Atlas V Starliner CFT: Processing and Stacking

United Launch Alliance is a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin.*Boeing (BA),Lockheed Martin (LMT) The Starliner Crew Flight Test will launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station no sooner than 6 May 2024.

ULA Vulcan rocket to launch moon lander on inaugural flight - mission simulation

Revised: will be the first flight by the Vulcan Centaur rocket by United Launch Alliance,a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin.*Boeing (BA),Lockheed Martin (LMT).The launch is scheduled for no earlier than 8 January 2024.Astrobotic Technology Inc is a privately held Pittsburgh company that produces autonomous robots,robotic spacecraft,space systems,space payloads and telerobotics.

About the Dream Chaser Spaceplane

Sierra Space has completed its first Dream Chaser Spaceplane named Tenacity,introducing it on 2 November 2023.It is to autnomously resupply the ISS pending testing by NASA.This mini-shuttle will be launched to the ISS on the new United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket.The company,a subsidiary of the privately held Sierra Nevada Corporation,is also working on a crewed version of the spaceplane.At the conclusion of its cargo missions,the Dream Chaser will land at the Space Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center.*ULA is a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin.*Boeing (BA),Lockheed Martin (LMT)

NASA Readies Superstack for Upcoming JPSS-2 Launch

NASA Readies Superstack for Upcoming JPSS-2 Launch: Two very different payloads flying on one rocket are ready for their ride to space.They are a weather/climate observation satellite and an inflatable heat shield for crewed missions to Mars.

Bulletin:Parker Solar Probe Launch Postponed

The launch of NASA's Parker Solar Probe,a spacecraft which will make history as the first to penetrate the Sun's atmosphere,has been delayed until 11 August 2018 at 3:48 AM EDT.During final inspection,a small strip of foam was discovered beneath the payload fairing,resulting in a pause for further study.The satellite was originally to lift off on 6 August 2018.
The payload fairing is a cone consisting of two conjoined panels that protect a spacecraft from the rigors of launch.It is jettisoned once the Earth's atmosphere has been cleared.
The PSP will be launched on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,Florida.

NASA and Partners Gear Up for 2018 Commercial Crew Milestones

Among other things,2018 is the year of commercial crew firsts.NASA's Commercial Crew Program will come into its own as major steps are taken in crewed spaceflight to the ISS on spacecraft built by NASA contractors Boeing and SpaceX.Boeing and SpaceX hold NASA contracts worth 6-8 billion dollars for two spaceflights each and 2-6 operational missions for ISS flight crew services.*
SpaceX will use its new Block 5 Falcon 9 to launch astronauts to the ISS for NASA;while Boeing will use United Launch Alliance's Atlas V for that mission,both of them beginning in 2018.The launch schedule is as follows:
Boeing Orbital Flight Test (uncrewed) - August 2018
Boeing Crew Flight Test (crewed) - November 2018
SpaceX Demonstration Mission (uncrewed) - August 2018
SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2 (crewed) - December 2018
SpaceX will launch from Kennedy Space Center;and Boeing will launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.*
By providing for the expansion of the ISS crew to its full complement of seven astronauts,the CCP will increase the amount of research that can be done,including that which applies to deep space exploration.
The ISS is currently funded through 2024.*
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Impressive Cygnus Launch Reassures Orbital ATK and NASA

More than a year since the failed launch attempt of its Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft,Orbital ATK and NASA could relax yesterday with the flawless ULA Atlas V launch of an enlarged version of Cygnus,which unfurled its new solar panels and was pointed in the right direction to reach the ISS 250 miles above Earth.On 28 October 2014,the Antares rocket had exploded in a spectacular fireball,incinerating the company's spacecraft and the NASA cargo it was to carry to the ISS.Since then,Orbital has ascertained that it was probably the Antares' AJ-26 refurbished Russian engine that was responsible for the explosion in the form of a faulty turbopump;it is working to select and test a replacement for the AJ-26,while at the same time moving to United Launch Alliance,a Lockheed Martin-Boeing joint venture,for the rockets it needs to meet its eight-mission NASA contract obligations.Yesterday's successful Atlas V launch of the Cygnus SS Deke Slayton II,named for the NASA Mercury program astronaut and director of flight operations who died in 1993,was its fourth ISS resupply mission,the midpoint of the contract.It also marked the return of ISS resupply launches to US soil and Orbital's first launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,Florida.Besides launching from Cape Canaveral,Orbital is now utilising Kennedy Space Center's spacecraft processing facilities and services for the ISS missions.
Cygnus,which contains the Thales Alenia Space Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM),is scheduled to dock with the ISS on Wednesday,when US astronauts Scott Kelly,currently on a one-year mission with Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko,and Kjell Lindgren grab the spacecraft with the Canadarm2 robotic arm and attach it to the earth-facing ISS Unity Module.It will be docked for two months while the astronauts unload the Cygnus of such cargo as the SAFER jetpack,which is a self-contained maneouvering unit mainly for emergency use during spacewalks,as well as such items as science experiments,gases for breathing and a microsatellite launcher with the first ever microsatellite.*
Orbital ATK is a leading aerospace and defence technologies company with over 12,000 employees in 20 US states and several international locations.Its products range from small caliber ammunition all the way up to commercial aerostructures,commercial and government satellites,rockets,missile propulsion systems and advanced space systems for human exploration.*
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