From rockets that never progressed beyond the launchpad ... such as fire-resistant materials, a new hatch system, and enhanced safety procedures, making subsequent missions much safer.

The mission is designed to test an array of advanced technologies that could support future crewed lunar missions including an ice-drilling system ... Athena aims to deploy three rovers and ...

but it requires a vulnerable sealed system to maintain gas pressure in the virtual vacuum of the moon’s surface. NASA has invested at least $5.33 million in Texas Tech to develop and deploy the ...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are set to arrive home on SpaceX after spending 9 months on the ISS after ...

One system to keep an eye on in the coming years is the XQ-58A, developed by Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in collaboration with the United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). This new ...

When American astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth last week aboard a SpaceX Dragon spaceship, the ...

These systems collect information about our elevation and speed and control the deployment of our recovery ... The recovery team designs and tests the parachutes, release mechanisms, and tethers for ...

With the exception of weapon’s of mass destruction (i.e. nuclear weapons), nations could deploy military ... globalsecurity.org The system was then modified to include an Altair rocket as ...

The FTX-40 test, or “Stellar Banshee,” served as a validation for modern hypersonic missile tracking satellites, upgraded ...