Atlas V Launches Secret X-37B Spaceplane And Novel Solar Sail Experiment Zero-G News Admin May 24, 2015 Atlas V, Commercial Space, CubeSat, CubeSats, Exploration, Frontpage Articles, Launches, Nanosatellites, News, Photo Galleries, Rockets, Small Sats, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Top Stories, United Launch Alliance, Unmanned Spaceflight, Video Features With help from NASA, a small research satellite to test technology for in-space solar propulsion launched into space Wednesday aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, as part...
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...
JPL Selects CubeSat Proposals for Europa Clipper Mission Study Zero-G News Admin October 8, 2014 CubeSat, CubeSats, Nanosatellites, NASA, Planetary Science, Press Releases, Small Sats, Unmanned Spaceflight NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, has chosen proposals from 10 universities to study CubeSat concepts that could enhance a Europa mission concept currently under study by NASA. The...
NASA To Create First 3D-Printed Space Cameras Zero-G News Admin August 6, 2014 CubeSat, CubeSats, Frontpage Articles, Nanosatellites, NASA, Small Sats, Top Stories By the end of September, NASA aerospace engineer Jason Budinoff is expected to complete the first imaging telescopes ever assembled almost exclusively from 3-D-manufactured components. "As far as I know, we...
Antares Blasts Off With Cygnus On First Contracted ISS Resupply Mission Zero-G News Admin January 9, 2014 Commercial Space, CubeSat, CubeSats, Expedition 38, Human Spaceflight, ISS, Launches, Nanosatellites, NASA, News, Photo Galleries, Rockets, space station, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight, Video Features Marking the beginning of regular supply runs to the International Space Station, Orbital Sciences Corporation sucessfully launched its Cygnus cargo craft aboard Antares rocket January 9 from the Mid-Atlantic...
Stephen Hawking – “Why Go To Space?” – NASA 50th Anniversary Lecture Zero-G News Admin July 7, 2013 Astrophysics, Commercial Space, CubeSat, CubeSats, Exploration, History, Human Spaceflight, ISS, Mars, Nanosatellites, NASA, News, Planetary Science, Space Exploration, Spaceflight MODERATOR: Good afternoon. Welcome to the campus of George Washington University in downtown Washington, D.C., for what promises to be a very remarkable afternoon. My name is John Logsdon. I am the...
Watch Out NASA, The Next Mission To The Moon Might Not Be Yours Zero-G News Admin July 4, 2013 Commercial Space, CubeSat, CubeSats, Nanosatellites, News, Press Releases In 1959, the author Martin Caidin ("Marooned") wrote, "The mysterious Moon may well be Man's next outpost in the conquest of space. How will he reach it? What will he find there? Will we be the first to land...
Educational CubeSat Demonstrations Take To The Skies Aboard Prospector Rocket Zero-G News Admin June 19, 2013 Commercial Space, CubeSat, CubeSats, Launches, Nanosatellites, NASA, Rockets Four tiny spacecraft soared over the California desert June 15, 2013 in a high-altitude demonstration flight that tested the sensor and equipment designs created by NASA engineers and student launch teams. The...
Students And The Public Invited To Participate In Solar Sail Mission Zero-G News Admin May 24, 2013 Commercial Space, Nanosatellites, News The invention of the CubeSat standard by the California Polytechnic State University ushered in a revolution in the utilization and exploration of space by both governmental and civilian users. With a total...
NASA Announces Fourth Round Of Cubesat Space Mission Candidates Zero-G News Admin February 26, 2013 Nanosatellites, Press Releases NASA has selected 24 small satellites to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard rockets planned to launch in 2014, 2015 and 2016. The proposed CubeSats come from universities across the country, a Florida high...
