Volume 14; Issue 205 ~ Zero-G News (ISSN 2333-7257) ~ A Publication Of Ares Institute, Inc.
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 satellites are defined as less than 180 kilograms in mass (about 400 pounds). CubeSats are built to standard
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Blazing a trail into the early evening sky, the first asteroid sampling mission launched launched by NASA blasted into space at 7:05 p.m. EDT, September 8 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to begin a...
Thursday, January 22, 2015
NASA and ATK have completed installing the first Space Launch System booster qualification motor, QM-1, in a specialized test stand in Utah. The largest solid rocket motor ever built for flight, QM-1 is now being prepared for...
Thursday, September 11, 2014
NASA is making steady progress on its Orion spacecraft, completing several milestones this week at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the capsule’s first trip to space in December. Engineers finished building the Orion...
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE), a spacecraft that made the most comprehensive survey to date of asteroids and comets, has returned its first set of test images in preparation for a renewed mission.
Friday, August 23, 2013
NASA released Thursday new photos and video animations depicting the agency’s planned mission to find, capture, redirect, and study a near-Earth asteroid. The images depict crew operations including the Orion spacecraft’s trip to and rendezvous with the...
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