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Supersonic Decelerator Project 'On Track' for Success
Nov 20, 2012 (SPX)
NASA has completed three key milestones in its development of new atmospheric deceleration technologies to support exploration missions across the solar system....
S. Korea readies for delayed rocket launch
Nov 20, 2012 (AFP)
South Korea is set to go ahead next week with a delayed rocket launch as it aims to join the elite club of nations capable of putting a satellite into orbit, an...
Student Teams to Build and Fly Rockets With Onboard Payloads for NASA Rocketry Challenge
Nov 16, 2012 (SPX)
Organizers of the NASA Student Launch Projects have announced the 57 student teams whose inventive creations will soar skyward in April during the space agency'...
XCOR Announces ATK as Lynx Mark I Wing Detailed Design And Build Contractor
Nov 15, 2012 (SPX)
XCOR Aerospace has issued the initial phase of a two-phase contract to ATK's Aerospace Structures Division [NYSE:ATK] for the detailed design and manufacture of...
S.Korea postpones rocket launch: official
Nov 13, 2012 (AFP)
South Korea has postponed a key satellite launch until the last week of November because of delays in the arrival of rocket parts from Russia, a senior official...
S.Korea urges Russia to send rocket parts swiftly
Nov 13, 2012 (AFP)
South Korea has urged Russia to send rocket parts as soon as possible so it can go ahead with an already-delayed satellite launch this month, an official said T...
S. Korean space launch faces further delay
Nov 13, 2012 (UPI)
South Korea's third try to launch its first space satellite may again be put off due to a delay in getting a Russian replacement part, officials said Wednesday....
X-48 Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft Makes 100th Test Flight
Nov 08, 2012 (SPX)
The Boeing X-48 Blended Wing Body subscale research aircraft made its 100th flight in late October at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force ...
NASA's Space Launch System Using Futuristic Technology to Build the Next Generation of Rockets
Nov 07, 2012 (SPX)
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. is using a method called selective laser melting, or SLM, to create intricate metal parts for America's ...
NASA Seeks Options for SLS Cargo Payload Fairings and Adapters
Nov 05, 2012 (SPX)
NASA is exploring options for larger payload fairings to enhance the cargo carrying capabilities of its Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket, now in deve...
SLS Industry Day at Michoud Assembly Facility
Nov 05, 2012 (SPX)
Todd May, Space Launch System Program manager, updates the progress of the rocket program to business representatives during "SLS Industry Day at MAF" on Oct. 2...
Orbiting Gas Stations for Satellites
Oct 31, 2012 (SPX)
One of the things that makes space applications so expensive is the fact that we cannot service satellites once they get to orbit. The moment a satellite leaves...
ORBITEC's Rocket Engine Soars Above the Mojave Desert
Oct 29, 2012 (SPX)
Orbital Technologies has successfully flight-tested its new rocket engine and technologies in Mojave, CA. ORBITEC integrated its Vortex Liquid Rocket Engine int...
First Space Launch System 'Pathfinder' Hardware Nearing Completion
Oct 26, 2012 (SPX)
Engineers using a state-of-the-art vertical welding tool at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., move a "pathfinder" version of the adapter des...
S. Korea suspends rocket launch
Oct 26, 2012 (AFP)
South Korea suspended its third attempt to send a satellite into orbit by at least three days Friday, after a helium leak was detected in the rocket just hours ...
Blue Origin Completes Pad Escape Test
Oct 23, 2012 (SPX)
NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partner Blue Origin conducted a successful pad escape test Oct. 19 at the company's West Texas launch site in Van Horn, fir...
Space Launch System Providing Engine 'Brains' With an Upgrade
Oct 18, 2012 (SPX)
America's next heavy-lift rocket needs a strong and reliable engine to launch humans beyond low Earth orbit. That's why engineers with NASA's Space Launch Syste...
Blue Origin Tests Rocket Engine Thrust Chamber
Oct 17, 2012 (SPX)
NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partner Blue Origin has successfully fired the thrust chamber assembly for its new 100,000 pound thrust BE-3 liquid oxygen,...
J-2X Engine Offers A Powerful Line Up
Oct 17, 2012 (SPX)
Two J-2X engines and a power pack, developed for NASA by Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne, sit side-by-side at John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi as work c...
India testfires Mars mission engine
Oct 11, 2012 (XNA)
India has testfired its Mars mission engine for the first time, local media reported Tuesday. The Mars mission engine, known as the liquid apogee motor (LAM), w...
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