Delta IV AFSPC-6 Launch Highlights. Launch was yesterday:
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Two hot-fire rocket engine tests.
The Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10 engine:
To be used in the United Launch Alliance Centuar upper stage for the Atlas V rocket which will lift Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner for a mission to the ISS.
The R-25 engine:
To be used to the core stage of the new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.
More:
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/n...-to-mars-with-latest-rs-25-rocket-engine-test
The Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10 engine:
To be used in the United Launch Alliance Centuar upper stage for the Atlas V rocket which will lift Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner for a mission to the ISS.
The R-25 engine:
To be used to the core stage of the new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.
More:
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/n...-to-mars-with-latest-rs-25-rocket-engine-test
This week:
here's something for your collection cosimo,
may get one myself but trying to save money
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/apollo-11-flight-plan-re-issue-books-space#/
may get one myself but trying to save money
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/apollo-11-flight-plan-re-issue-books-space#/
Preview of the next spacewalk which takes place on September 1st.
Kate Rubins and Jeff Williams will work on the port side of the station’s truss system to retract a thermal radiator that is part of the station’s cooling system, tighten struts on a solar array joint, and install the first of several enhanced high-definition television cameras to monitor activities outside the station:
Kate Rubins and Jeff Williams will work on the port side of the station’s truss system to retract a thermal radiator that is part of the station’s cooling system, tighten struts on a solar array joint, and install the first of several enhanced high-definition television cameras to monitor activities outside the station:
The Orion spacecraft underwent a water drop test at the Hydro Impact Basin at NASA's Langley Research Center:
The SpaceX CRS-9 Dragon cargo craft leaves the station after five weeks beginning docked:
Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California at expected around 16:47 BST.
Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California at expected around 16:47 BST.
This week:
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SpaceX CRS-9 Dragon landing in the Pacific yesterday at 17:47 BST:
Animation of the September 1st space walk when Kate Rubins and Jeff Williams will work on the port side of the station’s truss system to retract a thermal radiator that is part of the station’s cooling system, tighten struts on a solar array joint, and install the first of several enhanced high-definition television cameras to monitor activities outside the station:
yay we're finally going to see it and a payload 
seems like a huge risk, when it wouldn't cost much for spacex to launch with a dummy payload. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-spacex-rocket-20160829-snap-story.html
yep, well depends how you clarify it, obviously shuttle was reused, but it was stripped back and rebuilt between every flight and cost huge amounts of money and time.
the difference is SpaceX is aiming for rapid and cheap reuse.
Soldato
How NASA tackled the unique challenge of entry, descent, and landing to successfully land Viking on Mars 40 years ago:
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I bet that was some explosion.