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CST-100 Reviews Road to Mission Operations
02.21.13 - Boeing's plans for its CST-100 spacecraft continue to firm up as the aerospace company works with NASA's Commercial Crew Program to establish what will be needed to communicate with the spacecraft and recover it when it returns from a mission.
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Antares Engine Test Scheduled for Feb. 22
02.20.13 - NASA's Wallops Flight Facility will provide launch range support for an Orbital Sciences Corp. Antares rocket engine test scheduled for Feb. 22 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad-0A.
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Kennedy Space Center 2013
01.25.13 - New year welcomes change and challenges.
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NASA Takes Strides to Launch from U.S. Soil
01.25.13 - NASA has taken a crucial step toward launching crews to the space station from the U.S. This landmark comes at the 45th anniversary of an essential stage in sending Americans to the moon.
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NASA to Test Bigelow Expandable Module on Space Station
01.16.13 - NASA announced an addition to the International Space Station that will use the orbiting laboratory to test expandable space habitat technology.
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NASA and Industry Committed to Human Spaceflight Endeavor
1.17.13 - NASA's Commercial Crew Program and its industry partners are investing their time, money, efforts and reputations into shaping America's next-generation human spaceflight capabilities.
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NASA Awards Commercial Crew Certification Contracts
12.11.12 - NASA awards contracts in next step toward safely launching American astronauts to the International Space Station from U.S. soil.
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Humanity's Drive to Explore Keeps Rolling
11.16.12 - The spirit to live and work in low-Earth orbit and explore well beyond where we've ventured before is alive as NASA forges ahead with three major human spaceflight endeavors.
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Partnership Paves Way for Modernization
11.20.12 - A facility full of platforms that once fit NASA's space shuttles like a glove is transitioning to make room for a new fleet of low-Earth orbit bound spacecraft.
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SpaceX Transitions to Third Commercial Crew Phase
11.01.12 - SpaceX completed its first three performance milestones for NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative.
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Dragon Returns to Earth
10.28.12 - The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft splashed down Sunday, marking a successful conclusion to the first contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station.
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Successful Return of SpaceX's Dragon Capsule
10.27.12 - SpaceX's Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 3:22 p.m. EDT Sunday ending the first cargo delivery flight contracted by NASA to resupply the ISS.
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Blue Origin Completes Pad Escape Test
10.22.12 - Blue Origin conducted a successful pad escape test, firing its pusher-escape motor and launching a full-scale suborbital crew capsule from a simulated propulsion module.
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Blue Origin Tests Rocket Engine Thrust Chamber
10.15.12 - Blue Origin successfully test fired its BE-3 high-performance liquid hydrogen engine thrust chamber at NASA's Stennis Space Center.
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Station Welcomes First Commercial Resupply Mission
10.10.12 - SpaceX Dragon arrived Oct. 10 to the International Space Station, becoming the first commercial resupply mission to reach the orbital outpost.
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SpaceX CRS-1 Launches
SpaceX launched the first commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station.
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Return Science Sample Capability Important as Resupply
10.09.12 - While the first NASA Commercial Resupply Services flight to the International Space Station is historic, delivery and return of samples is pivotal.
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Dragon Readies for Operational Delivery Flight
10.04.12 - SpaceX will launch its Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket on the first operational cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station.
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NASA and ULA Complete Space Act Agreement
10.15.12 - United Launch Alliance recently wrapped up its Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) partnership with NASA, laying the foundation for potentially certifying its Atlas V rocket for crewed missions.
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Station Experiment to Test Fresh Food Experience
10.04.12 - NASA's VEGGIE experiment could revolutionize the way astronauts eat on board the International Space Station and the way the U.S. looks at the nutritional needs of crews on future deep-space missions.