SLS J2X Engine undergoes further testing
NASA engineers conducted the first in a new round of tests on the next-generation J-2X rocket engine Feb. 15 at Stennis Space Center. The 35-second test continued progress in development…
Category Archives: Rockets
LDCM Launch Separation Video is a Work of Art!
Looking as if it was directed by Stanley Kubrick himself in a scene from 2001 a Space Odyssey this is a real example of life imitating art.The Satellite slowly moving…
Intelsat 27 lost in SeaLaunch Rocket Failure
SeaLaunch experienced a failure of it’s Zenit-3SL rocket on February 1st 2013. Early indications are that the RD-171M main engine engine shut down approximately 20 seconds after launch. A failure review board…
April 2013 IIS Rocket Launch will be Visible from Northeast U.S.
New Launch Complex in Virginia will give Northeast U.S. a great view. The first launch ever to the International Space Station from Wallops Island. Virginia is now scheduled for April 5th,…
SpaceX test rocket makes vertical takeoff and landing
In November 2012 SpaceX’s Grasshopper vertical takeoff and landing test vehicle (VTVL) flies nearly two stories (17.7 feet/5.4 meters). Duration was 8 seconds using closed loop thrust vector and throttle…
ESA members decide to increase investments in Space
In a two-day Council meeting in Naples, Italy. Ministers from ESA’s 20 member states and Canada today allocated €10 billion for ESA’s programs. They approved ESA’s level of resources for…
NASA First Moon Mission Launch from Wallops Island Virginia Planned
Late next summer NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center plans to launch a mission to the Moon, not from Kennedy or Vandenberg, but from the new MARs launch complex located at…
Space Shuttle Atlantis rolls to final home
The Space Shuttle Atlantis rolled slowly to its final destination at Kennedy Space Center. Shuttle is rolled on the roads at Kennedy to the visitors center on November 2, 2012. The…
