X-59 Engine Roars, Lockheed Martin Starts Last Major Ground Test
PALMDALE, Calif., Nov. 12, 2024 — Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® , in partnership with NASA Aeronautics, started X-59 engine run testing, marking the aircraft’s final…
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X-59 Fires Up its Engine for First Time on Its Way to Takeoff
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits in its run stall at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, firing up its engine for…
NASA Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Crewmates Return from Space Station
NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson completed a six-month research mission aboard the International Space Station on Monday, returning to Earth with Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko…
NASA says decision on Boeing Starliner crew’s path home coming Saturday
WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (Reuters) – NASA said on Thursday it expects to announce on Saturday its decision on whether the two astronauts who rode Boeing’s…
Airbus ships the third European Service Module to Cape Canaveral on behalf of ESA
Moon mission awaits – ESM-3’s essential support for astronauts and vital contribution to NASA’s lunar exploration programme Bremen, 22 August 2024 – Orion’s third European Service Module…
NASA’s X-59 Progresses Through Tests on the Path to Flight
The team preparing NASA’s X-59 continues through testing in preparation for the quiet supersonic aircraft to make its first flight. This includes a trio of…
Boeing’s Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test ready for launch
WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) – Boeing is poised to send the first Starliner space capsule with a crew of humans into orbit next week, giving…
Lunar Dawn Team Awarded NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle Contract
Lunar Outpost teams with Lockheed Martin and Industry to develop a human-rated Moon rover as part of the agency’s Artemis campaign DENVER, April 3, 2024 – NASA has…
Back on Earth: NASA’s Orion Capsule Put to the Test Before Crewed Mission
The Orion spacecraft that traveled around the Moon and back during 2022’s Artemis I mission completed a different round trip when it recently returned to Ohio for…
Spacelab 1: A Model for International Cooperation
Forty years ago, in 1983, the Space Shuttle Columbia flew its first international spaceflight, STS-9. The mission included—for the first time—the European Space Agency’s Spacelab pressurized…
Boeing, NASA, United Airlines To Test SAF Benefits with Air-to-Air Flights
– Boeing ecoDemonstrator Explorer, a 737-10 for United Airlines, will fly on SAF, trailed by NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Science Lab measuring non-CO2 emissions – Studying…
American record-breaking 371 days in space, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio safely landed on Earth
ALMATY, Sept 27 (Reuters) – U.S. astronaut Frank Rubio, who broke the record for the longest continuous space flight by an American, and two Russian…