Rockets

LADEE MOON Launch Will be Seen as Far Away as Maine!

Update 9/6/13 - LADEE Moon launch successful. See Video and read about it. Friday September 6th 2013 millions of people…

11 years ago

SLS Video of 70t Manned Launch Released

An artists concept video of the launch if the new Space Launch System (SLS) 70t manned launch vehicle has been…

11 years ago

Spectacular Launch Failure, Explosion of Proton M Rocket

Today a Russian Proton M Rocket exploded less than a minute after launch in a spectacular fireball. On board were…

11 years ago

Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) Launch is Successful

NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) solar observatory separated from its Pegasus rocket and is in the proper orbit. This…

11 years ago

New Solar Mission (IRIS) Rescheduled to Launch June 27

A Pegasus Rocket is set to drop from  the Orbital Sciences L-1011 carrier aircraft with NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph…

11 years ago

ION engine runs for over 5 years, Beam me up scotty

(NASA) - No there is no Starship Enterprise but the famed backup to the warp drive, the Ion Engines are…

11 years ago

SLS Starts Preliminary Design Review

All programs undergo certain milestones as they progress. One of the earliest is the Preliminary Design Review or PDR. This…

11 years ago

NASA 1961 goal Man on Moon in decade, 2013 goal Man in Orbit in four years

NASA just signed a deal with Russian for almost one half billion dollars to launch astronauts to the space station,…

11 years ago

First Antares launch from Wallops Island Virginia Succeeds!

The first launch from the new launch complex in Wallops Island Virginia is a success. After several weather delays the…

11 years ago

Antares Wallops Island Virginia Launch Rescheduled for April 21

UPDATE - 4/21/2013 4:10pm Eastern. Fueling has begun. Weather delays from the past two attempts do not look like they…

11 years ago