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Tag Archives: Space program of the United States

18May/20

NRL conducts first test of solar power satellite hardware in orbit

May 18, 2020SpaceBoeing X-37, Company: Photovoltaic Radio, Company: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Environment, Mojave Air and Space Port, Photovoltaics, Physical sciences, Rocket-powered aircraft, Solar energy, Space program of the United States, Spacecraft, Spaceplanes, Technology/Internet, U.S. Naval Research Laboratorysmbale

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory engineers launched PRAM, the Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module, aboard an Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on May 17 as part of a comprehensive investigation into prospective terrestrial use of solar energy captured in space. Read more

07May/17

Unmanned U.S. Air Force space plane lands after secret, 2-year mission

May 7, 2017Spaceair force, Boeing Co, Boeing X-37, Canaveral, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, GPS satellites, KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Lockheed Martin Corp, Mojave Air and Space Port, NASA, National Register of Historic Places in Brevard County Florida, Politics, Robert D. Cabana, Rocket-powered aircraft, Rocketry, Space program of the United States, Spacecraft, Spaceflight, Spaceplanes, The Boeing, United States, USA-212, USA-240, Wideband Global Satcomsmbale

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (MAY 07, 2017) (DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE) – The U.S. military’s experimental X-37B space plane landed on Sunday (May 7) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing a classified mission that lasted nearly two years, the Air Force said.
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18Dec/16

High-speed internet communications satellite heads into space

December 18, 2016SpaceAtlas, Atlas V, Boeing Co, Canaveral, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41, EchoStar, Lockheed Martin Corp, Missile Row, National Register of Historic Places in Brevard County Florida, Space program of the United States, Spacecraft, Spaceflight, united launch, United Launch Alliance, United States, Unmanned spacecraft, USA-207smbale

Atlas V rocket successfully launches a high-speed internet communications satellite into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

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08Dec/16

Former U.S. astronaut, Senator John Glenn dies in Ohio at 95

December 8, 2016SpaceAmerican Presbyterians, Astronauts, Columbus, Columbus Mississippi, Columbus Ohio, Distinguished Flying Cross, Entertainment/Culture, Glen Powell, Glenn, Jay Leno, John Glenn, John Kasich, Johnny Carson, Kitty Hawk, Les Wexner, Mercury Seven, Mercury-Atlas 6, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ohio, Ohio State University faculty, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Project Mercury, Space program of the United States, Spaceflight, United States, Wexner, Wexner Foundation, Wilbur Wrightsmbale

Former U.S. astronaut and Senator John Glenn dies at age 95 at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, the Columbus Dispatch newspaper reported. Continue reading →

20Nov/16

NASA launches revolutionary weather satellite

November 20, 2016SpaceAtlas, Atlas V, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41, Disaster/Accident, Environment, EXELIS INC, Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-16, Harris Corp., Missile Row, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Satellites, Space program of the United States, Spacecraft, Spaceflight, United Launch Alliance, United States, Weather, Weather satellitesmbale

A satellite that is expected to revolutionize weather forecasting launches from Cape Canaveral on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Continue reading →

03Nov/16

NASA completes critical test of James Webb Space Telescope

November 3, 2016SpaceAstronomy, Charles Bolden, Flagship Program, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Hubble, Hubble Space Telescope, Infrared telescopes, James Webb Space Telescope, John Mather, Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA RealWorld-InWorld Engineering Design Challenge, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Outer space, Space observatories, Space program of the United States, Spacecraft, Spaceflight, Technology/Internet, Telescope, United States, Webbsmbale

Engineers and technicians working on a new generation space telescope, the James Webb Telescope, complete critical tests on how the new instrument will perform in space.

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02Sep/16

Social media reacts to SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploding

September 2, 2016SpaceCape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40, Company: SpaceX, Elon Musk, Falcon, Falcon 9, Hawthorne California, Hyperloop, Launch escape system, Merlin, National Register of Historic Places in Brevard County Florida, Outer space, Space program of the United States, Spaceflight, SpaceX, SpaceX launch vehicles, SpaceX reusable launch system development program, United Statessmbale

An explosion destroyed a rocket belonging to Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The company said there were no injuries, but that an “anomaly” during the static fire test resulted in the loss of the rocket.

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26Jan/16

America remembers Challenger, 30 years on

January 26, 2016SpaceAstronaut, Challenger, Christa McAuliffe, Educator Astronaut Project, KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, McAuliffe, Outer space, Shuttle-C, Solid rocket booster, Space program of the United States, Space Shuttle, Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, Space Shuttle program, Spaceflight, STS-51-L, United Statessmbale

The U.S. is preparing to recognize the 30th anniversary of the Challenger disaster when the space shuttle exploded shortly after liftoff, killing all six astronauts and teacher, Christa McAuliffe who were onboard.
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19Oct/15

NASA launches new website featuring Earth images

October 19, 2015SpaceDeep Space Climate Observatory, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Space program of the United States, Spacecraft, Spaceflight, U.S. Air Forcesmbale

NASA launches new website featuring images of the full, sunlit side of the Earth as it rotates.

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