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Popular Mechanics
March 2007
David Noland |
Mission to the Moon: How We'll Go Back -- and Stay This Time From ensuring a safe launch to getting the vehicle back on the ground, here's an inside look at some of the toughest challenges NASA's engineers are now confronting with the new Orion shuttle.   |
Popular Mechanics
November 16, 2009 |
The Retirement of the Space Shuttle--And What's Next for NASA We look back at coverage of the technology behind the Constellation Program and the development of the International Space station as well as news surrounding the Space Shuttles |
Popular Mechanics
December 12, 2007
Alex Hutchinson |
NASA Will Tinker With Open-Source Rocket for Return to Moon The "brains" of the Ares I rocket that will be built by Boeing, but the specifications will be open-source and non-proprietary, so that other companies can bid on future contracts. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2009
John McHale |
Human Space Flight Gets Increase in 2010 NASA Budget Request NASA human space exploration programs, such as the Constellation program to return to the moon, receive increases in the 2010 NASA budget request, while space shuttle funding dwindles as NASA officials plan to retire the fleet in 2010. |
Popular Mechanics
October 28, 2009
Joe Pappalardo |
Rooting for NASA's Ares I Rockets: Analysis This week, all eyes were on NASA as it conducted the first flight of the Ares I, the first launch vehicle the agency designed since the Space Shuttle. October also witnessed progress in other space launches |
Popular Mechanics
February 2009 |
NASA & Its Discontents: Frustrated Engineers Battle with NASA over the Future of Spaceflight The economic crisis, growing tensions with Russia and political change in Washington are already prompting calls to rewrite the space agency's plan. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2009
Michael Belfiore |
7 International Spacecraft that Could Replace NASA's Shuttle NASA's Orion won't be ready until at least 2015, but the current space shuttle is due to retire next year. Meet the seven international spacecraft from the world's space fleet that could inherit the job of ferrying supplies into space. |
Popular Mechanics
November 18, 2009
Joe Pappalardo |
Hopes Stirring at NASA for Ares Engineering Vindication: Exclusive NASA engineers at Marshall Flight are cautiously optimistic that the fears about the under-construction Ares I rocket's propensity to shake violently have been overstated. |
Popular Mechanics
January 27, 2010
Joe Pappalardo |
What Happens If NASA's Constellation Program Dies? Reporters at the Orlando Sentinel created a stir today by breaking news -- citing anonymous sources -- that President Barack Obama's budget will not include any funds for hardware for NASA's human space flight program. |
Wired
August 2001 |
Verge An electrodynamic tether may have potential as a low-cost means of propelling spacecraft within Earth's orbit... |
Fast Company
December 1, 2007
Charles Fishman |
To The Moon! (In a Minivan) How NASA and Lockheed Martin are building a successor to the Space Shuttle - using off-the-shelf technology and plain old pragmatism. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2009
Courtney E. Howard |
Honeywell Engineers Design COTS Hardware Into Orion Advanced Avionics Ray Crum, technical director of the NASA Orion space program at Honeywell Aerospace, discusses integrating commercial electronics into the Orion spacecraft crew exploration vehicle. |
Popular Mechanics
September 25, 2007
Rand Simberg |
Space Gas Station Would Blast Huge Payloads to the Moon Boeing has unveiled a radical redesign of NASA's plan to return to the lunar surface: save weight by saving gas for an orbital fill-'er-up, then shoot 15 times more material to the moon. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Meet Starliner, Boeing's Space Taxi Boeing has unveiled details of its new commercial space taxi, a small vehicle called Starliner that will ferry passengers to and from the International Space Station starting in 2017. |
Popular Mechanics
October 27, 2009
Joe Pappalardo |
Critics and Proponents Wait Out NASA's Ares 1-X Rocket Delay Severe winds and bad weather delayed NASA's first Ares 1-X rocket test today. The launch, which will culminate in a 6-minute flight to test the new hardware, will pick up again tomorrow at 8 am. |
Popular Mechanics
September 2007
David Noland |
The 'New Space' Race: Handicapping the Billionaire Rocketeers Fueled by interest in space tourism, as well as NASA contracts to replace the shuttle in 2010, the private "New Space" industry is finally looking like the real thing. |
Popular Mechanics
October 23, 2009
Joe Pappalardo |
5 Surprise Passages From the Full Augustine Report There are significant vulnerabilities outlined in the report on our current space programs. |
Popular Mechanics
February 1, 2008
Thomas D. Jones |
5 Years Later, 5 Hard Lessons From the Columbia Shuttle Disaster: Resident Astronaut As NASA readies Atlantis for a Feb. 7 launch to the International Space Station, it observes a week packed with painful memories of three spaceflight tragedies: Apollo 1, Challenger and the fifth anniversary of the loss of Columbia. |
Popular Mechanics
March 11, 2009
Tom Jones |
An Astronaut's Letter to President Obama: Six Space Policy Musts Looming decisions facing the president will make or break America's status as the world leader in space. Here is some advice for Obama on what he needs to do to keep NASA on the right trajectory. |
Popular Mechanics
September 9, 2009
Joe Pappalardo |
5 Ways the Augustine Commission's Report States the Obvious A group of respected aerospace experts spent the entire summer coming up with plans for the future of NASA, and the advice is far from shocking. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2007
John McHale |
`Fly me to the moon...' and the Space Station, too Designers of Orion, the next manned space vehicle from NASA that will service the International Space Station and return man to the moon, are using open-architecture designs for the avionics and crew cockpit. |
Popular Mechanics
November 2, 2009
Rand Simberg |
Ares' Continued Technical Problems and Money Troubles: Guest Analysis There is a bigger concern; one not previously discussed publicly in a program that has had several as-yet-unresolved technical concerns in its four-year history. |
Popular Mechanics
September 11, 2009
Andrew Moseman |
How to Make a (More) Environmentally Friendly Rocket Fuel Every NASA space shuttle launch leaves a huge cloud of exhaust in its wake, and some nasty chemicals lurk in the exhaust. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2007 |
Over the Moon NASA announced its reinvigorated mission for the 21st century, part of which is to build a permanent base on the moon. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2009
Aldrin & Noland |
Buzz Aldrin to NASA: U.S. Space Policy Is on the Wrong Track This May, the Obama administration announced it would appoint an independent council of aerospace experts to review NASA's human spaceflight objectives. |
National Defense
February 2012
Eric Beidel |
Booster Sought To Launch and Launch Some More When rocket boosters propel a vehicle into space, it usually is a one-time deal. Parts of a launch system burn up, fall into the ocean or remain in an orbital graveyard never to be used again. |
IndustryWeek
February 17, 2010
Peter Alpern |
NASA Tool Could Cross Over to Manufacturing HyperSizer analysis optimizes design architectures, predicts performance of composite materials. |
Chemistry World
July 26, 2012
Simon Hadlington |
Inflatable mushroom gives spacecraft a gentle landing As a space vehicle enters the atmosphere of a planet it needs to slow down to reduce the impact upon landing and to reduce the temperatures on the surface of the craft. The latest idea is for the vehicle to carry an inflatable heat-proof shield. |
Popular Mechanics
January 9, 2009
Joe Pappalardo |
NASA Renegades Pitch Obama Team New Post-Shuttle Plan During a morning meeting at NASA headquarters in Washington D.C. with Obama administration transition team members, a handful of advocates today pitched an idea to scrap NASA's existing post-shuttle plan. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2007
John McHale |
Manned Space Missions, International Space Station, Get Increases in 2008 NASA Budget Request Officials at NASA are looking for increased funding for the International Space Station, manned space systems and other programs that fulfill President Bush's goal of reaching the Moon by the end of the decade. |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2004
Brian Gorman |
Orbital Sciences Up, Up, and Away The successful test of NASA's X-43A scramjet is good news for the company. |
Geotimes
December 2005 |
Highlights 2005 -- Space Rovers still trucking... New "planetary" neighbors... Back to space... |
Popular Mechanics
March 2007
Jennifer Bogo |
NASA Mission Statement Q&A: Eyes on Earth Interview with a professor involved in a study to find out how Earth scientists view NASA's shifting priorities and how it may affect the study of the planet. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2008
James Oberg |
Internal NASA Documents Give Clues to Scary Soyuz Return Flight Engineers are attempting to reconstruct the 19 April Soyuz descent from the ISS. |
Popular Mechanics
January 29, 2010
David Noland |
Rebel Engineers Sit With NASA to Chart Future of Manned Space President Obama will officially reveal his budget, and his plans for NASA, on Monday, Feb. 1. NASA officials deferred answers to questions until after the budget is released. |
Fast Company
Daniel Terdiman |
Dream Job Alert! NASA Puts Out Call For New Astronauts NASA today put out a call for new astronauts, including those who might support a future manned mission to Mars. |
Scientific American
July 2005
Mark Alpert |
Feeling the Pinch Voyager 1, now speeding out of the solar system after 28 years in space, is one of the NASA missions facing budget cuts, even though the craft is reporting remarkable discoveries. |
Wired
August 21, 2007
Erin Biba |
We Have Ignition! NASA Tests a New Rocket Engine in the Mojave Desert. NASA is firing up the 5M15, which runs on compressed liquid methane. The odorless substance has multiple advantages over conventional rocket propellants. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2, 2010
Tom Jones |
Launching NASA on a Path to Nowhere: Analysis The president released his FY 2011 budget Monday, and his policy for NASA's human spaceflight program sets the nation on a course to second-class status in space. |
Wired
October 2009
Michael Reilly |
Could a Gravity Trick Speed Us to Mars? A trip to Mars takes 6 months, but NASA engineer Robert Adams may be able to cut that time in half with an all-but-forgotten secret of orbital mechanics. |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Google's Out of This World Google will be teaming up with NASA to build out NASA Research Park, a huge million-square-foot facility within NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. There, the two parties will work together on technology-based research projects. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
Scientists Go Indoors to Test Next-Gen Hurricane Hunter Quality testing a new, ultrasensitive weather radar requires a room that is guarded from any conflicting emissions. |
Popular Mechanics
February 1, 2010
Michael Belfiore |
Human Space Flight Needn't Rely on NASA: Guest Analysis Is Obama's just-released NASA budget the "death march for the future of U.S. human space flight," as Senator Richard Shelby proclaims on his website today? Or is it in fact a new beginning for the space agency? |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2012
James Oberg |
Private Spaceflight: Up, Up, and Away This year, commercial spaceflight will really take off |
Wired
May 22, 2009
Sarah Douglas |
NASA's Icy-Hot Rocket Engine Rocket engines don't get much cooler than this. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2008 |
New Tech to Protect Spacecraft from Space Junk NASA scientists seeking other solutions to their current time-consuming processes of searching for small holes in spacecraft skin are focusing on new wireless technologies that can find tiny leaks by tracking vibrations across a spacecraft's metal skin. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
NASA: We're Leaving The Space Station To The Private Sector Due to a combination of government budget cuts and declining costs for the private sector, private space companies have increasingly taken over space exploration and logistics for the U.S. |
National Defense
April 2011
Stew Magnuson |
It's Not All Bad News When It Comes to the Health of the U.S. Space Industrial Base The health and welfare of the companies that produce spacecraft, payloads, rockets and ground stations for everyone from NASA to intelligence agencies has been the source of much hand-wringing during the past few years. |
Popular Mechanics
January 6, 2010
Joe Pappalardo |
Private Space on Pace to Run NASA's Space Supply NASA contracts to private space companies represents a shift away from government-run space hardware toward rockets and spaceships designed and operated by the private sector. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2009
Sandra Upson |
Rockets For The Red Planet Engineers rethink how to get to Mars and back |
