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NASA Tests Prepare Space Launch System for Liftoff
NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) may experience ground wind gusts of up to 70 mph as it sits on the launch pad before and during liftoff for future missions.
INSIDER Aerospace
NASA Plane Simulates Rocket Maneuvers for New Launch System
NASA engineers used an F/A-18 aircraft to simulate a rocket in its early flight phase to test adaptive software for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), ...
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Orion Launch Abort System Passes Full-Stress Flight Test
Ascent Abort-2 lifts off from Space Launch Complex 46. (Image courtesy: NASA) The Orion spacecraft – the spacecraft integral to NASA's Artemis program ...
INSIDER Aerospace
NASA Builds Welding Test Article for SLS Exploration Upper Stage
NASA completed manufacturing of a hydrogen tank barrel that will be tested as a weld confidence article for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket's ...
INSIDER Manufacturing & Prototyping
Assembly and Testing Milestone for Artemis II Spacecraft
Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor to NASA for Orion and built the crew module, crew module adaptor and launch abort system for one of the most advanced ...
INSIDER Aerospace
NASA Powers Up Avionics System for Newest Rocket
... for an inaugural run. When completed, the Space Launch System (SLS) will be capable of powering humans and potential science payloads to deep space.
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Orion Spacecraft Launched to Moon on Historic Artemis I Mission
NASA's Orion spacecraft launched aboard the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on Nov. 16 as the first Artemis mission the Moon.
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Blue Origin Rocket Reaches Intended Orbit on First Launch
Whereas the New Shephard is a fully reusable suborbital rocket system, New Glenn is designed for low Earth orbit (LEO) and more advanced space missions, ...
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RS-25 Rocket Engines
... NASA's second Space Launch System (SLS) exploration rocket, binding them to a common destiny: launching humans beyond low Earth orbit for the first time in ...
News Design
Northrop Grumman Tests, Qualifies Orion Launch Abort Motor for Flight in Cold Conditions
(NYSE:NOC), NASA, and Lockheed Martin engineers brought the Orion spacecraft one step closer to its first flight atop NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), and ...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
Abort Motor for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Successfully Tested
The abort motor for NASA's Orion spacecraft Launch Abort System completes its final qualification test at the Northrop Grumman Promontory, Utah, test area.
Application Briefs Aerospace
Full-Scale Micro-launcher Rocket
... rocket will produce 96 percent lower carbon emissions than comparable space launch systems using fossil fuels. Prime is also a re-usable rocket that has ...
INSIDER Aerospace
NASA Tests New Rocket Booster Connection to its Limits
... launch, is one of two places at the top and bottom of the booster where it is attached by struts to the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage. When completed, ...
News Propulsion
Space Launch Providers Submit Proposals for National Security Space Launch Program
Four companies – Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, SpaceX, and United Launch Alliance (ULA) – recently submitted proposals for the U.S. Air ...
News Propulsion
Three Stages of Separation: Bidding Farewell to the Delta II Launch Vehicle
-based United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture between Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security , and features main and upper- ...
News Test & Measurement
Iridium, Aireon, SpaceX Celebrate Satellite Launch, System Deployment
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., at 04:39:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) on July 25, 2018 and placed 10 new ...
News Aerospace
ULA’s Vulcan Centaur Will Launch Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser Spaceplane
... launch vehicles for the Dream Chaser Cargo System . Starting in 2021, Dream Chaser – Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems' reusable spaceplane ...
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Northrop Grumman Wins $792M to Deliver Intermediate, Heavy Versions of OmegA Space Launch Vehicle
Orbital ATK is considering Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space ... system ground tests in 2019 and conduct its first launch in 2021. ... Spacecraft Spacecraft ...
INSIDER Manned Systems
Peregrine Spacecraft Suffers Propellant Leak After Successful Rocket Launch
... a failure within its propulsion system after deploying from the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket on its intended journey to the Moon.
News Manned Systems
NASA Budget Amendment to Help Send Americans to Moon by 2024, Then Mars
NASA will launch Orion on the agency's rocket, the Space Launch System, from a modernized spaceport at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, officials continue. On ...
News Energy
ULA Selects Blue Origin Advanced Booster Engine for Vulcan Centaur Rocket System
... rocket system. The new Vulcan Centaur rocket ... Rocket engines Spacecraft Spacecraft Vehicles ... Space Launch Providers Submit Proposals for National Security ...
News Propulsion
Northrop Grumman Completes First Live Motor Cast for OmegA Rocket
For comparison, the second-heaviest Promontory-cast rocket motor segment is a NASA Space Launch System (SLS) booster forward segment requiring 27,000 gallons of ...
News Defense
First Orion European Space Module Delivered
... Space , the ESM will provide space propulsion and course correction once the Orion spacecraft separates from the Space Launch System heavy-lift launch vehicle.
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What Does NASA Do with a Space Station Originally Developed for a Now-Cancelled Mission?
... space. Using the Orion crew capsule and the Space Launch System (SLS) launch vehicle, NASA would hone its long duration exploration capabilities over ...
News Test & Measurement
Final Orion Capsule Parachute System Test Successful
... space than we've ever gone before," says Orion program manager Mark Kirasich. Orion will launch on a NASA Space Launch System (SLS) launch vehicle. Tap to ...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
NASA Tests Radiation Vest for Deep Space Missions
NASA is testing the AstroRad radiation protection vest on Artemis I, the first flight test of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft.
News Test & Measurement
NASA, Boeing, SpaceX to Launch ‘New Era in Human Spaceflight’
These integrated spacecraft, rockets, and associated systems will carry up to four astronauts on NASA missions, maintaining a space station crew of seven to ...
News Electronics & Computers
Orbex Debuts Innovative Smallsat Launch Vehicle
The launch system utilizes several novel technologies, including the world's largest metal rocket engine produced as a single piece through additive ...
Articles Software
Space Industry Test Challenges
Space flight avionics HIL test systems can be incredibly complex with many different components from different vendors. Simplifying this system diagram can save ...
Articles Aerospace
The Future of Space Propulsion
Legacy spacelift vehicles have been replaced by systems such as this Atlas V. (United Launch Alliance/Karl Ronstrom In spacelift, the U.S. once held nearly 80% ...
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