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Boeing’s ‘Rosie the Astronaut’ to Fly Aboard Starliner’s First Orbital Test Flight; Leanne Caret Quoted
Boeing has named the test dummy that will ride aboard the company’s CST-100 Starliner crew capsule as part of the spacecraft’s maiden orbital flight test, Florida Today reported Thursday. The mannequin “Rosie the Astronaut†was named after “Rosie the Riveter,†a World War II icon that represented female assembly line workers who helped produce weapons and other equipment during the war.
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Lockheed to Ship Orion EM-2 Crew Capsule to Kennedy Space Center
Lockheed Martin is now ready to transport the crew capsule of the Orion spacecraft from Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to Kennedy Space Center in Florida following the completion of the structural closeout weld in July, NASASpaceflight.com reported Tuesday. Orion will launch with four astronauts aboard the Space Launch System rocket as part of Exploration Mission-2 that […] More
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Mike Hawes: Lockheed Eyes Cost Reduction on Orion Spacecraft Through Reuse
Lockheed Martin plans to reduce the production cost of the Orion crew capsule for future missions through reuse of the vehicle structure and other components of the spacecraft, SpaceNews reported Friday. “We have the internal component reuse that will start even between [Exploration Mission] 1 and 2, but then when we get to reusing a […] More
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Lockheed Starts Orion Crew Capsule Construction for Exploration Mission-2
Lockheed Martin has begun construction work at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana, on a spacecraft designed to transport astronauts to the moon as part of Exploration Mission-2. The Orion crew capsule will launch aboard the Space Launch System rocket as part of EM-2 mission that is expected to establish the framework for […] More
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ULA Concludes Final Test of Emergency Egress Platform for Boeing Starliner Spacecraft
United Launch Alliance has wrapped up the final testing phase on an emergency egress platform for the Boeing-built Starliner crew capsule designed to fly aboard the ULA-built Atlas V rocket for crewed missions to the International Space Station. ULA collaborated with zip line maker Terra-Nova to develop the Emergency Egress System in support of NASA’s Commercial […] More
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Report: NASA Will Not Extend Soyuz Crew Capsule Launch Contract With Russian Space Agency
NASA officials have said the agency does not have plans to extend its contract with the Russian space agency to transport U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station in 2019 through the Russian-built Soyuz crew capsules, Spaceflight Now reported Thursday. Stephen Clark writes NASA bought six round-trip seats for U.S. astronauts on the Soyuz spacecraft under […] More
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Tony Antonelli: Lockheed’s Base Camp Concept Seeks to Send Manned Spacecraft to Mars Orbit by 2028
Lockheed Martin plans to introduce a concept for a spacecraft that would be manned by six astronauts and would establish and operate a laboratory in Mars orbit by 2028, Popular Science reported Wednesday. Sarah Fecht writes Lockheed plans to launch the “Mars Base Camp†concept at the Humans to Mars conference in support of NASA’s plan to […] More
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Jeff Bezos: Blue Origin’s ‘New Shepard’ Rocket Completes 3rd Test Flight
Blue Origin-built New Shepard rocket has completed a take-off and vertical landing operation two months after the company put the rocket through a second unmanned test flight in November 2015. Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos wrote in a blog entry posted Friday that New Shepard took off from a launch site in West Texas and slowly descended to Earth for reuse […] More
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NASA, Lockheed Wrap Up Orion Spacecraft Assembly, System Evaluations
Lockheed Martin and NASA have moved another step closer to launching the Orion crew exploration vehicle following completion of production and assessment work on the spacecraft. The Lockheed-built Orion capsule will be integrated with a Delta IV heavy-lift rocket on a pad at NASA’s Space Launch Complex 37 in Florida in November, the company said […] More
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Mark Geyer: NASA Tests Parachute System of Lockheed-Built Orion Spacecraft
NASA evaluated how a mock-up of Lockheed Martin‘s Orion crew capsule would handle landing in high altitude with three main parachutes during a flight demonstration on Wednesday. The parachute system helped to land NASA’s Orion demonstrator after being dropped from a military transport aircraft flying 35,000 feet above Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, NASA said Wednesday. […] More