Has anyone seen the new Orion video on NASA TV? The splashdown was a new feature, as it appears that an ocean landing is now the preferred option. What really...

The Apollo SM had to support the weight of the CM and LES at 4Gs. That meant that it had to have strong walls. I was wondering what if the S-IVB panels were...

Did the inboard engine on the SI-C shut down on all flights? This PDF http://www.klabs.org/history/reports/tn_d-5869_1970023342.pdf figure 2 doesn't show a...

"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message ... Uh, Derek? I suggest you check the list of...

Pat Flannery wrote: The crew would find the whole thing very frustrating as Mars slowly approaches...and then just as slowly withdraws again, with the...

I read about how the wings fell off after launch, and I read about how it worked up to a point, but there's nothing about any drawings, static testing, or...

David Spain wrote: Both summary report and transmittal letter are available...

Odds of impact have been way downgraded to 1 in 250,000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8296796.stm Pat

Thanks in advance for reading. President Obama is currently deciding on a new direction for NASA. Right now is the time to make our opinions known. Below is...

OK, a thought. This is the most fuelled refuelled tank for a long time. The pressure changes and weight distribution on the intertank region has seen several...

Saboteurs? NASA wants none of them near the Shuttle as the program winds down and the lay-offs begin: http://www.wesh.com/cnn-news/19785390/detail.html Pat

Shades of the old SAINT program: http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0901/14dsp23/ Love this part: "In fact, DSP 23 itself carried a White House-mandated sensor...

Note the second one down. See? It's fated that Delta 4 carry Orion: http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d337/launch/ Pat

A genuine message to our kind. Despite the appearances and sometimes bad behavior, reptilian- humans are genetically identical to humans except for a...

A little moment I ran across in the NASA SP-4202 _Vanguard: A History_ that I don't think I've seen mentioned befo This phase of the countdown moved to...

On Mar 26, 10:49*am, Pat Flannery wrote: Stealth Pilot wrote: just treat it like a non radio glider :-) The thing that could...

Is this from an original NASA photo? If so, which one? http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:GPN-2000-001137_300px_gamma.png -- Replace you...

To coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, BBC Radio 4 are going to be doing a special programme which Buzz Aldrin will be...

Remember those great looking "cars of the future" in all the sci-fi movies and ads? Well, behold "The Car Of The Future", circa 2009:...

My favorite photography blog has a post about 10 recently discovered photographs. One of them is a photograph of Neil Armstrong, face fully visible, on the...