NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Adapter 'Flips' for 2014 Exploration Flight Test

05.22.13 - NASA engineers recently flipped a 1,000-pound adapter to prepare for Exploration Flight Test 1 in 2014 and Space Launch System flight in 2017.

NASA EDGE: Space Launch System

SNC Dream Chaser Testing Begins at NASA's Dryden, Langley

05.15.13 - SNC's Dream Chaser test flight craft arrived at NASA Dryden to begin tests of its flight and runway landing systems while NASA astronauts will be at Langley to fly simulations of a Dream Chaser approach and landing.

Mobile Launcher Readied for SLS

05.15.13 - Upgraded mobile launcher will carry the Space Launch System heavy-lift vehicle to the launch pad.

NASA EDGE: Understanding Auroras with VISIONS

SNC Completes Dream Chaser Safety Review

05.09.13 - Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) Space Systems of Louisville, Colo., completed its first major, comprehensive safety review of its Dream Chaser Space System.

NASA EDGE: Go, No Go for Launch

And So We Begin Again

05.07.13 - The roar of a 5,000 pound rocket engine has returned to the Johnson Space Center.

Orion Undergoes Testing

05.06.13 - The Orion crew module is being put through a series of tests that simulate the loads the spacecraft would experience during its mission.

Final Orion Reaction Control System Pod Arrives

05.03.13 - The last of eight reaction control system pods for NASA’s Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 arrived this week at Kennedy Space Center’s Operations and Checkout Building.

Repairs Begin at Launch Pad 39B

05.03.13 - Repairs to the panels on the surface of Launch Pad 39B and the catacomb roof below is helping pave the way for NASA's newest rocket, the Space Launch System.

NASA's Early-Stage Technologies to Make Futurist Materials

05.06.2013 - LAUNCH is a partnership among NASA, USAID, Department of State, and NIKE that identifies and accelerates innovations that will change the world.

Success Continues as NASA's Orion Parachute Tests Get More Difficult

05.02.13 - A test version of NASA's Orion spacecraft safely landed during a simulation of two types of parachute failures Wednesday.

NASA EDGE: Solar Max-Storm Warning

Preparing for SLS Core Stage Testing

04.29.13 - Before NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) flies to space on its inaugural mission in 2017, it will fly in place at Stennis Space Center.

NASA, NSBRI Select 23 Proposals To Support Crew Health

04.29.13 - NASA and NSBRI have selected 23 research proposals to support crew health and performance in space exploration missions.

NASA Partner Orbital Sciences Test Launches Antares Rocket

04.21.13 - NASA commercial space partner Orbital Sciences Corporation Sunday launched its Antares rocket at 5:00 p.m. EDT from the new Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Hot Fire Tests Steer Space Launch System Engines

04.22.13 - NASA has completed one chapter of next-generation rocket testing on the A-2 test stand at Stennis Space Center.

The SPHERES Have Eyes

04.18.13 - Space Station SPHERES robots don goggles for 3-D data collection and analysis in orbit.

The Long and Storied Path to Human Asteroid Exploration

04.16.13 - This project would be the first to capture a small near-Earth asteroid and safely redirect it.