Volume 14; Issue 263 ~ Zero-G News (ISSN 2333-7257) ~ A Publication Of Ares Institute, Inc.
Saturday, June 3, 2017
Major experiments that will look into the human body and out into the galaxy are on their way to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft following its 5:07 p.m. EDT launch aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. SpaceX CRS-11 Launch The Dragon lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Rocket Lab broke new ground today when its Electron rocket reached space at 16:23 NZST. Electron lifted-off at 16:20 NZST from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. It was the first...
Sunday, April 9, 2017
NASA has selected 10 studies under the Planetary Science Deep Space SmallSat Studies (PSDS3) program to develop mission concepts using small satellites to investigate Venus, Earth’s moon, asteroids, Mars and the outer planets. For these studies, small...
Friday, March 3, 2017
NASA’s Launch Services Program has selected United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V vehicle to launch the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-2) mission, the third in the nation’s new generation polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite system. This award resulted from...
Friday, February 17, 2017
NASA has selected 34 small satellites from 19 states and the District of Columbia to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard missions planned to launch in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Launch opportunities are leveraged from existing launch services...
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
The International Space Station allows NASA to conduct cutting-edge research and technology demonstrations for the next giant leap in human exploration and supports an emerging space economy in low-Earth orbit. Deployment of CubeSats and other small satellite...
Friday, February 3, 2017
Brooke Thornton has devoted eight years to a project that aims to check on the atmospheric health of the Earth. Needless to say, when NASA’s Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III on the International Space Station (SAGE...
Friday, January 27, 2017
An experiment to measure nitric oxide in the polar sky was successfully launched on a NASA sounding rocket at 8:45 a.m. EST, Jan. 27, 2017, from the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska. The Polar Night Nitric...
Thursday, January 26, 2017
On Jan. 26, 2017, Kennedy Space Center employees and guests paid their respects to astronauts who have perished in the conquest of space. The annual Kennedy Day of Remembrance activities included a ceremony in the Center for...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017
CubeSats: Shaping Possibilities in Space
For more than a decade, CubeSats, or small satellites, have paved the way to low-Earth orbit for commercial companies, educational institutions, and non-profit organizations. These small satellites offer opportunities to conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations in space...