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February 24, 2009

NASA's Carbon Observatory Fails To Reach Orbit

Fairing Did Not Separate As Intended

NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite failed to reach orbit after its 1:55 am PST liftoff Tuesday morning from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base.

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Cooked! SpaceX Manufactured Heat Shield Material Pass High Temp Tests

Company Becomes Only The Second Commercial Source For The Record Holding NASA-Developed Material

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has overcome a significant technical milestone in the development of its Dragon spacecraft with the successful arc jet testing of PICA-X high performance heat shield material.

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