Tag: Boeing
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NASA, Boeing reviewing terabytes of SLS Core Stage data from full-duration Green Run static fire
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) program, Core Stage prime contractor Boeing, and RS-25 prime contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne have completed the biggest test in the 10-year old program, firing the Artemis 1 flight stage for 500 seconds in the B-2 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center on March 18. The test was the highest hurdle for…
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ISS shuffles docking ports ahead of busy schedule
Soyuz MS-17 has relocated to a new docking port in preparation for a spree of upcoming vehicle arrivals at the International Space Station. The relocation ensures that a Russian spacewalk in June can proceed, which will prepare the station for its first major addition in a decade. Soyuz schedule Soyuz MS-17 arrived at the ISS…
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Live coverage: NASA completes eight-minute Space Launch System hot fire test
Live coverage of the Green Run Hot Fire test of NASA’s Space Launch System core stage at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Editor’s Note: NASA TV’s live video coverage of the SLS hot fire test begins around 30 minutes before engine ignition. The two-hour test window…
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NASA’s moon rocket scores an ‘A+‘ on critical engine test
Four RS-25 engines fire at the base of the Space Launch System core stage during Thursday’s test-firing at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now The core of NASA’s first huge Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket designed to carry astronauts back to the moon aced a crucial test-firing Thursday in Mississippi, clearing…
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NASA’s moon rocket set for second test-firing Thursday
The orange core stage of NASA’s first Space Launch System rocket stands in the B-2 test stand at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Credit: NASA/Stennis Two months after a first test-firing ended prematurely, NASA plans to ignite the core stage of the first Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket again Thursday for an eight-minute burn…
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Stacking complete for SLS boosters
The twin solid rocket boosters for the Artemis 1 mission are stacked on the SLS Mobile Launcher inside High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building. Credit: NASA/Isaac Watson The twin 177-foot-tall (54-meter) solid-fueled boosters for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System have been stacked inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy…
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Boeing’s next Starliner test flight delayed after SpaceX crew rotation
The completed Boeing Starliner vehicle for the second Orbital Flight Test (OFT-2) is seen in the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Starliner crew module for the unpiloted Orbital Flight Test-2 mission was mated to its service module Jan. 14 inside the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing…
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Boeing Insitu founders raise cash for Aerovel, which makes drones that take off and land vertically
(Aerovel Photos) An aerospace venture started by the founders of Boeing’s Insitu business unit just raised fresh cash as the company ramps up development of its unmanned aircraft. Aerovel raised $2.4 million, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We’ve reached out to the company for more details about the new funding. Update,…
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Astronauts complete spacewalk to prep for station power system upgrades
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 2 p.m. EST (1900 GMT) after end of spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Two astronauts floated outside the International Space Station Sunday for the first in a series of spacewalks to upgrade the lab’s aging solar power system, assembling a support fixture that eventually will hold a new solar…
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Stuck propulsion valve delays second SLS test-firing
One of the SLS core stage’s four RS-25 engines during a wet dress rehearsal in December. Credit: NASA A troublesome liquid oxygen valve on the Space Launch System’s first flight-rated core stage will keep NASA from performing a second test-firing of the rocket’s four main engines this week. NASA hoped to conduct the second hotfire…