NASA is returning to the moon to build a sustainable long term human presence. The Constellation Program is building the Ares rockets and Orion crew capsule.
NASA is returning to the moon to build a sustainable long term human presence. The Constellation Program is building the Ares rockets and Orion crew capsule.
A pair of missions will map the lunar surface and search for water at the south pole.
The Final Environmental Assessment for Building 103 at the Michoud Assembly Facility has been prepared.
When Ares I-X blasts off, the smoke and fire will trigger a data-gathering frenzy that's key to man's return to the moon and travel beyond.
NASA released a newly restored 42-year-old image of Earth on Thursday. The Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft took the iconic photograph of Earth rising above the lunar surface in 1966.
When Ares I-X blasts off, the smoke and fire will trigger a data-gathering frenzy that's key to man's return to the moon and travel beyond.
NASA and ATK have successfully tested a launch abort motor for the Orion crew exploration vehicle.
11.26.08 - Video updates reporting progress made on NASA's newest family of exploration vehicles -- the Ares I crew launch vehicle and Ares V heavy cargo launch vehicle -- are now featured on iTunes.
11.25.08 - NASA has released a draft request for proposals, or RFP, regarding Phase I of its Ares V launch vehicle.
11.24.08 - NASA has selected Science Applications International Corporation of Houston to provide project management support services at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
03.3108 - The briefing will be at 1:15 p.m. MDT on April 8 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
02.27.08 - How do you survive where there's no water or wind and sometimes no sunlight for weeks? The answer could be a fuel cell that works in reverse.
11.24.08