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Space Launch System photo mobile launcher visits pad 39B

SLS updates: tower crawl, engine burn and flight test

Posted by Jason Davis on 2011/11/21 02:22 CST | 1 comments

A few updates on the Space Launch System, NASA's next-generation deep exploration vehicle.

Falcon 9 artist's concept second stage recovery

Decoding SpaceX's re-usable spacecraft concept

Posted by Jason Davis on 2011/10/07 10:45 CDT

Breaking down the futuristic technologies for SpaceX's reusable Grasshopper spacecraft, as shown in a recent promotional video.

Russia's Venera-D mission (DPS-EPSC 2011)

Posted by Ted Stryk on 2011/10/05 10:29 CDT

During the afternoon poster session at the Division of Planetary Sciences / European Planetary Science Congress meeting, I had a long talk with Ludmila Zasova (IKI) about Russia's Venera-D mission to Venus.

Brief notes from Day 2 of the DPS-EPSC meeting

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/10/04 11:18 CDT

Brief notes from Day 2 of the DPS-EPSC meeting

PAMELA finds some antimatter

Posted by Jason Davis on 2011/08/19 11:58 CDT

A team of international scientists has discovered an antiproton belt around the Earth, using data obtained from PAMELA, a particle identification instrument aboard a Russian Earth observation satellite.

Future tech orbital propellant depot concept

What's up in human spaceflight: the gas station edition

Posted by Jason Davis on 2011/08/15 11:58 CDT

An update on human spaceflight, including orbital propellant depots, suborbital test flights and an Orion crew capsule test aboard a Delta IV Heavy.

Europa on the ropes

Posted by James Wray on 2011/06/11 01:10 CDT

For now, Mars continues to eclipse Jupiter's moon Europa (shown here to scale) in NASA's flagship mission plans, but not in its appeal to many planetary scientists.

Just Released: The Planetary Science Decadal Survey for 2013-2022

Posted by Charlene Anderson on 2011/03/07 04:41 CST

The embargo has just been lifted on the National Research Council's "Visions and Voyages for Planetary Science in the Decade 2013 -- 2022 (PDF)," which sets out priorities for which planetary missions should be undertaken in next ten years.