- NASA Home
- > Exploration
- > Home
-
Commercial Partners Working to Launch U.S. Astronauts from Space Coast
06.14.13 - NASA's Commercial Crew Program partners shard plans to launch U.S. astronauts to low-Earth orbit from Space Coast during a National Space Club meeting in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
-
Fairing Separation Test Helps To Validate Design
06.12.13 - NASA is carrying out tests to ensure the Orion spacecraft can successfully jettison its protective fairings, or covers, during its ride to space.
-
LRO Spacecraft Provides Data for Human Exploration
06.11.13 - NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is yielding information about the radiation environment humans will encounter as they venture into deep space.
-
Burbank Recalls 'Magical' Mission to Space Station
06.12.13 - Astronaut Dan Burbank recently returned to the Kennedy Space Center and spoke about his experiences during five months aboard the International Space Station.
-
Students ‘Dig Deep’ in Mining Competition
06.07.13 - Overcoming challenges and displaying teamwork were part of NASA’s Fourth Annual Robotic Mining Competition, coordinated by Kennedy Space Center’s Education Office.
-
NASA's Orion Spacecraft Proves Sound Under Pressure
06.06.13 - NASA's Orion crew module successfully passed its static loads tests on Wednesday.
-
NASA, Craig Technologies Partnership Retains Crucial Capabilities
06.06.13 - NASA has entered into a partnership agreement with Craig Technologies to maintain an inventory of unique processing and manufacturing equipment for future mission support at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
-
Lightfoot Reports on Current, Future NASA Initiatives
05.06.13 - NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot reported on the space agency's current and future initiatives during an employee briefing on June 4.
-
Paving the Way for NASA SLS RS-25 Testing
06.06.13 - NASA plans to begin testing RS-25 engines for its new Space Launch System (SLS) in the fall of 2014.
-
The Joint US–Russian One-Year Mission: Establishing International Partnerships and Innovative Collaboration
The Joint US–Russian One-Year Mission: Establishing International Partnerships and Innovative Collaboration.
-
Boeing Completes New Spacecraft, Rocket Milestones
05.31.13 - The Boeing Company recently performed wind tunnel testing of its CST-100 spacecraft and integrated launch vehicle, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
-
'Rocket U' Engineers Develop Skills for Future Flight Systems
05.31.13 - Rocket University engineers are developing fast-track projects to imporve skills needed to help design flight systems of the future.
-
Commercial Spaceflight - 60 Day Report, Issue 12
05.31.13 - Twelfth issue, with articles on progress and milestone completed by the CCiCap partners.
-
Orion Undergoes Pyro Bolt Test
05.30.13 - Lockheed Martin engineers and technicians recently completed a series of pyrotechnic bolt tests on the Orion ground test vehicle.
-
Astronaut Pilots a "Dream" at NASA Langley
05.30.13 - NASA astronaut Jack Fischer visited Langley's Cockpit Motion Facility in May to fly simulated Sierra Nevada Corporation Dream Chaser landings.
-
Commercial Crew Touts Innovation with Expertise
05.30.13 - Managers of NASA's Commercial Crew Program discussed the decisions and approach taken to fuel private interest in human spaceflight.
-
Data from NASA Rover's Voyage to Mars Aids Planning
05.30.13 - Measurements taken by NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission as it delivered the Curiosity rover to Mars in 2012 are providing NASA the information it needs to design systems to protect human explorers from radiation exposure on deep-space expeditions in the future.
-
NASA to Host Asteroid Initiative Event and Webcast
05.28.2013 - On June 18, NASA will host an event in which experts will provide details about NASA’s asteroid initiative. Seating is limited, but the event will be streamed live on NASA TV.
-
NASA to Discuss Mars Curiosity Radiation Findings
05.28.13 - NASA will host a media teleconference at 11:30 a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT) Thursday, May 30, to present new findings from the Mars Science Laboratory Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) aboard the rover Curiosity.
-
NASA Selects Space Biology Research Proposals
05.29.13 - NASA has selected 31 proposals to help investigate questions about how cells, plants and animals respond to changes in gravity.