Space Exploration Technologies
SpaceX Grasshopper Performs Divert Maneuver
SpaceX proved yesterday that their Grasshopper prototype Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing (VTVL) vehicle can do more than just go straight…
Why Teleportation Could Be Far Slower Than Walking
It always looked so easy in the Star Trek episodes. "Two to beam up," Captain James T. Kirk would say from the…
New SpaceX Video Highlights What You Need to Know About the Falcon 9 Rocket
Just the fact's ma'am. This week SpaceX rolled out the new updated look for their website and put out this…
Future Games: Astronauts Tele-Operate An Earth-Bound Rover … From Space!
Astronauts, start your rover engines. Two astronauts recently remote-controlled a rover vehicle in California from their perch on the International Space…
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1st Operational Cygnus Module Bound for ISS Lands at NASA Wallops Launch Site
NASA WALLOPS ISLAND, VA - The 1st operational Cygnus cargo spacecraft slated to ferry crucial supplies to the International Space…
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Spacesuited Astronauts Climb Aboard Boeing CST-100 Commercial Crew Capsule for Key Tests
A pair of NASA astronauts donned their spacesuits for key fit check evaluations inside a test version of the Boeing…
What’s Going To Happen With the NASA Budget?
As NASA's fiscal 2014 budget proceeds through Congress, it's still quite the ping-pong ball match to try to figure…
New SpaceX Rocket Booster Completes ‘Full Mission Duration’ Firing Test
A new booster forming the heart of a next-generation SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket underwent a three-minute test this week ahead…
Air-Breathing Rocket Engine Gets Funding Infusion
Air-breathing rocket engine. Need we say more? The technology, which sounds straight out of a science-fiction movie, has enough reality…
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Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser Gets Wings and Tail, Starts Ground Testing
Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser successfully rolls through two tow tests at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California in…