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  • Artist's conception of ULA's Atlas V rocket

    ULA Completes Two Commercial Crew Milestones

    02.02.12 - One of NASA's industry partners, United Launch Alliance (ULA), completed two milestones that could lead toward the certification of its Atlas V launch vehicle for human spaceflight.

  • SuperDraco engine test fire

    SpaceX Test Fires Engine Prototype

    02.01.12 - One of NASA's industry partners, SpaceX, test fired its SuperDraco engine prototype for the collaborative mission of advancing commercial space transportation capabilities.

  • An Apollo capsule is pulled into the sky during abort test.

    Launch Aborts Challenge Rocket Engineers

    01.30.12 - Designing an escape system for the next generation of rockets is a fresh challenge for NASA engineers.

  • Artist's conception of ATK's Liberty launch vehicle

    NASA's Commercial Crew Partner ATK Meets 3rd Milestone

    01.20.12 - One of NASA's industry partners, ATK, met its third milestone toward advancing commercial space transportation capabilities.

  • NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver meets Blue Origin Founder Jeff Bezos and other Blue Origin team members. Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

    Year In Review: Space Launch System, Commercial Space

    12.29.11 - In 2011, NASA began developing a rocket for deep space exploration, helped foster commercial spaceflight, utilized a newly complete space station and more.

  • Commercial Crew Program team meeting

    NASA's Commercial Crew Program Refines its Course

    12.21.11 - NASA's Commercial Crew Program will move ahead using Space Act Agreements (SAAs) instead of contracts to advance commercial space transportation designs.

  • SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is one system being considered for NASA's Commercial Crew Program

    Companies Making Strides Toward Space

    12.02.11 - Seven aerospace companies are moving forward with space transportation system designs under the Commercial Crew Program's Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) activities.

  • Starfighter jet.

    Starfighters Tested at Kennedy

    10.27.11 - Plans to launch small satellites into orbit from the wings of a supersonic jet are put to the test.

  • Orbiter Processing Facility-3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Credit: NASA

    Boeing to Build Commercial Spacecraft at Kennedy

    10.31.11 - In an innovative agreement that will create new jobs, NASA today announced a partnership with Space Florida to occupy, use and modify facilities at Kennedy Space Center.

  • CCP logo

    CCP and Excalibur Sign Space Act Agreement

    10.26.11 - Agreement part of the Commercial Crew Development Round 2 activities.

  • Workers unload the Cygnus payload from a cargo plane at Wallops

    Step in Space Station Commercial Re-Supply Accomplished

    08.25.11 - The cargo module for Orbital's Cygnus spacecraft, which will carry supplies to the station, arrived at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Aug. 23.

  • Juno Mission to Jupiter (2010 Artist's Concept)

    What's Next For NASA?

    01.25.13 - NASA has a robust program of exploration, technology development and scientific research that will last for years to come.

  • They're Trying to Make a Dream Come True

    06.23.11 - Sierra Nevada Space Systems officials traveled to Hampton, Va., to honor the engineers who created and tested the muse for their Dream Chaser crew vehicle concept -- the HL-20.

  • Commercial Crew Development

    NASA Awards Second Round of Development Contracts

    04.20.11 - Four commercial companies will continue development of commercial rockets and spacecraft capable of safely flying astronauts into orbit and to the ISS.

  • HIF ribbon-cutting at Wallops Flight Facility

    A New Era of Space Exploration at Wallops

    03.22.11 - NASA ushered in a new era of exploration at Wallops with a ceremony opening the new Horizontal Integration Facility.

  • Orbital successfully tested the Aerojet AJ26 engines at NASA's south Mississippi test facility on March 19.

    Commercial Rocket Engine Testing Continues

    03.19.11 - NASA's Stennis Space Center is testing Aerojet’s AJ26 engines for commercial cargo flights to the International Space Station.

  • Stennis Space Center employees monitor the lifting of the first Aerojet AJ26 flight engine at the E-1 Test Stand onsite. Credit: NASA

    NASA Testing of Commercial Engine Flies High

    01.28.11 - You see a lot of smiles around the E-1 Test Stand at John C. Stennis Space Center these days.

  • AJ26 engine test at Stennis Space Center on Dec. 17, 2010. Credit: NASA

    NASA Moves Forward in Commercial Rocket Engine Testing

    12.17.10 - How long is a minute? It is longer than you think when it is filled with fire, steam and noise -- lots of noise.

  • The Falcon 9/Dragon lifts off

    SpaceX Launches Success with Falcon 9/Dragon Flight

    12.09.10 - SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket and a Dragon capsule on a landmark mission to low Earth orbit and back.

  • AJ26 engine test at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi

    Commercial Space Vehicle's New Rocket Engine Test Fired

    11.10.10 - A successful test firing was conducted of the liquid-fuel AJ26 engine that will power the first stage of the Taurus II space launch vehicle.

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