Mike Killian

NASA and Boeing are targeting December 2020 to re-fly an un-crewed Orbital Flight Test (OFT) with the company’s CST-100 Starliner Crew Capsule, pending hardware readiness, flight software qualification, and launch vehicle and space station manifest priorities. OFT-2 will come a full year after OFT-1, which was launched flawlessly by ULA and their workhorse Atlas V

Earlier this year, ULA launched their first major payload for the U.S. Space Force with the sixth and final member of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) constellation of military communications satellites. Built by Lockheed Martin and with a “protected communications payload” furnished by Northrop Grumman, AEHF-6 is the capstone of a fleet which will

NASA and ESA’s next Earth Observing science mission aims to better understand sea level rise and how it changes over time, as coastal communities around the world see more and more the affects of the Earth’s global climate warming. The joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 ‘Michael Freilich’ satellite intends to collect the most accurate data thus far

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is ready to launch again, following a busy weekend where crews transported it from a the company's Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at neighboring Kennedy Space Center to Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 41 Vertical Integration Facility (VIF), where the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket tasked with launching the

NASA has awarded SpaceX a $178 million contract to launch Earth's first-ever dedicated mission to explore Jupiter's moon Europa, which has been a high-profile target for planetary scientists for many years now. Slated to launch in October 2024 from historic pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Europa Clipper will be the first spacecraft

NASA has moved their new SLS moon rocket back into its Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, after a series of issues prevented completion of a wet dress rehearsal (WDR) on launch pad 39B. The two-day WDR test is intended to demonstrate the vehicle and launch team’s ability to load propellants

Artemis-1 shining like a beacon on Florida’s Space Coast. Photo: AmericaSpace / Mike Killian NASA hopes to try and launch Artemis-1 again on Saturday, Sep 3, following initial data reviews from Monday’s scrub, which occurred when one of the SLS rocket’s four RS-25 main engines did not get cold enough for a safe ignition (like

SpaceX launched the maiden voyage of their first Starship & Super Heavy rocket stack today, but failed to reach orbit. The issues started before the booster even left the pad, clearing the tower with at least 3 engines already out. The spectacular lift-off of the near 400-ft vehicle rocked Boca Chica, Brownsville & South Padre

The enormous 212 ft-tall Space Launch System (SLS) core stage for Artemis-2 has arrived at Kennedy Space Center, following a 900-mile trip on a barge from Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, where it was made and assembled. It’s a major milestone in the processing flow for Artemis-2, which will fly the first humans back

For the first time in over half a century, NASA has a rocket standing on a launch pad to send people back to the moon. After many years and billions of dollars in development and rigorous testing and uncrewed flight tests, the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft are finally almost ready to take 4