NASA scrubs launch of new moon rocket after engine problem
Monday, 29 August 2022 12:09
A fuel leak and then an engine problem during final liftoff preparations led NASA to call off the launch of its mighty new moon rocket Monday on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard.
The next launch attempt will not take place until Friday at the earliest and could be off until next month.
First Artemis 1 launch attempt scrubbed
Monday, 29 August 2022 11:48
NASA scrubbed the first attempt to launch its Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft Aug. 29 after a problem with a hydrogen bleed line with one of the rocket’s four core stage engines.
China plans to make aging Long March rocket reusable and non-toxic
Monday, 29 August 2022 10:08
China’s main space contractor plans to revamp a highly successful, 30-year-old Long March rocket model to adapt to the trend towards reusability in the launch sector.
NASA shoots for the Moon, on its way to Mars
Monday, 29 August 2022 05:50
NASA's most powerful rocket yet is set to blast off Monday on the maiden voyage of a mission to take humans back to the Moon, and eventually to Mars.
Fifty years after the last Apollo mission, the space program called Artemis is to get under way with the blast off of the uncrewed 322-foot (98-meter) Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at 8:33 am (1233 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA fuels moon rocket for liftoff on 1st test flight
Monday, 29 August 2022 05:46
NASA began fueling its new moon rocket early Monday for liftoff on a test flight to put a crew capsule into lunar orbit for the first time in 50 years.
Thunderstorms delayed the fueling operation by an hour. The threat of lightning diminished enough to allow the launch team to proceed with loading the rocket's tanks.
Fuel leak interrupts launch countdown of NASA moon rocket (Update)
Monday, 29 August 2022 05:46 NASA began fueling its new moon rocket early Monday for liftoff on a test flight to put a crew capsule into lunar orbit for the first time in 50 years.
Thunderstorms delayed the fueling operation by an hour. The threat of lightning diminished enough to allow the launch team to proceed with loading the rocket's tanks.
Fuel leaks threaten to delay launch of new NASA moon rocket (Update)
Monday, 29 August 2022 05:46 NASA began fueling its new moon rocket early Monday for liftoff on a test flight to put a crew capsule into lunar orbit for the first time in 50 years.
Thunderstorms delayed the fueling operation by an hour. The threat of lightning diminished enough to allow the launch team to proceed with loading the rocket's tanks.
Webb inspects the heart of the Phantom Galaxy
Monday, 29 August 2022 03:00
New images of the spectacular Phantom Galaxy, M74, showcase the power of space observatories working together in multiple wavelengths. In this case, data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope compliment each other to provide a comprehensive view of the galaxy.
SLS ready for long-delayed first launch
Sunday, 28 August 2022 20:42
A launch vehicle in development for more than a decade is now less than a day from attempting to lift off for the first time on the Artemis 1 mission.
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NASA moon rocket on track for launch despite lightning hits
Sunday, 28 August 2022 20:39
NASA's new moon rocket remained on track to blast off on a crucial test flight Monday, despite a series of lightning strikes at the launch pad.
The 322-foot (98-meter) Space Launch System rocket is the most powerful ever built by NASA. It's poised to send an empty crew capsule into lunar orbit, a half-century after NASA's Apollo program, which landed 12 astronauts on the moon.
Terran Orbital concludes final launch preparations for LunIR
Sunday, 28 August 2022 12:21
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP), a global leader in satellite solutions, primarily serving the United States and Allied aerospace and defense industries, has concluded final launch preparations for LunIR. The groundbreaking lunar satellite will launch aboard NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) as part of the Artemis I mission. The rocket is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center on August Northrop Grumman's boosters ready to launch Artemis to Luna
Sunday, 28 August 2022 12:21
Two Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) five-segment solid rocket boosters will help launch the first flight of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida as early as August 29, 2022, as part of the Artemis I mission. Manufactured at Northrop Grumman's northern Utah facility, the world's largest rocket boosters will provide over 75 percent of the r NASA, SpaceX adjust Crew-5 launch date
Sunday, 28 August 2022 12:21
NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 12:45 p.m. EDT Monday, Oct. 3, for the launch of the agency's Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station. The date adjustment allows for extra separation with spacecraft traffic coming to and from the space station.
Crew-5 will carry two NASA astronauts Mission Commander Nicole Mann and Pilot Josh Cassada, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospac China conducts spaceplane flight test
Sunday, 28 August 2022 12:21
On Friday, China carried out a key flight test of its reusable suborbital spaceplane, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's leading space contractor.
The State-owned company said in a news release that the spaceplane started its own propulsion system and then conducted a vertical liftoff from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China's Gobi Glenn's legacy of testing spacecraft spans from Apollo to Artemis
Sunday, 28 August 2022 12:21
In early 2020, NASA's Glenn Research Center achieved a major milestone for the Artemis Program by verifying that the systems on NASA's new Orion spacecraft functioned in a simulated space environment. Project manager Nicole Smith explained, "We like to say, 'we test like we fly." The center began testing spacecraft as they fly over 50 years earlier while preparing the Centaur stage to transport