HAWTHORNE, Calif. -- NASA astronaut Rex Walheim checks out the Dragon ...
HAWTHORNE, Calif. -- NASA astronaut Rex Walheim checks out the Dragon spacecraft under development by Space Exploration Technologies SpaceX of Hawthorne, Calif., for the agency's Commercial Crew Program. In 201... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media learn about the plans Space Exploration ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media learn about the plans Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has to take NASA astronauts to the International Space Station at Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- This is an artist's conception of the Dragon c...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- This is an artist's conception of the Dragon capsule under development by Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., for NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP). In 2011,... More
DALLAS – This image was taken during a series of wind tunnel tests for...
DALLAS – This image was taken during a series of wind tunnel tests for Blue Origin's Space Vehicle at Lockheed Martin's High Speed Wind Tunnel Facility in Dallas. The Space Vehicle's innovative biconic shape is... More
DELAMAR DRY LAKE BED, Nev. – An Erickson Sky Crane helicopter releases...
DELAMAR DRY LAKE BED, Nev. – An Erickson Sky Crane helicopter releases The Boeing Company's CST-100 crew capsule over the Delamar Dry Lake Bed near Alamo, Nev., where it floated to a smooth landing beneath its ... More
DELAMAR DRY LAKE BED, Nev. – The Boeing Company's CST-100 crew capsule...
DELAMAR DRY LAKE BED, Nev. – The Boeing Company's CST-100 crew capsule floats to a smooth landing beneath three main parachutes over the Delamar Dry Lake Bed near Alamo, Nev. This is the second parachute test t... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The second stage of the Delta II r...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The second stage of the Delta II rocket for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, is transferred into the top of the mobile service tower at Space Launch Comp... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload proce...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, engineers and technicians use a crane to move a component of NASA's Soil Moisture... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload proce...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, engineers and technicians prepare a component of NASA's Soil Moisture Active Pass... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Operations are underway to weigh N...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Operations are underway to weigh NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, spacecraft in the clean room of the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air For... More
HAWTHORNE, Calif. -- NASA astronauts and industry experts are monitore...
HAWTHORNE, Calif. -- NASA astronauts and industry experts are monitored while they check out the crew accommodations in the Dragon spacecraft under development by Space Exploration Technologies SpaceX of Hawtho... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Hanger AF at Cape Canaveral, Fla., one of ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Hanger AF at Cape Canaveral, Fla., one of the retrieved solid rocket boosters from the STS-126 launch is ready to be disassembled. Separation rings will be used to move the segments... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The first Ares I-X motor segment is in the Rota...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The first Ares I-X motor segment is in the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It is one of four reusable motor segments and nozzle exit con... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The NASA Railroad delivers the first Ares I-X s...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The NASA Railroad delivers the first Ares I-X segment to the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Four reusable motor segments and the nozzle... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the rail car cover is moved away from the first Ares I-X motor segment. It is one of four reusabl... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) managers an...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) managers announce an agreement that could accelerate the availability of U.S. commercial crew transportation capabilities in the Press Site auditorium ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The manager of NASA's Commercial Crew Program C...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The manager of NASA's Commercial Crew Program CCP, Ed Mango, hosts a virtual conversation, called a Tweet Chat, with Twitter followers from around the world. Those who follow www.twitter.... More
LOUISVILLE, Colo. – Sierra Nevada Corporation Space Systems’ Dream Cha...
LOUISVILLE, Colo. – Sierra Nevada Corporation Space Systems’ Dream Chaser full-scale test vehicle is lifted by an Erickson Air-Crane helicopter to verify proper aerodynamic flight performance near the Rocky Mou... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A second solid rocket motor for th...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A second solid rocket motor for the Delta II rocket for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, is raised into a vertical position at the mobile service tower a... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers at Space Launch Complex 2 ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers at Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California monitor a solid rocket motor as it is raised into a vertical position for installation on the Del... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload proce...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, engineers and technicians rotate NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, sp... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload proce...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, engineers and technicians rotate NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, sp... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processin...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians monitor the transportation canister containing NASA's Soil Moisture Activ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Hanger AF at Cape Canaveral, Fla., workers ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Hanger AF at Cape Canaveral, Fla., workers prepare the separated segments of one of the retrieved solid rocket boosters from the STS-126 launch for their transport to the NASA railway... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Hanger AF at Cape Canaveral, Fla., separati...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Hanger AF at Cape Canaveral, Fla., separation rings are moved above two segments of one of the retrieved solid rocket boosters from the STS-126 launch. The rings will be lowered and l... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Florida East Coast Railway train arrives at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Florida East Coast Railway train arrives at the Jay Jay Rail Yard with the booster segments for the Ares I-X test rocket for interchange with the NASA Railroad. The four reusable moto... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After switching out the box cars on the train, ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After switching out the box cars on the train, the NASA Railroad hauls the Ares I-X motor segments and nozzle exit cone to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The four reusable motor ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians check the fit of the end cover on the Ares I-X motor segment. It is one of four re... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Current and former NASA and international astro...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Current and former NASA and international astronauts spoke to participants of the International Space University on the future of human spaceflight during a panel discussion at the Kenned... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers in the mobile service towe...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers in the mobile service tower at Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California monitor a solid rocket motor as it is installed on the Delta II rocke... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A plethora of ground support equip...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A plethora of ground support equipment for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, is delivered to the Astrotech Payload Processing Facility on Vandenberg Air F... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers push the pallet supporting...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers push the pallet supporting the transportation container protecting NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, spacecraft into the Astrotech payload processing faci... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload proce...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, engineers and technicians remove a protective covering from NASA's Soil Moisture ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload proce...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, engineers and technicians rotate NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, sp... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload proce...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, engineers and technicians remove a protective covering from NASA's Soil Moisture ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload proce...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, an engineer inspects NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, spacecraft. ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload proce...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, engineers and technicians rotate NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, sp... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passiv...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, spacecraft is lowered onto the Delta II payload attach structure in the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air ... More
LAS VEGAS -- The Boeing Company tests the forward heat shield FHS jett...
LAS VEGAS -- The Boeing Company tests the forward heat shield FHS jettison system of its CST-100 spacecraft at the Bigelow Aerospace facility in Las Vegas as part of an agreement with NASA's Commercial Crew Pro... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The booster segments for the Ares I-X test rock...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The booster segments for the Ares I-X test rocket were delivered to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida by the Florida East Coast Railroad and the NASA Railroad. Accompanying the trai... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The NASA Railroad hauls one of the cars with th...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The NASA Railroad hauls one of the cars with the first Ares I-X segment to the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Four reusable motor segme... More
DELAMAR DRY LAKE BED, Nev. -- The Boeing Company's CST-100 boilerplate...
DELAMAR DRY LAKE BED, Nev. -- The Boeing Company's CST-100 boilerplate crew capsule floats toward a smooth landing beneath three main parachutes after being released from an Erickson Sky Crane helicopter at abo... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The manager of NASA's Commercial Crew Program C...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The manager of NASA's Commercial Crew Program CCP, Ed Mango, hosts a virtual conversation, called a Tweet Chat, with Twitter followers from around the world. Those who follow www.twitter.... More
LOUISVILLE, Colo. – An Erickson Air-Crane helicopter lifts Sierra Neva...
LOUISVILLE, Colo. – An Erickson Air-Crane helicopter lifts Sierra Nevada Corporation Space Systems’ Dream Chaser full-scale test vehicle to verify proper aerodynamic flight performance near the Rocky Mountain M... More
LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne tests a thruster destin...
LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne tests a thruster destined for Boeing's CST-100 spacecraft. The thruster was fired in a vacuum chamber that simulated a space-like environment of 100,000 feet at NA... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Current and former NASA and international astro...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Current and former NASA and international astronauts spoke to participants of the International Space University on the future of human spaceflight during a panel discussion at the Kenned... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload proce...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, engineers and technicians use a crane to move NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload proce...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, engineers and technicians have rotated NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SM... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processin...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians enclose a transportation canister containing NASA's Soil Moisture Active ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An Alliant motor designated for S...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An Alliant motor designated for Stage 3 of a Taurus rocket is weighed by Orbital Sciences workers in Building 1555 at Vandenberg AFB. The Taurus will launch the Orbiting Ca... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Hanger AF at Cape Canaveral, Fla., the disa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Hanger AF at Cape Canaveral, Fla., the disassembled solid rocket boosters from the STS-126 launch will be transported to the NASA railway. The segments will be sent to ATK (Alliant Te... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Florida East Coast Railway train arrives at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Florida East Coast Railway train arrives at the Jay Jay Rail Yard with the booster segments for the Ares I-X test rocket for interchange with the NASA Railroad. The four reusable moto... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Florida East Coast Railway train arrives at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Florida East Coast Railway train arrives at the Jay Jay Rail Yard with the booster segments for the Ares I-X test rocket for interchange with the NASA Railroad. Officials from Allian... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Ares I-X motor segment waits for inspection after removal of the shipping container. It is on... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Twitter page of NASA’s Commercial Crew Prog...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Twitter page of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program CCP buzzes with activity as program manager, Ed Mango, hosts a virtual conversation, called a Tweet Chat, with followers from around the... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Kent Rominger, vice president with Alliant Tech...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Kent Rominger, vice president with Alliant Techsystems and former NASA astronaut, signs autographs and talks with participants of the International Space University during a panel discuss... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A crane hoists the second stage of...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A crane hoists the second stage of the Delta II rocket for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, to the top of the mobile service tower at Space Launch Comple... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The protective covering has been r...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The protective covering has been replaced around NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, spacecraft following the spacecraft's post-shipment inspection in the Astrotech... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passiv...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, spacecraft is delivered by truck from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, to the Astrotech payload processing... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Preparations are underway to remov...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Preparations are underway to remove the protective covering from NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, spacecraft in the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vand... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload proce...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, engineers and technicians remove a protective covering from NASA's Soil Moisture ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload proce...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, engineers and technicians rotate NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, sp... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, memb...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, members of the news media are briefed on the agency's Space Launch System SLS Program by former astronaut Brian Duffy who is now vice president ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processin...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, spacecraft, has been secured inside a t... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Alliant Techsystems Inc. workers at Astrotech ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Alliant Techsystems Inc. workers at Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., attach an overhead crane to the Ares I-X forward skirt just arrived from Major Tool & Machine Inc. in Indiana. The for... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The last newly manufactured section of the Ares...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The last newly manufactured section of the Ares I-X test rocket, the frustum, arrives at the Assembly and Refurbishment Facility of NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Resembling a giant funne... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – – The NASA Railroad (right) is ready for the ex...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – – The NASA Railroad (right) is ready for the exchange of the Florida East Coast Railway cars carrying the booster segments for the Ares I-X test rocket. The four reusable motor segments a... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Ed Mango, program manager for NASA's Commercia...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Ed Mango, program manager for NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP), updates media on the progress of Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) activities in which seven aerospace comp... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Ed Mango, program manager for NASA's Commercia...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Ed Mango, program manager for NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP), updates media on the progress of Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) activities in which seven aerospace comp... More
MCGREGOR, Texas -- Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) completes a...
MCGREGOR, Texas -- Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) completes a full-duration, full-thrust firing of its new SuperDraco engine prototype at the company’s Rocket Development Facility in McGregor, Texas. T... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Current and former NASA and international astro...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Current and former NASA and international astronauts spoke to participants of the International Space University on the future of human spaceflight during a panel discussion at the Kenned... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A solid rocket motor for the Delta...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A solid rocket motor for the Delta II rocket for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, is lifted alongside the mobile service tower at Space Launch Complex 2 ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers monitor a second solid roc...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers monitor a second solid rocket motor for the Delta II rocket for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, as it is lifted into the mobile service tower at... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers align the second stage of ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers align the second stage of the Delta II rocket for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, on the rocket's first stage in the mobile service tower at Spa... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers inspect instrument and opt...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers inspect instrument and optics covers on NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, spacecraft in the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload proce...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, engineers and technicians inspect NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, s... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload proce...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, engineers and technicians remove a protective covering from NASA's Soil Moisture ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Technicians connect NASA's Soil Mo...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Technicians connect NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, spacecraft to the Delta II payload attach structure in the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenbe... More
HAWTHORNE, Calif. -- NASA astronauts and industry experts check out th...
HAWTHORNE, Calif. -- NASA astronauts and industry experts check out the crew accommodations in the Dragon spacecraft under development by Space Exploration Technologies SpaceX of Hawthorne, Calif., for the agen... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Assembly and Refurbishment Facility of N...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Assembly and Refurbishment Facility of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, workers remove the cover from the frustum, the last newly manufactured section of the Ares I-X test rocket. Res... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The NASA Railroad leaves four of the cars with ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The NASA Railroad leaves four of the cars with Ares I-X segments at Suspect siding on NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and continues on with the remaining car to the Rotation, Proce... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The NASA Railroad delivers the first Ares I-X s...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The NASA Railroad delivers the first Ares I-X segment to the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Four reusable motor segments and the nozzle... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians prepare to remove the cover from the end of the Ares I-X motor segment for propellant... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the rail car cover is removed from the first Ares I-X motor segment. It is one of four reusable ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) managers di...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) managers discuss an agreement that could accelerate the availability of U.S. commercial crew transportation capabilities with media representatives in ... More
HAWTHORNE, Calif. -- NASA astronauts and industry experts check out th...
HAWTHORNE, Calif. -- NASA astronauts and industry experts check out the crew accommodations in the Dragon spacecraft under development by Space Exploration Technologies SpaceX of Hawthorne, Calif., for the agen... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A crane is enlisted to position a ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A crane is enlisted to position a solid rocket motor for the Delta II rocket for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, beside the rocket's first stage in the ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Solid rocket motor installation pr...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Solid rocket motor installation progresses on the Delta II rocket for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, with the attachment of the second motor to the roc... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers inside the mobile service ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers inside the mobile service tower use headsets to ensure communication with each other and their fellow workers outside the tower during operations to install the solid... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Operations are underway to offload...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Operations are underway to offload NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, spacecraft from the truck that delivered it from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, C... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload proce...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, engineers and technicians begin processing of NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload proce...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, engineers and technicians wearing protective garb, monitor operations as a crane ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Technicians connect NASA's Soil Mo...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Technicians connect NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, spacecraft to the Delta II payload attach structure in the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenbe... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processin...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a technician ensures the transportation canister containing NASA's Soil Moisture Acti... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processin...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, spacecraft has had the appropriate logo... More
CANOGA PARK, Calif. -- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne hot-fires a launch a...
CANOGA PARK, Calif. -- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne hot-fires a launch abort engine for The Boeing Co., which is developing its CST-100 spacecraft for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Under its fixed-price contrac... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An Alliant motor designated for S...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An Alliant motor designated for Stage 3 of a Taurus rocket is weighed by Orbital Sciences workers in Building 1555 at Vandenberg AFB. The Taurus will launch the Orbiting Ca... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Alliant Techsystems Inc. workers at Astrotech ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Alliant Techsystems Inc. workers at Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., remove the protective outer shipping cover from the Ares I-X forward skirt after its arrival from Major Tool & Machine ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Hanger AF at Cape Canaveral, Fla., with se...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Hanger AF at Cape Canaveral, Fla., with separation rings in place, workers begin to move apart segments of one of the retrieved solid rocket boosters from the STS-126 launch. The pi... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Hanger AF at Cape Canaveral, Fla., workers...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Hanger AF at Cape Canaveral, Fla., workers again remove separation rings from around segments of one of the retrieved solid rocket boosters from the STS-126 launch. The pins attachi... More