Unmanned Antares Rocket Destroyed Shortly After Launch
Corallys Plasencia / Correspondent Tuesday night marked a major loss for NASA as the Antares rocket carrying more than 5,000 pounds of cargo, including various science experiments and equipment,...
View ArticleBolstering the GPS Network
Richard Weakley / Managing Editor On Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 1:21 p.m. EST, United Launch Alliance launched an Atlas V 401 carrying the GPS 2F-8 satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Despite a...
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The Next Step in Manned Spaceflight: Orion to Launch Aboard Delta IV Heavy in...
Richard Weakley / Advertising Manager NASA’s Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1) on Dec. 4 will be NASA’s most ambitious test flight since Ares 1-X in 2009. EFT-1 will test Orion, America’s next...
View ArticleClose but no Cigar
James Bukowski/Correspondent In this age of commercial space exploration, excitement is growing in the aerospace industry about the innovations being made by private companies like SpaceX. One of the...
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MUOS Increases Military Com 10-Fold
Credit: Jack Taylor Trey Henderson/Editor-in-Chief Communications power the modern day warrior. Robust communications links and instantaneous data transfer are essential to command of the battlefield...
View ArticleSpaceX Releases Falcon Heavy Concept Animation
Micah Knight/Managing Editor On Jan. 28, SpaceX released a new animation of its Falcon Heavy rocket, due to launch later this year. The rocket, a combination of three Falcon 9 rockets, is to be the...
View ArticleIran Successfully Launches Satellite Into Earth Orbit
Bryan Rallet/Staff Reporter This month, the Islamic Republic of Iran launched their fourth satellite into low earth orbit. This marks a significant advancement in the technological and scientific...
View Article$2 Billion Deal for ULA Threatens Blue Origin’s New Engine
Micah Knight/Managing Editor Rocket engine supplier Aerojet Rocketdyne announced a $2 billion deal to acquire the United Launch Alliance (ULA). ULA is Boeing and Lockheed Martin’s joint venture and has...
View ArticleReduce, Reuse, Relaunch.
Jack Taylor/Photo Editor The dream of creating the world’s first fully reusable launch vehicle has been sought after for decades. The National Aerospace Plane (NASP) began the chase in the 80s with...
View ArticleAtlas V Lifts GPS Satellite to Orbit
Micah Knight/Managing Editor At 12:13 P.M. on Sat., Oct. 31, SLC-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was shaken by 860,200 pounds of thrust from an Atlas V rocket. The United Launch Alliance’s (ULA)...
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