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Video: Asteroid sampler craft delivered to launch site
NASA's OSIRIS-REx, the spacecraft that will grab a piece of Asteroid Bennu and return it to Earth, shipped to Kennedy Space Center from the Lockheed Martin production facilities in Denver on May 20 aboard an Air Force C-17.
VideoNASA probe that will make round trip to asteroid and back sent to launch base
Equipped with a robot arm, sample collector and return capsule, NASA's asteroid-bound OSIRIS-REx probe emerged from its pristine factory and flew to the launch site in Florida on Friday.
First astronaut flight on Boeing capsule slips to 2018
The first piloted test flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner commercial crew capsule has been delayed to early 2018 as designers wrestle with the mass of the spacecraft, aerodynamic loads the vehicle will see during launch, and new software requirements levied by NASA, company officials said.
Q&A with John Elbon, VP and general manager of Boeing’s space exploration division
Boeing's work on the International Space Station, the CST-100 Starliner commercial crew capsule and NASA's heavy-lift Space Launch System are under the umbrella of John Elbon, who leads the company's space exploration division in Houston.
New lineup spelled out for upcoming Atlas 5 rocket launches from the Cape
The revised Atlas 5 rocket firing order includes two national security missions this summer before launching NASA's daring asteroid sampler mission in September as originally planned.
Mixture ratio valve the culprit in Atlas 5 anomaly, next launch this summer
With the performance hit on the Atlas 5 rocket's most recent flight last month now isolated to a faulty valve, preparations to resume the manifest are underway as United Launch Alliance workers stack the next booster for blastoff this summer.
Environmental testing underway for JPSS 1 launching in January
The next American polar-orbiting weather satellite that will feed long-range forecasts and track environmental trends has slipped into space-like testing ahead of launch.
Door now open to launch educational hitchhikers on Atlas 5 rockets for free
United Launch Alliance has begun accepting applications from colleges and universities across the U.S. to compete for free cubesat launch slots aboard upcoming Atlas 5 rockets.
Delta 4-Heavy passes countdown rehearsal for upcoming NRO launch
Successfully put through its countdown paces in a critical pre-flight test Thursday, America's largest rocket currently in service moved closer to a June launch for the U.S. intelligence community.
Swiss company to build Vulcan fairings, composite structures
United Launch Alliance plans to introduce a new payload fairing design on the next-generation Vulcan rocket, which will fly with composite parts made by Switzerland-based Ruag Space, the company's chief executive said Wednesday.