20 October 2021
Humidity likely cause of stuck Starliner valves say Boeing, as OFT-2 postponed until first half of 2022
...been flagged up with the propulsion system during three prior tests, Vollmer added. How was moisture allowed in? Although ...If that flight is successful, "we would look at CFT (crewed flight test) maybe by the end of the year," Vollmer said. "We like ...
22 November 2021
NASA's asteroid impact mission due to launch Wednesday
... first mission to intentionally crash into an asteroid to test whether the impact is enough to shift its orbit;... pass close to our planet, they were chosen as targets to test whether a spacecraft can autonomously navigate to a chosen asteroid, bump ...
04 September 2017
Secret spaceplane set for another launch
...mission will carry “the Air Force Research Laboratory Advanced Structurally Embedded Thermal Spreader (ASETS-II) payload to test experimental electronics and oscillating heat pipe technologies in the long-duration space environment.” This will be the...
30 October 2019
Questions surround US top-secret spaceplane mission
..., the US Airforce announced that its X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 (OTV-5) successfully landed at NASA’s... Sunday, the total number of days spent on-orbit for the entire test vehicle program is 2,865 days. “The safe return of this spacecraft,...
May 2018
Challenging the boundaries of materials science
... Materials International (ASTM) and the European Cooperation for Space Standardisation (ECSS). The most frequently applied test is related to the outgassing under vacuum of non-metallic materials to avoid mass loss and condensation of matter onto...
04 August 2018
First NASA Commercial Crew revealed
... launch from pad 41 at the nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Both have yet to undergo uncrewed test flights before proceeding with astronauts onboard. “To meet NASA’s requirements, the commercial providers must demonstrate that...
