...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 ...
... 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 ...
...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...
..., 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,...
... 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...
... 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...