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By an overwhelming (and not the least bit surprising) margin, Parabolic Arc readers have backed Elon Musk and SpaceX in their lawsuit against the U.S. Air Force. A full 66 percent of poll participants voted for, “Go get ’em, Elon! Defeat those monopolists!” Another 28 percent wanted Musk to launch a few more rockets before suing anyone to add more flights to SpaceX’s already crowded manifest. And 6 percent didn’t […]
UPDATE 2: Elon Musk Tweeted: Rocket booster reentry, landing burn & leg deploy were good, but lost hull integrity right after splashdown (aka kaboom) UPDATE: ORBCOMM has confirmed that all six satellites have been successfully deployed. The orbit was exactly what was planned. SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket into orbit from Cape Canaveral this morning. The rocket carries six ORBCOMM communications satellites, which at the moment are still […]
This week on The Space Show with David Livingston: 1. Monday, July 14, 2014: 2-3:30 PM PDT (5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5:30 PM CDT): We welcome JIM PLAXCO to discuss the ISS and other science platforms, the recent AAS ISS R&D conference, & the commercial space component of the space industry. 2. Tuesday, July 15, 2014, 7 PM PDT (10 PM EDT, 9 PM CDT): We welcome back KEN MURPHY who […]
NASA Commercial Crew Program Remaining Milestones July 2014 No. Description Original Date Status Amount BOEING 19 Critical Design Review (CDR) Board. Boeing shall establish and demonstrate a critical baseline design of the CCTS that meets system requirements. CDR confirms that the requirements, detailed designs, and plans for test and evaluation form a satisfactory basis for production and integration. April 2014 3Q 2014 $17.9 Million 21A Boeing Spacecraft Safety Review. Boeing […]
Gautam Kanumuru (Credit: NASA)
WASHINGTON (NASA PR) — Gautam Kanumuru, a third-year computer engineering and economics student at the University of Virginia, completed a 10-week internship with the Commercial Spaceflight Development Division at NASA Headquarters. Kanumuru’s primary task was to assess public-private partnerships within NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD) and provide insight on the lessons learned.
During his internship, Kanumuru analyzed a half dozen HEOMD partnerships, most focused on spacecraft development. To perform the analysis, he conducted interviews with partnership managers, conducted a survey on the importance of various partnership characteristics, and developed lessons learned.
The successful Antares launch to the International Space Station (ISS) today was great news for Planet Labs. The Cygnus freighter that will berth with the station on Wednesday contains 28 of the company’s Dove imaging satellites, which will be deployed from the orbiting laboratory over the next month. Their successful deployment will bring the number of Planet Lab satellites in orbit to 71. To date, 48 Dove spacecraft have been […]
NASA’s Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) equipped with a smartphone. (Credit: NASA/Ames)
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. (NASA PR) — NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, has launched a variety of experiments into space on Sunday aboard NASA’s second commercial cargo resupply flight of the Orbital Sciences Corporation Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).
These experiments include free-flying robots equipped with a smartphone and a small satellite with a de-orbiting device, called an “exo-brake.” They will arrive at the space station when Cygnus berths on Wednesday, July 16.
An Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket launched from Wallops Island, Virg., this afternoon, successfully sending a Cygnus cargo ship to the International Space Station. All appears nominal with the mission so far. The vehicle is set to arrive at ISS on Wednesday, July 16.
NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, Expedition 40 commander, harvests a crop of red romaine lettuce plants in the International Space Station’s Harmony node that were grown from seed inside the Veggie facility, a low-cost plant growth chamber that uses a flat-panel light bank for plant growth and crew observation. (Credit: NASA/Alex Gerst)
by Linda Herridge
NASA Kennedy Space Center
Red romaine lettuce and other fresh vegetables could be on the menu for astronauts in the future. NASA astronaut and Expedition 40 Commander Steve Swanson harvested the first fresh vegetable crop, Veg-01, on June 10 from the Veggie plant growth system on the International Space Station (ISS).
“I was all smiles watching Swanson harvest his space lettuce, and I noted a great deal of excitement among the other crew members,” said Trent Smith, a project manager in the ISS Ground Processing and Research Project Office at Kennedy Space Center.