Bolden: Third Shuttle Flight Would Be Safe
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden After months of relative silence, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden re-emerged this week to talk about the space agency’s future. Speaking at an AIAA conference in...
View ArticleBolden Mourns End of Shuttle Program, Looks Forward to Commercial Future
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden NASA Administrator Charles Bolden spoke at the AIAA New Horizons Forum in Orlando on Wednesday. His talk focused largely on the successes of the space shuttle program...
View ArticleSpaceX, Orbital Sciences See Increase in NASA COTS Funding
NASA Has Boosted COTS Funding by Additional $40 Million Since October Space News NASA has boosted its investment in two logistics services being developed for the international space station by $40...
View ArticleSpaceX Plans At Least 32 Launches Through 2015
Dragon floats down under three parachutes after its maiden flight to space. (Credit: SpaceX) SpaceX has a busy schedule ahead for its Falcon 1e and Falcon 9 rockets, with at least 32 launches scheduled...
View ArticleTaurus II Engine Tests Coming Along Nicely
Aerojet's AJ26 engine successfully tested for Taurus II space launch vehicle. (PRNewsFoto/Aerojet) NASA PROGRAM UPDATE You see a lot of smiles around the E-1 Test Stand at John C. Stennis Space Center...
View ArticleBolden Witnesses AJ26 Test Firing
AJ26 Engine NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden (left) and Stennis Space Center Director Patrick Scheuermann view a test firing of the first Aerojet AJ26 flight engine. Once flight acceptance is...
View ArticleNASA to Allow SpaceX to Combine Flights to ISS
Aviation Week reports that NASA had preliminarily agreed to let SpaceX combine two Dragon test flights to the International Space Station: With the STS-135 space shuttle supply mission to the...
View ArticleCanadian Technology to Guide New Cygnus Freighter
Artist's conception of Orbital Sciences Corporation's Cygnus freighter approaching the International Space Station. NEPTEC PR – OTTAWA, ON – Neptec Design Group, a leader in space, defence and...
View ArticleNewSpace 2011: Orbital Spaceflight and Beyond
A Boeing CST-100 crew module docks at a Bigelow Aerospace space station. (Credit: Boeing) Moderator: Dennis Stone: Manager, Program Integration, NASA Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Panel: Brent Jett...
View ArticleSpaceX, OSC on Track for COTS Flights By End of Year
December is going to be a busy month for NASA’s COTS program. If all goes well, a SpaceX Dragon will be berthed with the International Space Station (ISS) on Dec. 9. Also in December, Orbital...
View ArticleCool Pics: SpaceX’s Dragon in Prep for First ISS Flight
Some cool images courtesy of SpaceX. Above, technicians prepare the Dragon spacecraft for thermal vacuum chamber testing in a SpaceX clean room shown above in Hawthorne (Los Angeles) California. The...
View ArticleCygnus Freighter to Arrive at Wallops on Wednesday
NASA PR — WASHINGTON – NASA’s partnership with industry to develop transportation to the International Space Station reaches another milestone on Wednesday, Aug. 24. The cargo module for Orbital...
View ArticleItalian Cygnus Module Arrives in America on Russian-Built Plane
…for launch aboard an American/Russian/Ukrainian rocket. Space: it’s not just intergalactic, anymore. It’s international! (OSC PR — Dulles, VA 25 August 2011) – Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE:...
View ArticleOrbital Receives Commercial Launch License for Taurus II
(OSC PR – Dulles, VA – 31 August 2011) — Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB), one of the world’s leading space technology companies, today announced that it received a Commercial Space...
View ArticleISS Cargo Delivery Flight Schedules Slide to the Right
Artist's conception of Orbital Sciences Corporation's Cygnus freighter approaching the International Space Station. (Credit: OSC) SpaceX’s and Orbital Sciences Corporation’s schedules for COTS flights...
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