ULA’s Atlas V Ready To Rock And Roll Today…Navy’s Communications To Ramp Up 10x (Launch)
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 16, 2012
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Tags: Atlas, communications, launch, Ramp, ready, Rock, Roll, Today...Navy's, ULA's
EFT-1 Orion receives hatch door – Denver Orion ready for Modal Testing
Posted by brandoniswrite on November 15, 2011
The Exploration Test Flight (EFT-1) Orion has received its hatch door panel on one of the cone longerons, as welding of the test vehicle structure continues at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans. Meanwhile, another Orion – this time kitted out with a Launch Abort System (LAS) is moving from acoustic to modal [...]
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Tags: Denver, door, EFT1, hatch, Modal, Orion, ready, Receives, Testing
SpaceX ready to compete in the EELV launch market via Air Force agreement
Posted by brandoniswrite on October 15, 2011
Often cited as a highly contentious issue by SpaceX head Elon Musk, the stranglehold on the US Air Force market appears to be loosening, following a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the USAF, the NRO (National Reconnaissance Office) and NASA, which opens up the potential for commercial launch vehicles – such as Falcon 9 – [...]
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Tags: agreement, Compete, EELV, force, launch, market, ready, SpaceX
Juno’s Solar Cells Ready to Light Up Jupiter Mission
Posted by brandoniswrite on July 18, 2011
NASA’s Juno spacecraft is going to Jupiter powered by an electrical source seldom deployed in deep space: solar arrays. Commonly used by satellites orbiting Earth and working in the inner solar system, solar arrays are typically set aside for missions beyond the asteroid belt in favor of generators powered by radioactive isotopes. For Juno, however, [...]
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Tags: Cells, Juno's, Jupiter, Light, Mission, ready, Solar
New crew ready for exciting time aboard space station
Posted by brandoniswrite on June 5, 2011
New space station residents prepare for busy space flight. (NASA)The next crew members bound for the International Space Station are in their final hours before launch to begin nearly six busy months of living and working in earth orbit.Two space station veterans and a first time space flier will link up with the orbiting complex [...]
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Tags: aboard, crew, exciting, ready, Space, station, time
STS-134: Endeavour ready for her big day as L-1 resolves minor issues
Posted by brandoniswrite on July 12, 2010
Endeavour is all set for her final S0007 launch countdown events, opening with the retraction of the Rotating Service Structure (RSS), delayed to 11:45pm local time on Thursday. Only a handful of minor Interim Problem Reports (IPRs) have been charged against Endeavour, all of which have been resolved heading into what may be her final day [...]
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Tags: Endeavour, issues, minor, ready, resolves, STS134
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