NASA Announces Winning Concepts to Further its Journey to Mars
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 10, 2016 -
NASA has announced the winners of two challenges to create new concepts for construction and human habitation on future space exploration missions, including the agency's journey to Mars.
The Space Suit Textile Testing and In-Situ Materials Challenges, managed for NASA by NineSigma, launched in October 2015 under the umbrella of the NASA Tournament Lab, yielded innovative concepts for spac ...
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US to Buy Eight Russian RD-181 Rocket Engines
Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 10, 2016 -
The US company Orbital Sciences Corporation will procure eight Russian-made RD-181 rocket engines, Russia's space and rocket engine company, Energomash, said Wednesday.
"Orbital Sciences Corporation decided to realize the option for the procurement of eight RD-181 liquid rocket engines from Energomash. The option is to be realized within a contract signed in 2014 on the RD-181 delivery for ...
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NASA Prepares to Fly - First RS-25 Flight Engine Test Set for March
Stennis Space Center MI (SPX) Mar 10, 2016 -
It is business as usual as NASA engineers prepare for an upcoming RS-25 rocket engine test at Stennis Space Center. They are well-versed on all of the pre-test work to be done, having conducted a very successful series of tests on an RS-25 developmental engine just last year.
Nevertheless, the lead-up to this March 10 engine test on the A-1 Test Stand at Stennis has a very different - and ...
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Assembly of Russia's Soyuz Rocket With Earth-Sensing Satellite Completed
Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 10, 2016 -
The assembly of Russia's Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket carrying an advanced Resurs-P Earth remote sensing satellite has been completed, Russian Roscosmos state corporation said in a statement on Wednesday.
The rocket is expected to lift off on Saturday at 18:56 GMT.
"Specialists of RCC 'Progress' and enterprises of the rocket and space industry conducted a general assembly of a Soyuz-2.1 ...
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New Probe Could Improve Sonic Boom Investigation
Cleveland OH (SPX) Mar 10, 2016 -
An air data probe intended to improve investigation of sonic booms is flying on the F-15B aircraft at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. NASA's goal for sonic boom research is to find ways to control and lessen the noise from shockwaves so that federal regulators will allow commercial supersonic flight overland.
The current six-flight series is set to continue through a ...
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US Air Force awards ULA and XCOR contract for upper stage propulsion
Midland TX (SPX) Mar 10, 2016 -
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has awarded XCOR Aerospace with a new contract through the United States Air Force to develop an upper stage propulsion system for Vulcan, ULA's next-generation launch system.
Jay Gibson, President XCOR: "We are very proud of our long and ongoing relationship with ULA, and very pleased ULA has chosen XCOR as a potential upper stage engine provider. We have alre ...
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ISRO launches PSLV C32, India's sixth navigation satellite
Sriharikota, India (IANS) Mar 10, 2016 -
The Indian Space Research Organzation on Thursday launched its sixth navigation satellite IRNSS-1F on board trusted workhorse - Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle - PSLV C32.
The Satellite was launched after the green signal was given by Mission Readiness Review Committee and Launch Authorisation Board.
The satellite has been launched with an objective of providing better navigation serv ...
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