Cape Canaveral’s weather cooperated on September 28, despite hurricane Helene, making it possible at 1:17 ET for SpaceX to send NASA’s Crew 9 astronauts, NASA astronaut Nick Hague, commander, and […]
Launch Abort System
SpaceX’s Saturday launch of the Crew-9 astronauts’ mission tenuous due to Helene
SpaceX and NASA are targeting no earlier than Saturday, September 28, at 1:17 p.m. EDT due to Tropical Storm Helene, for Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon’s ninth operational human spaceflight […]
Rocket Lab’s successful launch today of Kinéis Killed the RadIOT Star after yesterday’s abort
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), provider of launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its 53rd Electron mission and deployed five satellites to Low Earth Orbit for French […]
L3Harris marks Artemis III + IV jettison solid rocket motor milestones
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has achieved a significant milestone by successfully casting the jettison motor, a key component of the Launch Abort System (LAS) for NASA’s Orion spacecraft, for Artemis III […]
Boeing’s statement regarding Starliner’s transport tomorrow, hopefully, of NASA’s astronauts
Boeing subsystem experts and engineers have been working in shifts to provide around-the-clock monitoring of the Starliner spacecraft from their positions on console in Boeing’s Mission Control Center (BMCC) at […]
Renesas’ Intersil rad-hardened ICs by the hundreds are onboard NASA’s Artemis I mission
Hundreds of Renesas Electronics‘ radiation-hardened (rad-hard) integrated circuits (ICs), including more than 50 different part numbers, are onboard the Artemis 1 launch that launched on November 16. Intersil-brand, rad-hard ICs […]
Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests The Crucial Abort Motor For NASA’s Orion Spacecraft
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and Lockheed Martin have successfully performed the final full-scale ground test of the abort motor for NASA’s Orion spacecraft Launch Abort System (LAS) at Northrop […]