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...
13 August 2021
Stuck valves keep Starliner grounded, August flight now unlikely
.... Starliner was supposed to embark on its Orbital Flight Test-2 mission at the end of July, but the flight...’s propulsion system did not open as expected during pre-flight testing. Although “multiple launch opportunities” are being assessed for OFT-2,...
07 June 2016
A green light for the LISA Pathfinder mission
... full science performance. We made the acceleration of test-masses due to disturbances much smaller than that expected...a large gravitational wave antenna down to something which allows us test the technology. We are showing that we know how to build...
08 May 2017
"Secret" space plane lands after 2 years in orbit
...37B, however according to the U.S militaries X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) Fact Sheet, the OTV “is an experimental test program to demonstrate technologies for a reliable, reusable, unmanned space test platform for the U.S. Air Force.” It further...
29 June 2018
All things asteroid: Who, What, Where and When
... Greek goddess of marriage, Hera will work in tandem with a NASA mission called the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) project. DART’s primary objective is to demonstrate the effect a kinetic impact would have on a small asteroid. To achieve...
29 November 2019
Hera mission is approved as ESA receives biggest ever budget
... smaller of the two bodies, a 160 metre moon informally called ‘Didymoon’, as part of its Double Asteroid Redirect Test (DART) mission. The impact is expected to perturb Didymoon’s orbit around the main body and when that...
