SLS Rocket Test: An afternoon with the world’s most powerful rocket booster Space vets cautioned ahead that Tuesday’s ear shattering ground test of the solid rocket motor developed for NASA’s Space Launch System exploration rocket would rattle fillings and cause loose clothing to wave in the wind. The warnings were true as the Orbital ATK… [Continue Reading]
Long Duration Spaceflight: Williams to become NASA’s longest-duration space flier NASA’s Jeff Williams, the current International Space Station commander, is in line on Aug. 24 to break the U.S. record of 520 days for time accumulated in space over a career that includes four spaceflights. The current record was established Mar. 1, 2016, as Scott Kelly… [Continue Reading]
Space Policy Platform: Coalition for Deep Space Exploration recommends space priorities for next president The space industry led CDSE urges a bi-partisan backed strategy by the new administration and Congress in keeping with the 2010 NASA Authorization Act for the preservation of U.S. space leadership. Those principles would improve commercial access to space, while backing key… [Continue Reading]
TITUSVILLE – Blue Origin helps Florida get honor “Area Development,” the leading publication focused on site selection and facility planning, recently awarded Florida its 2016 Silver Shovel Award in recognition of projects undertaken in 2015. One of the 2015 projects mentioned as key to the award was the Blue Origin space project at Kennedy Space… [Continue Reading]
Commercial Crew Progress: Suni Williams details Commercial Crew Program progress during visit to NASA’s Plum Brook Station Suni Williams, a veteran NASA astronaut and one of four “test astronauts” assigned to NASA’s commercial crew program visits the agency’s Plum Brook Station near the Glenn Research Center. Commercial Crew is focused on nurturing two private sector… [Continue Reading]
Orion Testing at NASA Langley: Orion test capsule gets another splash-test at NASA Langley NASA’s Orion crew exploration capsule, under development at Lockheed Martin, is undergoing water impact testing at NASA’s Langley Research Center. The latest round included male and female crash dummies equipped with sensors and strapped in the capsule as it slammed into… [Continue Reading]
3-D Printing: NASA picks Firmamentum to build a 3-D printer/recycler that works in space Firmamentum, a subsidiary of Tethers Unlimited, of Bothell, Wash., has been selected by NASA for a future 3-D printing demonstration aboard the International Space Station. The company’s Refabricator will demonstrate whether it can recycle plastics in space before their polymer content… [Continue Reading]
OneWeb to build satellites at Exploration Park; Stinger Fiberglass adds to area’s manufacturing diversity; and Site clearing commences on Blue Origin’s new manufacturing facility. [gview file=”https://titusville.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Business-Review-Newsletter-NBEDZ-June-2016.pdf”]
Brevard County becomes home to the next generation of on-shore submarine missile testing Brevard County, FL (June 16, 2016) – Today, the Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast (EDC) joined Space Florida, federal and military dignitaries, and elected officials for a first look at the state-of-the-art Strategic Weapons System Ashore (SWS Ashore) facility at… [Continue Reading]
Asteroid Redirect Mission: Op-Ed | Saving NASA’s ARM and the Journey to Mars House appropriators have misjudged the significance of NASA’s Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), according to Louis Friedman, executive director emeritus and co-founder of the Planetary Society. ARM is an important precursor to the goal of reaching Mars with human explorers, he writes. (See… [Continue Reading]