WASHINGTON — Evolution Space, a startup developing solid rocket motors, has signed an agreement to establish production and testing operations at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. The company announced Oct. 10 that is reached an agreement with Stennis set up a production facility at the former Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant, which […]
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WASHINGTON — Launch vehicle company Relativity Space is growing its footprint at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi by leasing an Apollo-era test stand to support development of its Terran R rocket. The company announced Sept. 7 that it signed an agreement with Stennis to lease the A-2 test stand […]
WASHINGTON — Launch vehicle developer Relativity Space will expand its engine test site at NASA’s Stennis Space Center, the second company in as many months to announce new or expanded facilities there. Relativity said Oct. 18 it will build test stands, office buildings and a vehicle hangar on more than […]
NASA conducted its first splash test for the Orion spacecraft in advance of the upcoming Artemis lunar missions. Cameras captured the 11-foot capsule dropping into the ‘hydro impact basin,’ a large tank of water at Langley Research Center’s Landing and Impact Research Facility in Hampton, Virginia. However, the drop was […]
WASHINGTON — Small launch vehicle company Launcher has moved across the country to California as it takes its next steps in the development of its rocket. Launcher, which had been based in New York City, is in the process of moving into a 24,000-square-foot building it is leasing in Hawthorne, […]
On March 18, 2021, NASA successfully tested the core stage of the Space Launch System in Mississippi. The plume was seen by a weather satellite. NASA/Robert Markowitz On Mar. 18, NASA test-fired the core stage of its honking huge Space Launch System rocket, which is designed to power the agency’s […]
GIF by Leslie Katz/CNET The second time was a charm. NASA completed a critical hot-fire test of its Space Launch System core stage on Thursday, a follow-up to a previous test that didn’t go as planned. The event lasted about eight minutes and created a massive billowing cloud that stretched […]
WASHINGTON — The White House plans to nominate Bill Nelson to be the next administrator of NASA, putting the former senator in charge of the agency he once advocated for on Capitol Hill. According to several sources, the administration is expected to formally announce the nomination as soon as March […]