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All Together Now!
[/caption]That's a lot of power under one roof! For the first time in... well, ever... all fifteen Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSMEs) are together inside NASA's Engine Shop at Kennedy Space Center....
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1st Space-bound Orion Crew Capsule Unveiled at Kennedy
Image caption: Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida welcomes the newly arrived Orion crew capsule at a Kennedy Space Center unveiling ceremony on July 2, 2012 and proclaims Mars is NASA’s long term goal for...
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The Search for Alien Life Could Get A Boost From NASA’s Next-Generation Rocket
In three years, NASA is planning to light the fuse on a huge rocket designed to bring humans further out into the solar system.We usually talk about SLS here in the context of the astronauts it will...
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The Orion’s Heat Shield Gets a Scorching on Re-entry
Yes, she's a little worse for wear, isn't she? But then again, that's what atmospheric re-entry and 2200 °Celsius (4000 °Fahrenheit) worth of heat will do to you! Such was the state of the heat shield...
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NASA Completes Welding on Lunar Orion EM-1 Pressure Vessel Launching in 2018
In a major step towards flight, engineers at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have finished welding together the pressure vessel for the first Lunar Orion crew module that will blastoff...
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NASA’s Orion EM-1 Crew Module Passes Critical Pressure Tests
The next Orion crew module in line to launch to space on NASA’s Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) has passed a critical series of proof pressure tests which confirm the effectiveness of the welds holding...
View ArticleWeekly Space Hangout – February 17, 2017: Samuel Mason, Director of the Tesla...
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Samuel Mason is the Director of the Tesla Science Foundation, NJ Chapter. The mission of the Tesla Science Foundation is to establish and promote the...
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Where Will the Space Launch System Take Us? Preparing For The Most Powerful...
NASA is in an awkward in-between time right now. Since the beginning of the space age, the agency has had the ability to send its astronauts into space. The first American to go to space, Alan...
View ArticleConstruction on the Orion Capsule is Done. Next it’ll be Sent to Florida for...
The Orion space capsule that will send astronauts on a flyby of the Moon just arrived at the Kennedy Space Center for final assembly. The post Construction on the Orion Capsule is Done. Next it’ll be...
View ArticleThis is How NASA Releases Almost Half a Million Gallons of Water in 60 Seconds
To keep the extremely powerful Space Launch System safe during launch, NASA has developed the IOP/SS (Ignition Overpressure Protection and Sound Suppression water deluge system. It releases almost half...
View ArticleWeekly Space Hangout: November 6, 2019 – Tiera & Myron Fletcher, Engineers on...
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Nancy Atkinson ( @Nancy_A / @nancyatkinson_ut) Beth Johnson (@planetarypan) Veranika Klimovich ( @VeronikaSpace) This week we welcome Tiera and Myron...
View ArticleThe First Artemis Launch has Been Delayed Until Mid-to-Late 2021
To kick off the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC), NASA Assoc. Admin. Steve Jurczyk indicated that the first Artemis mission will be delayed a little. The post The First Artemis Launch has...
View ArticleNASA is Giving the SLS a “Green Run” to Prepare it for Launch in Late 2021
Engineers at NASA's Stennis Space Center have resumed tests of the Core Stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) in anticipation of its inaugural launch next year. The post NASA is Giving the SLS a...
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SLS Will be Tested Again in About 3 Weeks
In November of 2021, NASA will embark on a new era of space exploration as they make the inaugural launch of the Space Launch System (SLS). When it enters service, this booster will be the most...
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This Time NASA’s SLS Hotfire Goes the Full 8 Minutes
When NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is fully integrated, assembled, and finished with testing, it will be the most powerful rocket since the Saturn V that carried the Apollo astronauts to the Moon....
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Artemis 1 Comes Together as the Orion Capsule is Stacked on Top of the Space...
Since 2004, NASA has been working on the launch system that will send astronauts to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo Era. These efforts bore fruit in 2011 with the proposed Space Launch...
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The Space Shuttle was Originally Hoped to be a Fully Reusable two-Stage Rocket
For anyone old enough to remember the 1980s, the Space Shuttle was an iconic symbol of spaceflight. For thirty years (1981-2011), this program flew 135 missions, which consisted of orbital science...
View ArticlePearl Jam's Eddie Vedder Provides the Music for NASA's new SLS Video
Fans of Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam, and space exploration, this video will require very little explanation. But just in case some people haven’t seen it yet, this musical performance was a tribute to the...
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NASA Says It’s Satisfied With Rehearsal for SLS Moon Rocket Launch
NASA says it’s finished with having to do full-scale dress rehearsals for the first liftoff of its moon-bound Space Launch System rocket. But it’s not finished with having to make fixes. “At this...
View ArticleArtemis 1 Sends Back Snapshots of Earth as It Speeds Toward the Moon
As it heads for the moon, NASA’s Orion space capsule is sending back snapshots of Earth that evoke the “blue marble” pictures taken by Apollo astronauts five decades earlier. This time around, the...
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