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May 17, 2013

NASA Probe Counts Space Rock Impacts On Mars

MRO Has Identified 248 New Impact Sites Over The Past Decade

Scientists using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at least 12.8 feet across. Researchers have identified 248 new impact sites on parts of the Martian surface in the past decade, using images from the spacecraft to determine when the craters appeared.

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The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS-D) completed its first ever carrier-based catapult launch from USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) off the coast of Virginia Tuesday. The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) has announced plans to establish the CAF National Airbase at a major metropolitan area and its intent to launch a nationwide search immediately. ISS Commander Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian to command the station has performed a rendition of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" while aboard the orbiting outpost. Released Monday, May 13, the video quickly went viral with several million hi

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Dream Chaser Testing Begins At NASA Dryden, Langley

Commercial Crew Partner Sierra Nevada Corporation's Vehicle Testing Program Outlined

Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Space Systems Dream Chaser flight vehicle arrived at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, CA, Wednesday to begin tests of its flight and runway landing systems. The tests are part of pre-negotiated, paid-for-performance milestones with NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP), which is facilitating U.S.-led companies' development of spacecraft and rockets that can launch from American soil.

United Launch Alliance Launches 70th Successful Mission In 77 Months

The fourth Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-4 satellite for the U.S. Air Force was boosted into orbit at 1738 EDT Wednesday from Space Launch Complex-41 by a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket.