Northrop Grumman Launches 11th Cargo Delivery Mission to the International Space Station for NASA 17 April 2019 | 10:22 pm Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully launched its AntaresTM rocket carrying a CygnusTM spacecraft today at 4:46 p.m. EDT from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A on Wallops Island, Virginia, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility....

Scaled Composites Flies World's Largest Wingspan Aircraft 14 April 2019 | 11:00 am Scaled Composites, LLC made aviation history today with the flight of the largest wingspan aircraft. During this initial flight, the team tested out specific handling qualities to validate the design....

Delta IV Launches Tenth Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite for the Air Force 16 March 2019 | 3:16 pm A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the tenth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite for the U.S. Air Force lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 on March 15 at 8:26 p.m. EDT. ULA has been the exclusive launch...

SpaceShipTwo Returns To Space With Crew Of Three 22 February 2019 | 2:25 pm Today, Virgin Galactic conducted its fifth powered test flight and second space flight of its commercial SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity. Please find reporting materials below for news coverage and multimedia reporting....

National Air and Space Museum Receives SpaceShipTwo Rocket Motor From Virgin Galactic 7 February 2019 | 7:27 pm The National Air and Space Museum received RocketMotorTwo, the hybrid engine that powered Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, called VSS Unity, into space for the first time Dec. 13, 2018....

NASA, SpaceX, and Being Update Commercial Crew Launch Dates 6 February 2019 | 7:31 pm NASA and its Commercial Crew Program providers Boeing and SpaceX have agreed to move the target launch dates for the upcoming inaugural test flights of their next generation American spacecraft and rockets that will launch astronauts to the International Space...

SpaceX Crew Access Arm 31 January 2019 | 11:23 pm At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A, the crew access arm has been extended to the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on Jan. 3, 2019....

Why Is CASIS Making Itself Disappear? 29 January 2019 | 8:42 pm According to a press release the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory will host its annual Public Board of Directors Meeting in Washington, D.C....

New Shepard Successfully Flies 8 NASA Research And Technology Payloads to Space 23 January 2019 | 10:29 pm Blue Origin demonstrated the versatility of the New Shepard system by taking 8 NASA-sponsored research and technology payloads into space today....

United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches NROL-71 21 January 2019 | 3:14 pm A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a critical payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) denoted NROL-71 lifted off from Space Launch Complex-6 on Jan. 19 at 11:10 a.m. PST. The mission is in support of...

NanoRacks Announces First Customer Contract for India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) 19 December 2018 | 10:26 pm NanoRacks is excited to announce that the Company has signed its first customer contract for a small satellite rideshare on the India Space Research Organization's (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)....

Preparing A Rocket Lab Electron Payload For NASA 18 December 2018 | 11:01 pm The Rocket Lab Electron rocket payload fairing is prepared for the encapsulation of the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites 19 (ELaNa 19) payload on Dec. 1, 2018, at the company's facility in New Zealand....

SpaceX Demo-1 Spacecraft and Falcon 9 Being Prepared For Launch 18 December 2018 | 10:55 pm SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket are positioned at the company's hangar at Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ahead of the Demo-1 flight test targeted for January 17, 2019....

Rocket Lab sLaunches NASA CubeSats On First Venture Class Launch Services Mission 16 December 2018 | 1:56 pm US small satellite launch company Rocket Lab has launched its third orbital mission of 2018, successfully deploying satellites to orbit for NASA....

Static Test Qualifies Crew Safety Launch Abort Motor for Flight in Cold Conditions 13 December 2018 | 11:37 pm Northrop Grumman Corporation along with NASA and Lockheed Martin successfully performed a ground firing test of the abort motor for NASA's Orion spacecraft Launch Abort System (LAS) at Northrop Grumman's facility in Promontory, Utah....