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NASA Solicits Ideas For International Space Station Research

2013-01-28 12:21:50

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA wants to know how you can improve the International Space Station as a technology test bed. (Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) NASA's International Space Station National Laboratory and Technology Demonstration offices are asking for proposals on how the space station may be used to develop advanced or improved exploration technologies. NASA also is seeking proposals about how new approaches,...

NASA Makes Unprecedented Return to Mars, Advances Commercial Spaceflight and Adds to Its Amazing Research and Discoveries In 2012

2012-12-12 16:20:37

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In 2012, NASA continued to implement America's ambitious space exploration program, landing the most sophisticated rover on the surface of Mars, carrying out the first-ever commercial mission to the International Space Station and advancing the systems needed to send humans deeper into space. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) "NASA achieved historic milestones this year landing the most sophisticated...

United States Air Force Awards Two Launch Contracts To SpaceX

2012-12-06 14:51:50

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online SpaceX is expanding its reach and has been awarded two Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV)-class missions by the United States Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. The company will be using its Falcon launch vehicles to send DSCOVR (Deep Space Climate Observatory) and STP-2 (Space Test Program 2) into orbit in 2014 and 2015. "SpaceX deeply appreciates and is honored by the vote of confidence shown by the Air Force in our...

SpaceX Dragon Returns From Space Station With NASA Cargo

2012-10-28 15:20:08

HOUSTON, Oct. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 2:22 p.m. CDT Sunday a few hundred miles west of Baja California, Mexico. The splashdown successfully ended the first contracted cargo delivery flight contracted by NASA to resupply the International Space Station. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) "With a big splash in the Pacific Ocean today, we are reminded...

SpaceX Dragon Makes Successful Splashdown In The Pacific

2012-10-29 05:53:52

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online UPDATE: Space Explorations Technologies’ (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft splashed down into the Pacific Ocean at 12:22 p.m. PDT (3:22 EDT) Sunday off the coast of Baja California, Mexico after successfully wrapping up its first NASA-contracted cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station (ISS). “With a big splash in the Pacific Ocean today, we are reminded American ingenuity is alive and well and keeping our great nation...

NASA And United Launch Alliance Complete Space Act Agreement

2012-10-15 11:21:16

WASHINGTON , Oct. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA partner United Launch Alliance (ULA) has completed the fifth and final milestone for its Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) agreement with the agency's Commercial Crew Program. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The Hazard, System Safety and Probabilistic Risk Assessment detailed how ULA's Atlas V rocket launch system hardware would ensure crew safety during launch and ascent. "The...

SpaceX's Dragon Carrying NASA Cargo Resupplies Space Station

2012-10-10 11:30:21

HOUSTON, Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft was berthed to the International Space Station at 8:03 a.m. CDT Wednesday, a key milestone in a new era of commercial spaceflight. The delivery flight is the first contracted resupply mission by the company under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) "I want to congratulate SpaceX and the NASA...

First Contracted SpaceX Resupply Mission Launches With NASA Cargo To Space Station

2012-10-07 18:20:06

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Oct. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Falcon 9 rocket carrying its Dragon spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 8:35 p.m. EDT Sunday, beginning NASA's first contracted cargo delivery flight, designated SpaceX CRS-1, to the International Space Station. Under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract, SpaceX will fly at least 12 cargo missions to the space station through...

Google+ Hangout Oct. 5 With NASA Administrator and SpaceX CEO

2012-10-03 10:20:35

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will discuss the first contracted cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station during a Google+ Hangout from 1-1:30 p.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 5. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and its Dragon cargo spacecraft are scheduled to lift off at 8:35 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 7 from at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. (Logo:...

SpaceX Successfully Tests Reusable Rocket

Grasshopper Hops For SpaceX In Trial Run

2012-09-25 14:11:15

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online SpaceX tested out its reusable rocket at the company's Texas test site on Friday in a short flight that lasted about three-seconds. The company's concept calls for the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage to descend and land vertically by using engine thrust for touchdown at or near the launch site. The 106-foot-tall rocket, named Grasshopper due to its insect-like landing legs, consists of a Falcon 9 first stage and a Merlin 1D engine...