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...
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...
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...
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...
Final European Automated Transfer Vehicle Blasts Off On Ariane 5 To Resupply ISS Zero-G News Admin July 29, 2014 Human Spaceflight, ISS, Launches, NASA, News, Rockets, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight The European Space Agency’s (ESA) fifth and final Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-5) launched Tuesday atop an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, at 7:47 p.m. EDT. The ATV-5 will take a two week...
Delta II Returns To Service To Launch NASA’s First Carbon Monitoring Spacecraft Zero-G News Admin July 2, 2014 Frontpage Articles, Launches, NASA, News, Rockets, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight Following a one-day delay to fix a balky water valve on its launch pad, the Delta II launch vehicle returned to service early Wednesday morning with a fiery nighttime ascent from California on a mission to...
Orion Stacking Operations Begin For December EFT-1 Launch Zero-G News Admin June 10, 2014 Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, Launches, NASA, News, Orion, Rockets, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight Inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA and Lockheed Martin technicians and engineers monitor the progress as a crane is used to lift the Orion...
NASA’s Final Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Report Released Zero-G News Admin June 6, 2014 Business, Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, ISS, NASA, News, Press Releases, space station, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight With two companies now providing commercial cargo launch services for the International Space Station, NASA is issuing its final report on the now-complete Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS)...
Orion Receives Heat Shield For Late 2014 EFT-1 Test Flight Zero-G News Admin June 5, 2014 Exploration, Human Spaceflight, Mars, News, Orion, Press Releases, SLS, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight Lockheed Martin technicians and engineers attach the heat shield to the Orion crew module inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit:...
NASA Readies Futuristic “Flying Saucer” For Flight Over Hawaii Zero-G News Admin June 5, 2014 Mars, NASA, News, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight UPDATE: Due to weather conditions, there will be no launch of the LDSD test vehicle June 4 or 5. Other potential launch dates include June 7, 9, 11 and 14. The decision to move forward with another launch...