May 2026
Mars exploration – the nuclear option
... a mass of just over 1,980 pounds (900 kg), of which 165 pounds (75 kg) are science instruments. The rover launched on an Atlas V 541 rocket which, when fully fuelled and with the payload attached, weighed 117 million pounds...
May 2026
Focusing the world on planetary defence
... Objects Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer), Pan-STARRS (Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System) and ATLAS (Atmospheric Laboratory of Applications and Science) provide essential tracking capabilities, while the Center for Near Earth...
02 December 2014
X-37B spaceplane lands safely
... response capabilities and this was its third successful flight since its original 2010 launch atop an Atlas V rocket. It is intended that future operations will be carried out from the Kennedy Space Center, where the...
02 December 2014
MAVEN studies Martian atmosphere
... under direct cosmonaut control. orbit is unusual, with a widely swinging 6,200 km by 150 km aerocentric orbital parameter. Launched by an Atlas V rocket in 2013, it will carry out an initial one-year mission. Like the Indian MOM, NASA’s MRO...
05 October 2015
ESTEC opens its doors, 9,000 hi-res Apollo photos go online, and other news from the weekend
...-Lockheed Martin joint venture, held its 100th successful launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Friday. The Atlas V rocket was carrying a Morelos-3 satellite for Mexico’s network of satellites, but The Washington Post reported that...
09 October 2015
First Cubesat from American Tribal College Sent into Space
... orbit. BisonSat, built at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, Montana, was in the secondary payload on board the Atlas V rocket launched in California on Thursday morning. Part of the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office’s Government Rideshare Advanced...
