Top 10 tallest rockets ever launched (5): Ares I-X rocket before the launch at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. October 28, 2009. Image: WikipediaThe now-canceled Ares I was the crew launch vehicle that was being developed by NASA as part of the Constellation ...
If that sounds complicated, it’s because it is. No one has ever launched a rocket from the surface of another planet before, and for good reason. If landing on Mars is hard, then taking off from there is even harder. We spoke to two experts to find out why, and how NASA plans to...
In October 2023, a trio of sounding rockets traveled more than 200 miles (322 kilometers) into the ionosphere before returning safely back to theEarth's surface. Now, they're getting ready for their second flight. NASA's Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) mission — named fo...
It will be the first time the U.S. space program has launched a rocket from Australia since 1995 and its first-ever launch from a commercial launchpad on foreign soil. Seventy-five NASA personnel will travel to Australia to oversee the launches, which will be used to study heliophysics, as...
"NASA has not launched from a non-government launch site anywhere else in the world and the decision by NASA to partner with ELA in Australia firmly embeds Australia as a serious part of the global space sector. "It's exciting to be pioneering the development of commercial space launch servi...
Very early in the morning on Thursday, January 16, Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket lifted off from NASA's Launch Complex 36 at Kennedy Space Center. On this very first launch, New Glenn performed perfectly, reaching orbit as intended just 8...
This fun activity will teach you a little bit about rockets. It is from one ofNASA‘s educational websites and the great rockettemplateyou’ll find below is provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology. ...
NASA launched 135 shuttle missions since the fleet's debut flight made by Columbia in April 1981. There were two failures: The shuttle Challenger and seven astronauts were lost just after launch in January 1986 due to an O-ring seal leak in a solid rocket booster that led to an explosion....
Artwork by Monolithic Studios The space ferry concept is what evolved into the NASA space shuttle. Its function is to boost payload into orbit, though you can think of it as an "atmospheric lander." Refer to the section on Surface To Orbit. These are sometimes called "interface vehicles" ...
the same type used to control the attitude of the rockets that launched NASA's Mercury capsules. In a bolted-down test-firing, the biofuel produced 820 pounds of thrust, which compared well with the 840 pounds of thrust generated by the conventional rocket fuel RP-1, a form of highly refi...