The College of Education at Texas Tech announced a NASA astronaut has been accepted to its doctoral program in education. Joseph Acaba launched May 14 for a four-month tour of duty aboard the Russian Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft as part of the team for Mission 31/32 to the International Space Station. Continue reading
Category Archives: Space Flight
The Learning Network Blog: Entrepreneurial Space Flight: The Latest Frontier
6 Q's About the News | Why are private sector companies increasingly involved in space travel? Continue reading
Innovative Space Propulsion Systems Clears Flight Demonstration Hurdle
NOFBX Green Propulsion Demonstration Passes ISS Safety Review Innovative Space Propulsion Systems (ISPS) has passed another critical milestone in their progress toward the launch of their NOFBX green propulsion demonstration to the International Space Station (ISS). ISPS is working toward demonstrating their high-performance, non-toxic and environmentally-benign propulsion technology on the ISS under an award from the NASA ISS National Laboratory program. Continue reading
SpaceX Launching Student Experiments and Emblems on 1st Space Station Flight
Students' science experiments are about to make history, launching to space on the first attempt by a U.S. commercial company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS). Continue reading
Space X set to launch first commercial flight to ISS
Nasas space shuttle fleet may be landing in museums, but the next step in space exploration is already underway as private concerns work to get into the ground floor of commercial flight to near-Earth orbit and possibly beyond. On Saturday, May 19, the company Space X plans to reach a major milestone by launching the first commercial craft bound for the International Space Station. Nasas ISS programme manager Mike Suffredini has dubbed it one of those historic launches Continue reading
NASA approves SpaceX launch; space station flight set to start Saturday
NASA declared on Tuesday that “everyone is `go”‘ for a Hawthorne rocket developer’s upcoming launch to the International Space Station. The thumbs-up came after NASA completed an additional so-called Flight Readiness Review Continue reading
Refurbishment of NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building Begins
One of the advantages of the space flight gap between the end of the space shuttle program and the beginning of the space exploration program is that it affords NASA the opportunity to refurbish its infrastructure at the Kennedy Space Center. Continue reading
Next manned space launch safely takes flight to orbit
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying one of the world’s most experienced space fliers, a rookie cosmonaut and a NASA shuttle veteran blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan late Monday U.S. time, climbing away through a cloudless blue sky to kick off a two-day voyage to the International Space Station. The Russian Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft rumbled to life on time at 11:01:23 p.m EDT (GMT-4; 09:01:23 a.m. Continue reading
Testing for Dream Chaser Space System completed
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., successfully completed wind tunnel testing for Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) Space Systems of Louisville, Colo. The test will provide aerodynamic data that will aid in the design of the new Dream Chaser Space System. Continue reading
Space Industry Veteran (Re)Entering The Commercial Space Race
Image: ATK The Utah company that built the solid rocket boosters for the now retired space shuttle program announced plans to enter the next phase of American space flight with its own private launch system. Alliant Techsystems, or ATK as it is better known, says it plans to build a complete rocket and spacecraft package to transport astronauts and cargo to and from low earth orbit. The announcement adds another potential company aiming for NASA contracts as pressure from lawmakers and former astronauts is pushing to trim the selection to a single option Continue reading
SpaceX: Should we cheer private space flight?
With the first privately-owned spacecraft heading for the International Space Station on May 19, space enthusiasts argue that it's time to stop mourning NASA's decline Continue reading
U.S., Russian crew blast off for space station
KOROLYOV, Russia (Reuters) – A Soyuz spaceship carrying two Russians and one American astronaut blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday after more than a month's delay over a problem with the hull of the Russian-built capsule. Continue reading
A new frontier for space travel
For the last half-century, space flight has been the domain of the world’s superpowers. Continue reading
British Airways Offers Flight Deals to Paris This Summer
NEW YORK, May 11, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — British Airways today announced a special four day sale for travel between New York and Paris this summer — including nonstop flights in the new OpenSkies ‘Eco’ cabin. Continue reading
Endeavour Unplugged – Last Picture Show from the Flight Deck of a Living Space Shuttle Orbiter
Last Power-Up of the Flight Deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour in May 2012 The flight deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour was powered up for the final time in early May 2012 to complete decommissioning activities for museum display. Endeavour was powered down on May 11, 2012 and all power to the flight deck was terminated for the last time in history. Continue reading
5 Ways To Make Money In Space
Would you like to invest in something a little different from just your standard stocks and bonds? You could join the ranks of some of the modern day space pioneers hoping to cash in on what is rapidly becoming a popular place to invest your entrepreneurial dollars: space. Here are some space-related investment opportunities to consider Continue reading
Flight Hardware Completed For Tower Supporting Space Telescope Mirrors, Science Instruments
Northrop Grumman has completed the flight composite components for the structure that connects the Optical Telescope Element to the spacecraft on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Northrop Grumman is under contract to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Completes Flight Hardware for Tower Supporting NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors, Science …
REDONDO BEACH, Calif., May 8, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE:NOC – News) has completed the flight composite components for the structure that connects the Optical Telescope Element to the spacecraft on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Northrop Grumman is under contract to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md Continue reading
Shuttle Rocket Booster Maker to Launch Private Space Taxi by 2015
LOS ANGELES — The aerospace company that built the solid rocket boosters for NASA's space shuttle fleet announced plans today (May 9) to develop its own private launch system — a spaceship and rocket — to fly astronauts to and from low-Earth orbit. The first manned flight could launch in about three years, company officials said. Continue reading
Space Needle to award free trip to space today
(SPACE.com) Five would-be space tourists have been battling in Seattle this week for a free suborbital spaceflight, a grand prize that will be announced tomorrow (May 9) by famed moonwalker Buzz Aldrin. Continue reading