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Another major shipment of hardware and systems for the Spaceport’s new Soyuz launch site is now in French Guiana as preparations continue for the medium-lift vehicle’s maiden flight, scheduled for late this year.
Read MoreTalk about a major target for lightning, NASA has become proactive and so — on Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a crane completes construction of one of the towers in the new lightning protection system for the Constellation Program.
Read MoreSpace Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) kept their promise and fulfilled their commitment to deliver first stage flight tank at SpaceX’s newest launch site, Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), in Cape Canaveral, Florida by year-end in preparation for their 2009 Maiden Flight.
Read MoreEngineers are preparing to pack NASA's Kepler spacecraft into a container and ship it off to its launch site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
Read MoreIn case you're keeping track, space shuttle Endeavour is in the process of moving slowly from Launch Pad 39B to Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida, as preparations for the STS-126 mission move forward.
Read MoreThe California Space Authority (CSA) offers its congratulations to Vandenberg Air Force Base (Vandenberg AFB) on its fiftieth anniversary.
Read MoreFor the first time since July 2001, two shuttles are on the launch pads at the same time at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Space shuttle Endeavour completed a 4.2-mile journey to Launch Pad 39B on Friday, September 19, at 5:59 a.m. CDT.
Read MoreSpace Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has been granted an Operational License by the U.S. Air Force for the use of Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on the Florida coast. Receipt of the license, in conjunction with the approved Site Plan, paves the way for SpaceX to initiate Falcon 9 launch operations later this year.
Read MoreNASA rolled the orbiter Atlantis from its processing hangar into the Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building after getting a break from Tropical Storm Fay to move the spaceship from one building to another. The quarter-mile move set the stage for the huge event in just about seven days. The excitement mounts as NASA preps for the Hubble service mission.
Read MoreAn Alliant Techsystems suborbital rocket carrying two NASA hypersonic experiments was destroyed shortly after liftoff from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Friday, August 22nd. No injuries or property damage were immediately reported. The exact launch time was 5:10 a.m. EDT. The anomaly that caused the failure occurred approximately 27 seconds into flight and is not known.
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