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