SPACE TRAVEL - SKY NIGHTLY

Jacob Bleacher Gives Free RATS Talk at Library of Congress

Feb 09, 2012 (SPX)

The Black Point Lava Flow in northern Arizona offers a research haven for NASA's Desert Research and Technology Studies (RATS) team of scientists and engineers,...

Sierra Nevada Delivers Flight Test Vehicle Structure

Feb 09, 2012 (SPX)

One of NASA's industry partners, Sierra Nevada(SNC), recently delivered the primary structure of its first Dream Chaser flight test vehicle to the company's fac...

NASA Calls for New Commercial Crew Proposals

Feb 09, 2012 (SPX)

As part of NASA's ongoing efforts to foster development of a U.S. commercial crew space transportation capability to and from low Earth orbit and the Internatio...

NASA PIT Crews Essential to Commercial Space Endeavor

Feb 09, 2012 (SPX)

Just as every race car driver has a pit crew to keep them on track on the way to a victory quickly and safely, the seven aerospace companies that have teamed up...

US spacecraft enters giant asteroid's orbit

Jul 17, 2011 (AFP)

The US spacecraft Dawn has entered the orbit of Vesta, one of the largest asteroids in the solar system, the US space agency announced early Sunday. Dawn is exp...