Space Launch System (SLS) Configurations

NASA SLS Rocket facts and specifications

SLS rocket will be the largest rocket since the Apollo Saturn V. NASA issued a report NASA’s Space Launch System and Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle persuent to Section 309 of the…

Largest Iceberg ever recorded finally breaks up, Ross Iceshelf B-15

Ross Iceberg B15 ends 12 years after it broke off When Terra Earth Observation Satellite was launched by NASA in December of 1999 the timing was perfect. In March of…

Second GRAIL Spacecraft Enters Lunar Orbit

NASA’S Twin GRAIL Spacecraft Reunite In Lunar Orbit PASADENA, Calif. — The second of NASA’s two Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft has successfully completed its planned main engine…

NASA SLS rocket

Will NASA SLS Rocket survive when ARES did not?

  SLS and former Constellation (Ares) programs are flawed in same fundamental way. NASA recently announced development of a new heavy lift rocket. The pictures of this new rocket look…

First Grail Spacecraft Enters Moon Orbit

First Of NASA’S Two Grail Spacecraft Enters Orbit Around Moon PASADENA, Calif. — The first of two NASA spacecraft to study the moon in unprecedented detail has entered lunar orbit….

2012, End of the world or beginning of new era?

Will the world end in 2012 or will we learn we are not alone? With 2012 just a few days away what can we look forward to in the coming…

NASAs Kepler Finds First Earth Sized Planets

Kepler Finds First Earth-Size Planets Beyond Our Solar System Found MOFFET FIELD, Calif. — The Kepler mission discovered the first Earth-size planets orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system….

Russian Maridian satellite fails, rocket explodes

A Russian military launch of communications network Satellite failed On the heals of the loss of the Phobos Grunt mission Russia has yet another failure. A Soyuz-2.1b rocket  lifted off…