NASA Selects Blue Origin and Partners to Develop Artemis Lander Zero-G News Admin April 30, 2020 Artemis, Blue Origin, Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, Moon, NASA, News, Press Releases, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Top Stories Using existing and in development technologies provides the head start needed to meet NASA’s goal of landing at the South Pole of the Moon. Lockheed Martin’s Ascent Element is based on Orion; Northrop...
NASA’s Space Launch System Passes Critical Design Review Milestone Zero-G News Admin July 31, 2015 Exploration, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, Mars, Moon, NASA, News, Orion, Press Releases, Rockets, SLS, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Top Stories You know the feeling of pride and achievement when you've worked really hard on a term paper, and finally turn it in? That's how the critical design review team for NASA's Space Launch System is feeling this...
American And Russian Begin Yearlong Orbital Journey Zero-G News Admin March 28, 2015 Expedition 43, Exploration, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, ISS, Launches, Mars, Moon, NASA, News, One-Year Mission, Rockets, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Yearlong Mission ISS One-Year Mission Expedition 43 Soyuz TMA-16M Launch Coverage NASA TV A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts blasted off for the International Space Station today. Their launch wasn't historic in its...
NASA Rolls Out First Orion Spacecraft For December EFT-1 Test Flight Zero-G News Admin September 11, 2014 Asteroid, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, Mars, Moon, NASA, Orion, Photo Galleries, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Top Stories 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....
NASA’s Juno Photographs Spectacular Views Of Earth And Moon During Flyby Zero-G News Admin December 10, 2013 Moon, Planetary Science This cosmic pirouette of Earth and our moon was captured by the Juno spacecraft as it flew by Earth on Oct. 9, 2013. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech When NASA's Juno spacecraft flew past Earth on Oct. 9,...
China Successfully Launches First Lunar Lander Chang’e 3 Zero-G News Admin December 2, 2013 Exploration, Launches, Moon Long March 3B Blasts Off With The Chang'e 3 Lunar Lander. Credit: CCTV A Long March 3B rocket blasted off from the mountains of southern China today, carrying with it the first spacecraft intended to land on...
This LADEE Wasn’t Just Eating Bon Bon’s During The Government Shutdown Zero-G News Admin October 20, 2013 Moon, NASA Artist's depiction of LADEE over the Moon. Credit: NASA / JPL During the NASA shutdown, the LADEE mission continued to perform its critical maneuvers and capture into the commissioning orbit around the moon....
Moon Express’ Guidance Software Flies NASA’s Mighty Eagle On A Successful Test Zero-G News Admin September 21, 2013 Commercial Space, Exploration, Launches, Moon, NASA, Rockets Mighty Eagle descends to the landing field. Image credit: NASA/MSFC/Fred Deaton The Mighty Eagle, a NASA robotic prototype lander managed out of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala....
NASA Prepares LADEE for First Virginia Coast Launch to Moon Zero-G News Admin August 23, 2013 Launches, Moon, Planetary Science In an attempt to answer prevailing questions about our moon, NASA is making final preparations to launch a probe at 11:27 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 6, from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va....