NASA 3-D App Gives Public Ability to Experience Robotic Space Travel
WASHINGTON — A NASA-created application that brings some of the agency’s robotic spacecraft to life in 3-D now is available for free on the iPhone and iPad. Called Spacecraft 3D,…
NASA Commercial Partner SpaceX Completes Dragon Design Review
HAWTHORNE, Calif. — NASA partner Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has completed an important design review of the crewed version of its Dragon spacecraft. The concept baseline review presented NASA with…
SPACEX MERLIN 1D ENGINE ACHIEVES FULL MISSION DURATION FIRING
SpaceX Hawthorne, CA – Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announces that its Merlin 1D engine has achieved a full mission duration firing and multiple restarts at target thrust and specific impulse…
Hubble Telescope Finds Pluto’s Fifth Moon
A new moon has been found orbiting Pluto scientists announced today (July 11). Using NASA”s Hubble Space Telescope, Researchers for the new moon. This brings the number of known moons…
NASA’s Commercial Crew Partner Sierra Nevada Completes Dream Chaser Nose Landing Gear Test
LOUISVILLE, Colo. — NASA partner Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has completed a successful test of the nose landing gear for its full-scale Dream Chaser engineering flight test vehicle. The completed…
View of the Fontenelle Fire From the International Space Station
An Expedition 31 crew member aboard the International Space Station, flying approximately 240 miles (386 kilometers) above Earth, captured this view of the Fontenelle fire on June 27, 2012. The…
Private Space Telescope Project has the potential to Boost Asteroid Mining
The goal of a newly announced private space telescope may be protecting Earth, but the instrument could also help out prospective asteroid miners. The nonprofit B612 Foundation’s Sentinel space telescope should discover…
Private Space Plane Builders Pick Texas for Test Site
A rocket-building company that is designing a suborbital space plane for paid trips to the edge of space will be opening a test facility in Texas, the company says. The Mojave, Calif.-based XCOR…
