SpaceX Launches 16th ISS Resupply Mission Zero-G News Admin December 5, 2018 Cape Canaveral, Dragon, Falcon 9, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, ISS, ISS, Launches, NASA, News, Rockets, Spaceflight, SpaceX, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight SpaceX’s 16th Commercial Resupply Services mission successfully blasted off Wednesday carrying 5,600 pounds of supplies to the International Space Station. The company’s Dragon spacecraft lifted off at...
NASA’S OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Arrives at Asteroid Bennu Zero-G News Admin December 4, 2018 Asteroid, Frontpage Articles, NASA, News, Press Releases, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft completed its 1.2 billion-mile (2 billion-kilometer) journey to arrive at the asteroid...
Kennedy Space Center Opens New Small Vehicle Launch Complex Zero-G News Admin July 18, 2015 Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, NASA, News, Press Releases, Small Sats, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida took another step forward in its transformation to a 21st Century multi-user spaceport with the completion of the new Small Class Vehicle Launch Pad, designated 39C, in...
First Falcon 9 Loss Leaves SpaceX Reeling, Challenges ISS Resupply Lines Zero-G News Admin June 29, 2015 Commercial Space, Dragon, Falcon 9, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, ISS, ISS, NASA, One-Year Mission, Photo Galleries, Rockets, Spaceflight, SpaceX, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight, Video Features Sunday's loss of the 19th Falcon 9 rocket on its seventh mission to deliver cargo to the International Space Station has left SpaceX searching for answers and facing a potentially months-long grounding of its...
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...
Blue Origin Conducts First Test Flight Of New Shepard Suborbital Rocket Zero-G News Admin April 30, 2015 Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, Human Spaceflight, Launches, News, Rockets, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Suborbital, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight, Video Features Secretive space startup Blue Origin achieved a significant milestone on April 29 with the first development flight of the company's New Shepard suborbital launch vehicle and spacecraft from its west Texas test...
Delta IV Hits The Mark With Another Successful GPS Launch Zero-G News Admin March 25, 2015 Delta IV, Frontpage Articles, Launches, Military, News, Photo Galleries, Rockets, Top Stories, United Launch Alliance, Unmanned Spaceflight Piercing a thick layer of clouds that hung low over the lannch pad, A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral on March 25, 2015 and successfully orbited the Global Positioning...
United Launch Alliance Lets The Public Name Its New Rocket Zero-G News Admin March 23, 2015 Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, Rockets, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight ULA is offering the public the opportunity to select the name of the company's Next Generation Launch System (NGLS) rocket. Out of more than 300 names suggested by ULA employees, three finalists will be...
SpaceX Clarifies Reason For TurkmenAlem52E Launch Delay Zero-G News Admin March 23, 2015 Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, Rockets, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight Over the weekend, SpaceX filled in some of the specifics regarding the recent decision to delay the launch of TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSAT, manufactured by Thales, due to what has been reported as a problem with...
Lockheed Martin Pitches Novel Concept For CRS-2 ISS Resupply Zero-G News Admin March 21, 2015 Commercial Space, Frontpage Articles, ISS, Press Releases, Spaceflight, Top Stories, Unmanned Spaceflight On May 10, 1869, Leland Stanford raised a hammer and drove a golden spike into railroad tracks in Promontory, Utah. It marked the symbolic completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. For the first time in...