Lockheed Martin and NASA Successfully Demonstrate Orion Launch Abort System in Flight Test
The critical launch abort system for NASA’s Orion spacecraft was put to its hardest test today, and it demonstrated its capability to pull the crew…
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NASA Astronaut Anne McClain, Crewmates Return from Space Station Mission
NASA astronaut Anne McClain and two of her Expedition 59 crewmates returned to Earth from the International Space Station Monday, landing safely in Kazakhstan at…
NASA’s InSight Lands safely on Mars
Mars Landing InSight is set to touch down on Mars at around noon Pacific (3 p.m. Eastern) on Nov. 26, 2018. The lander will plunge…
NASA to review workplace safety culture at SpaceX
(Reuters) – U.S. space agency NASA said on Tuesday it would review the workplace safety culture at SpaceX and Boeing Co, as the two companies…
NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Technology Project Passes Major Milestone
NASA has officially committed to a development timeline that will lead to the first flight of its X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft in just three years….
Airbus delivers first European Service Module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft
Europe is providing propulsion and life support systems for missions that will take astronauts beyond the Moon Airbus is leading the European project team on…
NASA Astronauts Return to Earth, Land Safely in Kazakhstan
Three members of the Expedition 54 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS), including NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba, returned to Earth…
Lockheed Martin to Build Full-Scale Prototype of NASA Cislunar Habitat
NextSTEP-2 Prototype to Engineer How Astronauts Live and Work at NASA’s Deep Space Gateway CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., July 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Refurbishing a shuttle-era cargo…
NASA’s Newest Astronaut Recruits to Conduct Research off the Earth, For the Earth and Deep Space Missions
After receiving a record-breaking number of applications to join an exciting future of space exploration, NASA has selected its largest astronaut class since 2000. Rising…
Launch Orbital ATK Resupply Mission for Space Station
The International Space Station will be capable of dozens of new scientific investigations from NASA and around the world when Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft delivers…
NASA Wind Tunnel Tests Lockheed Martin’s quiet supersonic passenger X-Plane
PALMDALE, California, Feb. 24, 2017 – Supersonic passenger airplanes are another step closer to reality as NASA and Lockheed Martin begin the first high-speed wind…
Juno Mission remains in current orbit
NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter, which has been in orbit around the gas giant since July 4, 2016, will remain in its current 53-day orbit…