Deep space exploration
NASA 2024 NIAC Program Selects Deep-Space Hibernation Technology for Development
In the next fifteen years, NASA, China, and SpaceX will make the next great leap in space exploration by sending…
The Most Powerful Ion Engine Ever Built Passes the Test
NASA and aerospace company, Aerojet Rocketdyne, have successfully completed qualification testing of the Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS), which is…
We Don't Know Enough About the Biomedical Challenges of Deep Space Exploration
Although humans have flown to space for decades, the missions have primarily been in low-Earth orbit, with just a handful…
A Magnetic Bubble Could Protect Astronauts From Dangerous Space Radiation
Humans have long dreamed of setting foot on Mars or beyond, and the advances by companies like SpaceX and Blue…
NASA Selects Aerojet Rocketdyne to Develop Solar Electric Propulsion for Deep Space Missions
NASA has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne to design and develop an advanced solar electric propulsion (SEP) system that will serve as…
Obama Administration Proposes Smaller 2017 NASA Budget of $19 Billion with Big Exploration Cuts
The Obama Administration has announced its new Federal budget and is proposing to cut NASA’s Fiscal Year 2017 Budget to…
- Astronauts
- Kennedy Space Center
- Mars
- Missions
- Moon
- Orion
- Solar System
- Space Exploration
- Space Flight
- Space Launch System (SLS)
- United Launch Alliance
Orion Gets Beefed Up, Silver-Metallic Thermal Protection Coating for Next Flight on EM-1
In the wake of NASA’s supremely successful inaugural test flight of the Orion deep space capsule on the EFT-1 mission…
First Manned Flight of NASA’s Orion Deep Space Capsule Could Slip to 2023
The first manned flight of NASA’s Orion deep space capsule - currently under development - could slip two years from…
- Astronauts
- Charles Bolden
- CST-100
- Dragon
- James Webb Space Telescope
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Kennedy Space Center
- Mars
- Moon
- NASA
- Orion
Obama Administration Proposes $18.5 Billion Budget for NASA – Bolden
The Obama Administration today (Feb. 2) proposed a NASA budget allocation of $18.5 Billion for the new Fiscal Year 2016,…
- Apollo
- Astronauts
- Delta IV
- Kennedy Space Center
- Missions
- Moon
- NASA
- Orion
- Solar System
- Space Exploration
- Space Flight
- Space Launch System (SLS)
- Space Shuttle
First SLS Engine Blazes to Life in Mississippi Test Firing Igniting NASA’s Path to Deep Space
NASA’s goal of sending astronauts to deep space took a major step forward when the first engine of the type…