S. Air Force...
Atlas 5 Rocket Launches To Successfully Deploy NASA’s Newest TDRS Satellite Zero-G News Admin January 24, 2014 Launches, NASA, Photo Galleries, Rockets, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Video Features Atlas "Streak" shot photo credit: Mike Killian, http://www.mikekillianphotography.com A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thundered into space carrying NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite...
Dragon Passes Another Milestone With Sucessful Parachute Drop Test Over Pacific Ocean Zero-G News Admin January 17, 2014 Commercial Space, Human Spaceflight, NASA, News Engineers and safety specialists from NASA and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) gathered in Morro Bay, Calif., in late December to demonstrate how the company's Dragon spacecraft's parachute system...
2013 NASA Safety Report Highlights Funding Uncertainty, Commercial Crew Progress Zero-G News Admin January 16, 2014 NASA, Press Releases The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress, has released its 2013 annual report examining NASA's safety performance over the past year and highlighting...
