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  1. Grey Havoc

    Juno probe breaks interplanetary distance record for solar-powered spacecraft

    http://gizmodo.com/all-hail-juno-our-record-breaking-solar-powered-emmiss-1752844953
  2. bucky74

    Proposed Space Shuttle Names

    The story of how the Enterprise was almost named the Constitution before Trekkies suggested the former is widely published, but is there any more information regarding proposed titles for the other orbiters?
  3. RAP

    Boeing-Lockheed Space Shuttle Concept?

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Boeing-Lockheed-resin-space-shuttle-concept-phototype-U-S-A-/131643526612?&_trksid=p2056016.m2518.l4276
  4. Flyaway

    NASA To Study Uranus, Neptune Orbiters

    At long last I would say in relation to this news. http://spacenews.com/nasa-to-study-uranus-neptune-missions/
  5. Graham1973

    Rocketdyne (Rockwell) - Linear Aerospike Test Beds (1970 - 1973)

    A two stage program to test the linear aerospike concept, the first test bed proved the basic concept, the second test bed explored the use of thrust vectoring. Linear test bed. Volume 1: Test bed no. 1. (Aerospike test bed with segmented combustor)...
  6. Graham1973

    NA/R - Solar Electric Spacecraft for Asteroid Belt Exploration (1970)

    A design by North American/Rockwell for the same contract as the TRW 'Solar Electric Multi Mission Spacecraft'. Unlike that vehicle, which was intended for use for a variety of missions, this spacecraft was optimised for untargeted asteroid belt exploration, though with it's particle and fields...
  7. Graham1973

    TRW - Solar Electric Multi Mission Spacecraft (1970)

    Proposed design for a Multi-Mission bus using ion engines for propulsion. Suggested missions included an untargeted asteroid belt flyby, a targeted asteroid belt flyby, a Jupiter flyby (With or without use of gravity assist to reach an out-of-ecliptic orbit following the flyby.) and a...
  8. Steve Pace

    Dawn Spacecraft: Ceres and Vesta

    The Dawn spacecraft continues to orbit the asteroid Ceres after a successful mapping mission to the asteroid Vesta. These two asteroids are the largest ones in the asteroid belt. There is a mysterious array of bright spots on Ceres (see image) which have yet to be explained. Anyone have a clue...
  9. Steve Pace

    Pluto flyby: New Horizons

    On July 14th the New Horizons spacecraft will flyby Pluto to give us our first good look at this far off world. For more information go to New Horizons.com -SP
  10. Flyaway

    Could This Become the First Mars Airplane?

    Intriguing idea and it could fly with the next big rover to Mars in the 2020s. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/features/mars_airplane.html
  11. bobbymike

    NASA vision of the spacecraft and base for a human mission to Callisto

    http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/03/nasa-vision-of-spacecraft-and-base-for.html NASA examined revolutionary aerospace systems concepts for human space exploration of the solar system beyond Mars orbit and identified critical technology requirements for the realization of these systems concepts...
  12. Orionblamblam

    US Launch Vehicle Projects

    Issue #01 of US Launch Vehicle Projects has just come out: http://www.aerospaceprojectsreview.com/blog/?p=2103 Pre-Saturn Phase III Vehicles: 1958 concept for clustered Atlas boosters Boeing “Big Onion”: an SSTO to launch SPS Northrop TAV: an in-flight propellant transfer spaceplane Martin...
  13. Graham1973

    JPL - Mars Polar Orbiter/Penetrator (1976)

    Requirements and capabilities for planetary missions. Volume 2: Mars polar orbiter penetrator 1981 http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19760014153.pdf For details on the penetrators planned to be used see the thread "Hughes/Sandia - Pioneer Mars Orbiter (1974)"...
  14. Grey Havoc

    NASA Opportunity (Mars rover)

    I thought we had a thread on this rover already, but anyway: Nasa to hack Mars rover Opportunity to fix 'amnesia' fault (BBC News)
  15. Triton

    NASA Engineers Propose Combining a Rail Gun and a Scramjet to Fire Spacecraft

    From the journal of superscience, take with the appropriate grain of salt: "NASA Engineers Propose Combining a Rail Gun and a Scramjet to Fire Spacecraft Into Orbit" By Rena Marie Pacella Posted December 17, 2010 Source...
  16. C

    Space 1985, looking ahead.

    Vintage NASA film was produced in early 1970's and intended to paint a picture of NASA in 1985. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98pthkn9A6M#t=118
  17. Graham1973

    Jupiter Orbiting Vehicle for Exploration (JOVE) - 1967

    One of the more interesting results of the various NASA space engineering projects. Designed by a team from the University of Auburn, this Saturn V launched probe, which would have been launched sometime between 1975 -1980 had it been built. Upon arrival at Jupiter (After an 800-900 day trip...
  18. Boxman

    Gizmodo Showcase of Aerospace Artists -Hejja, Fjeld, McCall, Meltzer

    As per this item today (10-Nov-2014), Gizmodo is starting a series of posts "showcasing the work of some of the most noted aerospace artists." They start today with Attila Héjja (Hejja): The Hungarian-Born Painter Who Immortalized America's Space Program by Atilla Nagy, Gizmodo - 10-Nov-2014 **...
  19. Grey Havoc

    James Webb Space Telescope (Technical Post ONLY !)

    I thought we had a thread for the JWST already, but I couldn't find it. Ah well. Via the Daily Telegraph:
  20. Michel Van

    OOPS, has NASA bring life to Mars ?!

    it seems that NASA screw up the Sterilization process on Curiosity rover before Launch according this Source http://www.nature.com/news/microbial-stowaways-to-mars-identified-1.15249 Curiosity rover was launch with 377 bacteria strains, 41 of those must survived the Trip and now living on Mars…
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