This is an artist’s conception of the Block 1 or first configuration of NASA’s new Space Launch System. With a House of Representatives vote this week, Congress has now told NASA what it wants the space agency to do in future.
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Face Of Defense: Air Force Doctor Solves NASA’s Human Waste Problem
‘s 47th Medical Group helped to solve a long-time problem for citizens of Earth who are launched into space. Air Force Col.
Spaceport advocates tout jobs; property owners worried
This map, originally prepared by Spaceport Camden consultant Andrew Nelson, shows the trajectory that Camden County proposes to use to launch rockets over the Cumberland Island National Seashore. Kevin Lang and Dick Parker, owners on Little Cumberland Island, added to the map by outlining the island in white and plotting the homes with blue dots.
SpaceX successfully lands its third Falcon 9 rocket on solid ground
The liftoff will be SpaceX’s first from NASA’s historic Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center , which the company leased for 20 years in 2014. The launch is also notable for having used Kennedy Space Center’s LC-39A facility for the first time .
Meet the woman who broke barriers as a a hidden figurea at the US Navy
The Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures celebrates the true story of three African-American women who helped propel the U.S. space program to new heights. While Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan and Katherine Johnson were breaking barriers at NASA, another hidden figure, Raye Montague, was making history at the U.S. Navy.
Meet the woman who broke…
The Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures celebrates the true story of three African-American women who helped propel the U.S. space program to new heights. While Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan and Katherine Johnson were breaking barriers at NASA, another hidden figure, Raye Montague, was making history at the U.S. Navy.
NASA Plans to Drill Into Europa’s Crust
Rae Paoletta, Gizmodo: Since early 2016, a NASA-employed Science Definition Team of 21 researchers has been crafting a plan to send a robotic probe to Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter, located over 390 million miles from Earth. On February 7, that team delivered their first report to NASA, detailing their recommendations for that future mission, which will search for life by drilling toward the subterranean ocean scientists strongly suspect to exist beneath the icy moon’s surface.
How Searching For Alien Life Just Got 10,000 Times Easier
Scientists have developed a simple chemical test that’s 10,000 times better at detecting life than current experiments on NASA rovers. Researchers developed a chemical technique capable of detecting amino acids commonly associated with life on Earth.
Red Bull Back To San Diego
Often the hardest part of flying into a big Class B airport is finding your way around on the ground. After landing at Washington Dulles,… Pilots who fly in Southern California’s busy airspace will soon be expected to follow new procedures, so the FAA has planned a… In the Flytenow case, the FAA applied old thinking that doesn’t work in a world where technology moves at the speed of heat.
Actors, mayors to join inauguration-eve Trump demonstration
The temperature in Alaska’s second-largest city never reached 30 degrees below zero last winter, but Mother Nature is making up for it this year In his last major act as president, Barack Obama cut short the sentences of 330 federal inmates convicted of drug crimes, bringing his bid to correct what he’s called a systematic injustice to a climactic close In a last major act as president, Barack Obama cut short the sentences of 330 federal inmates convicted of drug crimes, bringing his bid to correct what he’s called a systematic injustice to a climactic close A federal judge says he’s inclined to allow trial for a lawsuit against two psychologists who designed the CIA’s harsh interrogation methods for the war on terror A group of NASA-funded researchers are poised to enter an isolated geodesic dome on a Hawaii volcano to study human behavior for long-term space exploration, including a … (more)
SpaceX Launches Rocket, Its First Since Explosion on Launchpad
A Falcon 9 rocket roared into the sky on Saturday carrying 10 communications satellites – a return by SpaceX and its billionaire leader, Elon Musk, to the business of launching satellites to orbit. But financial details disclosed this past week about the company overshadowed the successful liftoff, raising questions about the viability of Mr. Musk’s long-range plans for SpaceX and his vision of sending people to Mars.
SpaceX launches first rocket since explosion in Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Saturday and placed a constellation of satellites in orbit, marking the company’s first launch since a fireball engulfed a similar rocket on a Florida launch pad more than four months ago. The two-stage rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 9:54 a.m. carrying a payload for Iridium Communications Inc., which is replacing its entire global network with 70 next-generation satellites.
SpaceX Says it Figured Out Why its Rocket Exploded And Will Fly Again Within Days
Four months after an explosion tore through its signature Falcon 9 rocket during fueling, destroying the rocket and its multimillion-dollar cargo in just 93 milliseconds, SpaceX says it has isolated what went wrong and is ready to fly again. If the Federal Aviation Administration issues the company a license, likely following the completion of a full-scale engine test scheduled for Jan. 3, the company will launch 10 communications satellites for Iridium on Jan. 8, including an attempt to land the reusable first stage of the rocket on a sea-going robotic platform.
General Aviation Accident Bulletin
Pilots should be wary when operating close to the boundaries of Class B airspace, the FAA said recently in a Safety Alert for Operators…. Years ago, new GPS approaches were commissioned at Houma, LA and the FAA King Air was flight checking them …Tower: ‘Report… In the Flytenow case, the FAA applied old thinking that doesn’t work in a world where technology moves at the speed of heat. VFR into IMC events have a distressingly high fatality rate.