Rocket University is designed to develop, refine and maintain flight engineering skills As NASA plans for future spaceflight programs to low-Earth orbit and beyond, teams of engineers at the... Read more
Virgin could enable up to 600 experimental payloads per flight Although Virgin Galactic is generally known as a space tourism company, it sees research experiments as a future mission segmen... Read more
The first SLS unmanned developmental flight is targeted for the end of 2017 With the curtain coming down on the Space Shuttle Program, NASA has set its sights on the future with the announce... Read more
Despite its incredibly low density, aerogel is one of the most powerful materials on the planet. It can support thousands of times its own weight, block out intense heat, cold and sound – ye... Read more
Unmanned commercial spacecraft will soon begin making trips to the International Space Station Despite the grounding of NASA’s storied space shuttle fleet, American spaceships are expe... Read more