Human Space Exploration Update (July 10-28, 2017) Orion Space Suit: Orion spacesuits put to a vacuum test at NASA At NASA’s Johnson Space Center, engineers test an advanced version of the agency’s space shuttle space suit for use by astronauts assigned to flights aboard the Orion crew exploration capsule. Engineers shared photos as the suits were… [Continue Reading]
Human Space Exploration Update (July 10-28, 2017) Space Council: Space groups hailing appointment of Scott Pace as National Space Council executive Exploration advocates back the Trump Administration’s choice of Scott Pace to lead the recently re-established White House National Space Council. The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration and Commercial Spaceflight Federation are among those applauding the choice…. [Continue Reading]
Human Space Exploration Update (June 26 – July 7, 2017) Deep Space Gateway: ASAP on board with NASA’s DSG as stepping stone to Mars NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel has expressed support for the agency’s Deep Space Gateway, a lunar orbiting, human tended space station planned for the 2020s. The gateway would help to prepare astronauts… [Continue Reading]
Human Space Exploration Update (June 26 – July 7, 2017) Commercial Crew Progress: Commercial Crew providers making “significant progress” toward first flights NASA’s Commercial Crew Program partners, Boeing and the CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX and the Crewed Dragon, are progressing toward unpiloted test flights in late 2017 and 2018. Updates on the Commercial Crew program development efforts… [Continue Reading]
Human Space Exploration Update (June 26 – July 7, 2017) Orion EM-1 Vehicle Progress: Orion deep in processing for EM-1, planning for following missions As Vice President Mike Pence visited the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), one of the welcoming party, the Orion crew module, is fast taking shape ahead of its Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) flight. With… [Continue Reading]
Human Space Exploration Update (July 10-28, 2017) Tour ISS: Tour the International Space Station with Google Street View Google Street View has expanded its visual services from Earth to the International Space Station. European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured Street View imagery to share what it looks like from the inside, and what it’s like to… [Continue Reading]
Human Space Exploration Update (July 10-28, 2017) SAC Markup: Proposed budget gives KSC a boost toward Mars The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved $19.5 billion in spending for NASA in 2018, a measure that includes $640 million in upgrades to launch facilities at the Kennedy Space Center involved in launches of the Space Launch System and… [Continue Reading]
Human Space Exploration Update (June 26 – July 7, 2017) Visits NASA KSC: Pence: ‘We will put American boots on the face of Mars’ Vice President Mike Pence’s pledge to put American boots on Mars as part of a new era of space exploration fired up workers during a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. “Here from this bridge to space, our nation will… [Continue Reading]
Health Care Benefits: 5 health care developments that were born in space Among the dividends from U.S. human space exploration are advances in health care, including robotic surgery and countermeasures for asthma and osteoporosis. Asteroid Mission: NASA closing out Asteroid Redirect Mission NASA is closing out the once planned Asteroid Redirect Mission in compliance with… [Continue Reading]
Antares Resupply Missions: Antares to resume Cygnus launches later this summer Orbital ATK has announced it plans to resume use of the company’s Antares launch vehicle as well as the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Island, Va., launch complex for future re-supply missions to the International Space Station. Citizens for Space Exploration – a… [Continue Reading]