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Virgin Galactic's New SpaceshipTwo Nearing Completion as Return to Flight Tests Push to 2016

Virgin Galactic’s New SpaceshipTwo Nearing Completion as Return to Flight Tests Push to 2016

Virgin Galactic’s CEO, George Whitesides, in front of the second SpaceShipTwo as he congratulates the team in Mojave after completing another important milestone in the process of assembling and integrating the second SpaceShipTwo – Weight on Wheels. Photo Credit: Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic’s second SpaceShipTwo, a reusable suborbital “spaceplane” for flying tourists and other paying…

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#George Whitesides #International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS)#Mike Killian #Mojave #New Mexico #Sir Richard Branson #Spaceship Two #The Spaceship Company #Virgin Galactic #VSS Enterprise

Next Qualification Booster for NASA's SLS Rocket Taking Shape for Spring 2016 QM-2 Test Fire

Next Qualification Booster for NASA’s SLS Rocket Taking Shape for Spring 2016 QM-2 Test Fire

An Orbital ATK five-segment solid rocket booster igniting on the test stand in Promontory, Utah on March 11, 2015, unleashing 3.6 million pounds of thrust within a second for the Qualification Motor-1 (QM-1) test fire for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). A second booster is currently in development for a final test fire, QM-2 in spring 2016, before heading to Kennedy Space Center for integration…

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#Journey to Mars #Mars Rocket #Marshall Space Flight Center #Mike Killian #NASA #Orbital ATK #Promontory #QM-2 #QM-2 Test Fire #Qualification Motor-2 #Solid Rocket Booster (SRB)#Space Launch System (SLS)#Utah

NASA and Aerojet Fire Up Stennis with Full Duration SLS Engine Test Fire #3

The RS-25 engine fires up at the beginning of a 500-second test June 11 at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Four RS-25 engines will power the core stage of NASA’s new rocket, the Space Launch System. Credits: NASA/Stennis NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne fired up their RS-25 development engine for the second time in as many weeks today, sending a thunderous roar across…

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#A-1 Test Stand #Aerojet Rocketdyne #Journey to Mars #Mike Killian #Mississippi #NASA #RS-25 Engine #SLS Development Engine Test Fire #Space Launch System (SLS)#Stennis Space Center

Jack King, NASA's "Voice of Apollo", Passes Away at Age 84

Jack King, NASA’s “Voice of Apollo”, Passes Away at Age 84

Jack King, the first chief of Public Information for NASA’s Launch Operations Center at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, briefs the news media on the May 2, 1961 postponement of the launch of Mercury Redstone-3 due to unfavorable weather. Three days later, astronaut Alan Shepard made history as the first American in space. Credits: The “Voice of Apollo”, Jack King passed away at age 84 due to…

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#Alan Walters #Gemini #Jack King #Mercury #Mike Killian #Moon #NASA #obituary #Passed Away #Saturn V #space shuttle program #Voice of Apollo

SLS Main Engine Test Fire Round Two Ignites with 450-Second Burn at Stennis Space Center

A billowing plume of steam signals a successful 450-second test of the RS-25 rocket engine for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) on May 28 at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Photo Credit: NASA NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is quickly manifesting into reality. Its solid rocket booster was test fired just a couple months ago, NASA’s Pegasus transport barge is…

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Orbital ATK and NASA Release Initial Findings from SLS Booster QM-1 Test Fire

Orbital ATK’s SLS solid rocket booster Qualification Motor-1 (QM-1) test fire March 11, 2015 at the company’s test stand in Promontory, Utah. Photo Credit: Mike Killian / AmericaSpace

The solid rocket booster that will propel NASA’s skyscraper-size Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and its Orion spacecraft on deep space missions in the coming years took a huge step forward in its development on…

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#Charlie Precourt #data #Initial Findings #Mike Killian #NASA #Orbital ATK #Promontory #QM-1 #Qualification Motor 1 #SLS Booster Test Fire #Space Launch System (SLS)#Utah

Picture Perfect Booster QM-1 Test Fire Marks Big Milestone for NASA SLS Development

An Orbital ATK five-segment solid rocket booster igniting on the test stand in Promontory, Utah on March 11, 2015, unleashing 3.6 million pounds of thrust within a second for the Qualification Motor-1 (QM-1) test fire for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). Photo Credit: Mike Killian / AmericaSpace

The solid rocket booster that will propel NASA’s skyscraper-size Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and…

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#Five Segment Solid Rocket Motor #Human Space Flight #John Studwell #Mike Killian #NASA #Orbital ATK #photography #Promontory #QM-1 #Qualification Motor 1 #Solid Rocket Booster #Space Launch System (SLS)#SRB #Utah

Solid Rocket Booster for NASA's Space Launch System Ready for Wednesday Test Fire in Utah

Solid Rocket Booster for NASA’s Space Launch System Ready for Wednesday Test Fire in Utah

Orbital ATK five-segment solid rocket booster on the test stand in Promontory, Utah. Photo Credit: Orbital ATK

When NASA’s heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) rocket launches the agency’s Orion deep space crew capsule for the first time in late 2018, it will mark the beginning of a new chapter in America’s human spaceflight efforts, aiming for destinations beyond low-Earth orbit (LEO) for the…

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