NASA
Launch Date and Milestones for Spacex Flight Announced
NASA has announced the launch target for Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) second Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration flight will be Feb. 7, 2012 ...
NASA's MSL is 'Locked and Loaded' for launch
Following Wednesday morning's Launch Readiness Review, NASA and contractor managers gave the launch team the go-ahead to continue working towards lift-off of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) on Saturday, Nov. 26. No significant launch vehicle or spacecraft issues are being worked on the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket or the MSL spacecraft, which includes the rover Curiosity. ...
NASA's super-black nanotube coating
NASA engineers have made a development that promises to open new frontiers in space technology, by producing a new material that absorbs on average more than 99 percent of the ultraviolet, visible, infrared, and far-infrared light that hits it. ...
Russians were called to save the European Mars rover
The European Space Agency (ESA) has issued a formal invitation to Russia to join the NASA-ESA Mars exploration program to save the project. ...