LADEE Ready for Launch

In an attempt to answer prevailing questions about our moon, NASA is making final preparations to launch a probe at 11:27 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 6, from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. The small car-sized Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) is a robotic mission that will orbit the moon to gather detailed information about the structure and composition of the thin lunar atmosphere and determine whether dust is being lofted into the lunar sky. A thorough understanding of these characteristics of our nearest celestial neighbor will help researchers understand other bodies in the solar system, such as large asteroids, Mercury, and the moons of outer planets

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One Final Test for J-2X Engine No. 10002

All sights are set on testing RS-25 engines that will power NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS) following completion of a series of hotfire tests on the next-generation J-2X engine Sept. 5.
NASA conducted a 330-second test fire of the J-2X rocket engine on the A-1 Test Stand at the agency's Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi. The stand now will be prepared to house and test RS-25 engines, beginning next spring.

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LADEE Spin Test

During preparations for NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) observatory launch on Sept. 6, 2013, the spacecraft went through final preparations and close-outs, which included checking alignment after its cross-country ...

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NASA Prepares for First Virginia Coast Launch to Moon

An artist's concept of NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft seen orbiting near the surface of the moon. Image credit: NASA Ames / Dana Berry

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NuSTAR

NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) is a space-based X-ray telescope that uses a Wolter telescope to focus high energy X-rays from astrophysical sources, especially for nuclear spectroscopy, and operates in the range of 5 to 80 keV.^[3] It is the eleventh mission of the NASA Small Explorer satellite program (SMEX-11) and the first space-based direct-imaging X-ray telescope at energies beyond those of the Chandra X-ray Observatory and XMM-Newton. It was successfully launched on 13 June 2012, having previously been delayed from 21 March due tosoftware issues with the launch vehicle.^[4][5]

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Stasiun Luar Angkasa Internasional

Stasiun Luar Angkasa Internasional (bahasa Inggris: International Space Station, ISS) adalah sebuah gabungan rencana stasiun luar angkasa, khususnya Mir 2 Rusia, Stasiun Luar Angkasa Freedom Amerika Serikat dan Fasilitas orbital Columbus Eropa, mewakilkan kehadiran manusia tetap di luar angkasa: telah ditempati oleh paling tidak dua orang sejak 2 November 2000. Setiap kali pergantian awak, keempat awak lama dan baru ada di sana dan juga paling tidak satu pengunjung lainnya.

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