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...
Delta IV Processing Nearly Complete For Historic EFT-1 Mission Zero-G News Admin September 27, 2014 Exploration, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, Launches, NASA, News, Orion, Photo Galleries, Press Releases, Rockets, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight Engineers took another step forward in preparations for the first test flight of NASA’s new Orion spacecraft, in December. The three primary core elements of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
On Its Way To A Fiery Re-Entry, Orbital’s Cygnus Departs ISS Zero-G News Admin August 15, 2014 Expedition 40, Frontpage Articles, ISS, NASA, Press Releases, Top Stories Orbital Sciences Cygnus commercial cargo craft completed a month-long delivery mission to the International Space Station Friday when it was released from the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm at 6:40 a.m....
ULA Names Tory Bruno President And CEO; Michael Gass Retires Zero-G News Admin August 12, 2014 Business, Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, Press Releases, Top Stories Michael Gass, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance, or ULA, joins Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Space Systems, as the company announces the steps it will take to prepare for a November 2016...
NASA Releases High-Definition Onboard Video From LDSD “Flying Saucer” Test Zero-G News Admin August 8, 2014 Frontpage Articles, NASA, Press Releases, Top Stories, Video Features NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project successfully flew a rocket-powered, saucer-shaped test vehicle into near-space in late June from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility on...
