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  • Artist concept of Space Launch System launching

    NASA Selects SLS Advanced Booster Proposals

    07.13.12 - NASA has selected six proposals to improve the affordability, reliability and performance of an advanced booster for the Space Launch System (SLS).

  • Artist concept of astronauts in SpaceX Dragon capsule

    SpaceX Completes Design Review of Dragon

    07.12.12 - SpaceX recently completed an important design review of the crewed version of its Dragon spacecraft.

  • Charles Bolden, NASA administrator, talks with students about experiments flying on the COTS Demonstration mission.

    Students' Microgravity Experiments Find Way to Station

    06.01.12 - A suite of students' experiments were aboard the SpaceX Dragon capsule when it docked with the station on May 25.

  • Artist's concept of a Dream Chaser landing

    Nose Landing Gear Tested for Dream Chaser Spacecraft

    07.11.12 - Sierra Nevada Corp. recently tested the nose landing gear of its Dream Chaser spacecraft.

  • The International Space Station Research and Development Conference provided updates on science. (American Astronautical Society)

    International Space Station R&D Conference in Review

    07.02.12 - Roughly 400 scientists, engineers, industry leaders and business representatives gathered for the International Space Station R&D Conference,

  • Sen. Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and KSC Director Bob Cabana look at Orion capsule.

    NASA Unveils Orion During Ceremony

    07.02.12 - At Kennedy Space Center, NASA unveiled the Orion spacecraft that will make the program's first flight test in 2014.

  • A Marshall Center machinist takes a close look at a cut on an aluminum adapter ring.

    Orion Test Flight: A Look at SLS Hardware, Integration

    06.29.12 - When NASA conducts its first test launch of the Orion spacecraft in 2014, the crew module's designers will record invaluable data.

  • EAI's Human Spacecraft

    NASA and Excalibur Almaz Inc. Complete Space Act Agreement

    07.06.12 - Excalibur Almaz Inc. completed the exchange of technical information with NASA's Commercial Crew Program about its human spacecraft concept for low Earth orbit crew transportation.

  • A detailed 3D structure of a protein crystal related to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (orange) and an engineered inhibitor (green). (CASIS)

    CASIS Calls for First Solicitation for Proposals

    06.29.12 - CASIS, a nonprofit organization promoting research aboard the ISS US National Lab, announces first solicitation for proposals.

  • The first space-bound Orion

    First Space-Bound Orion Arrives at Kennedy

    06.29.12 - NASA's Orion program reached a major milestone on June 28, 2012, when the first space-bound Orion crew capsule arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

  • PWR's OMAC thruster for Boeing's CST-100

    Thruster Tests Completed for Boeing's CST-100

    06.26.12 - Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne tested a thruster for Boeing's CST-100 spacecraft, being developed in collaboration with NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

  • From left to right: NASA astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, Andrew Abercromby (NASA Deputy Project Manager for the Multi-Mission Space Exploration Vehicle) and ESA astronaut Timothy Peake.

    Talking to Explorers Underwater  →

    06.21.12 - Adminstrator Bolden spoke to the NEEMO 16 explorers during their 12-day mission beneath the waves of the Florida Keys.

  • Expanded view of an artist rendering of the 70 metric ton configuration of Space Launch System

    SLS Core Stage Moves From Concept to Design

    06.21.12 - The nation's space exploration program is taking a critical step forward with a successful major technical review of the SLS core stage.

  • View of Commercial Biomedical Test Module, or CBTM-2, investigation aboard the shuttle Endeavour as part of the STS-118 mission. (NASA)

    Tissue Sharing Doesn't Mean Pass a Handkerchief

    07.03.12 - When it comes to the International Space Station, recycling is a great way to get the most from limited resources.

  • Zucchini taking root inside of a plastic baggie aboard the International Space Station gains celebrity status in the Diary of a Space Zucchini blog. (NASA)

    Astronaut Zucchini -- A Tradition of Sprouts in Space

    06.27.12 - There are many mascots for space science and exploration, but who knew that giving a voice to a vegetable would catch on and inspire kids on Earth?

  • Geoflow data showing how a liquid between two revolving concentric spheres moves as the temperature between the outer and inner sphere changes. (ESA)

    Delving Inside Earth from Space

    06.25.12 - Astronaut André Kuipers is running experiments on the International Space Station that are shedding light on conditions deep inside Earth.

  • Photos of habitat components developed by the X-Hab finalist teams, clockwise from the upper right: University of Maryland - College Park, University of Bridgeport, Oklahoma State University, and Ohio State University.

    2012 X-Hab Innovation Challenge Progress Update

    06.21.12 - Update on the progress of university teams competing in a challenge to design components of NASA's deep space habitat.

  • NASA team at Michoud Assembly Facility

    Michoud Team Recognized as Orion Welds Are Completed

    06.20.12 - The NASA team at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans has been putting the finishing touches on the first space-bound Orion capsule.

  • NASA, ATK, Lockheed Martin and Ball Aerospace Technical Interchange Meeting

    Complex Challenges Solved in Technical Interchange Meetings

    06.18.12 - NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is turning to a number of strategies to work through the complex challenges of engineering a new generation of rockets and spacecraft.

  • The RESOLVE rover

    Rover's Exploration May Lead to Deep Space

    06.22.12 - A rover designed to retrieve water on the moon could unlock processes for using the valuable resource for solar system exploration.

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