by JVanDomelen | May 19, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Manned, Space
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, May, 19 2016 — A 154-foot-long external fuel tank built for NASA’s Space Shuttle Program is towed ashore in Marina del Rey, California. On May 21, the fuel tank, dubbed ET-94, will be towed 16.5 miles through Los Angeles to the...
by JVanDomelen | May 16, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Space
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, May 11, 2016 — A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 2:51 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 11, about 261 miles southwest of Long Beach, California, with more than 3,700 pounds of NASA cargo, science and technology...
by JVanDomelen | May 3, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Probe & Rover, Satellite, Space
The ExoMars life-scouting rover mission to Mars will stay on the ground an extra two years. Source: Europe’s Mars Life-Detection Mission Postponed
by JVanDomelen | Apr 27, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Satellite, Space
TUSCON, ARIZONA, April 26, 2016 — Vector Space Systems, a Micro Satellite space launch enterprise comprised of new-space industry veterans from SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, McDonnell Douglas and Sea Launch, today announced it has secured more than $1M in angel...
by JVanDomelen | Apr 16, 2016 | Featured, Land
WASHINGTON, April 15, 2016 — Pentagon officials say the Defense Department is wasting money on excess facilities and needs Congress to step in and close them, but they face an uphill fight. Source: Pentagon to Congress: We Need Base...
by JVanDomelen | Apr 15, 2016 | Featured
PORTLAND, OREGON, April 15, 2016 — Intel is preparing a significant round of job cuts across business units this spring, according to multiple sources inside the company familiar with its plans. Source: Intel planning for thousands of job cuts
by JVanDomelen | Apr 13, 2016 | Air, Featured, Fixed Wing, Sea, Surface
STUTTGART, GERMANY, April 13, 2016 – A United States Navy Destroyer operating in international waters in the Baltic Sea experienced several close interactions by Russian aircraft on April 11 and 12. USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) encountered multiple, aggressive flight...
by JVanDomelen | Apr 13, 2016 | Air, Featured, Fixed Wing
WASHINGTON, April, 12 2016 — The Pentagon has reached an agreement with Pratt & Whitney for the ninth low rate initial production (LRIP) lot of F135 engines, which power the F-35 joint strike fighter. Read more: http://www.defensenews.com
by JVanDomelen | Apr 8, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Space
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, April 8, 2016 — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a cargo capsule toward the International Space Station (ISS) and also attempt to land on a robotic “drone ship” in the Atlantic Ocean today (April 8), and you can watch all...
by JVanDomelen | Mar 31, 2016 | Air, Featured, Rotary Wing, Unmanned
SANTIAGO, CHILE, March 30, 2016 – FT Sistemas has selected Rockwell Collins to provide its Micro Inertial Navigation Sensor (INS) for the new FT-200FH unmanned Category 2 helicopter. The agreement between the companies was announced at the FIDAE 2016 air show in the...