NASA

Americas Space 

NASA Awards SpaceX Launch Services Contract for Asteroid Redirect Test Mission

April 14, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Falcon 9, NASA, NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), SpaceX Technologies, USA

NASA has selected SpaceX in Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the agency’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission,

Read more

Americas Space 

NASA InSight Mission Lands on Mars

November 27, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Interplanetary mission, Mars Cube One (MarCO), NASA, NASA InSight, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), USA

Mars has just received its newest robotic resident. NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander

Read more

Americas Technology 

NASA to Conduct First Flight of its X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) Aircraft in Three Years

November 19, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Experimental aircraft, Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, Lockheed Martin X-59 QueSST, NASA, NASA Low Boom Flight. Demonstration (LBFD) Project, Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST), Supersonic Transport (SST), X-planes

NASA has officially committed to a development timeline that will lead to the first flight of its X-59 Quiet Supersonic

Read more

Americas Civil Aviation Technology 

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works Begins Manufacturing First Part for X-59 QueSST Quiet Supersonic Technology Aircraft

November 16, 2018November 16, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Experimental aircraft, Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, Lockheed Martin X-59 QueSST, NASA, NASA Low Boom Flight. Demonstration (LBFD) Project, Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST), Supersonic Transport (SST), USA

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works began manufacturing the first part for the X-59 QueSST Quiet Supersonic Technology aircraft, marking a milestone

Read more

Americas Space 

Northrop Grumman Set to Launch Pegasus XL Rocket Carrying NASA ICON Satellite

November 7, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Air launch to orbit, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON), Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket, Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, NASA, Northrop Grumman, Pegasus XL (Rocket), Stargazer L-1011, USA

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announced it is prepared to launch the company’s air-launched Pegasus XL rocket aboard its Stargazer

Read more

Americas Naval 

U.S. Navy Amphibious Transport Dock USS John P. Murtha Underway for NASA Orion Mission Testing

November 2, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Amphibious transport dock, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, San Antonio class LPD, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS John P. Murtha (LPD-26)

The U.S. Navy’s San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) is underway to conduct Underway Recovery

Read more

Americas Civil Aviation 

PAE ISR Partners with NASA for 2020 Unmanned Aircraft Demo in U.S. National Airspace System

October 21, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments NASA, National Airspace System (NAS) USA, PAE ISR, PAE ISR Resolute Eagle UAS, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), USA

PAE ISR, LLC, signed a cooperative agreement with NASA to conduct a demonstration in the National Airspace System (NAS) in

Read more

Americas Space 

NASA Completes Orion Parachute Tests for Manned Missions

September 13, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Human spaceflight, Interplanetary mission, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Space Launch System (SLS), U.S. Army, USA, Yuma Proving Ground (YPG)

NASA has completed the final test to qualify Orion’s parachute system for flights with astronauts, checking off an important milestone

Read more

Americas Space 

ULA Delta IV Heavy Rocket Launches NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Spacecraft

August 12, 2018August 12, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Delta IV Heavy, Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket, NASA, Parker Solar Probe, United Launch Alliance (ULA)

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket has launched NASA’s Parker Solar Probe at 3:31 a.m. EDT (0731

Read more

Americas Space 

United Launch Alliance to Launch NASA’s Parker Solar Probe

August 12, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Delta IV Heavy, Launch Vehicle/ Carrier Rocket, NASA, Parker Solar Probe, United Launch Alliance (ULA), USA

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket is in final preparations to launch NASA’s Parker Solar Probe at

Read more