Engineers are using wind tunnel simulations to test the stability of the Ares I-X vehicle will have on the launch pad.
NASA continues work on the rocket that will carry crew and cargo to space after the space shuttle retires.
NASA's Exploration Systems and Space Operations Mission Directorates discuss exploration in this two-part series. View presentation charts and videos!
Two people, three days, 10 cubic meters. That sums up one of the main tests for this year's Desert RATS tests at Black Point Lava Flow in Arizona.
The Final Environmental Assessment for Building 103 at the Michoud Assembly Facility has been prepared.
When Ares I-X blasts off, the smoke and fire will trigger a data-gathering frenzy that's key to man's return to the moon and travel beyond.
NASA and ATK have successfully tested a launch abort motor for the Orion crew exploration vehicle.
When Ares I-X blasts off, the smoke and fire will trigger a data-gathering frenzy that's key to man's return to the moon and travel beyond.
NASA is testing rovers and oxygen production technology in Hawaii
Engineers at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center recently completed mass properties tests on the Orion test crew module in preparation for the Launch Abort System flight tests scheduled to begin at White Sands, New Mexico, next spring.
Construction is under way at Stennis Space Center on the A-3 Test Stand that will test the engine for the nation's next generation of moon rockets.
NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland ships completed segments of the Ares I-X flight test rocket to Kennedy Space Center on the Delta Mariner.
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has begun environmental testing in a thermal vacuum that simulates the harsh rigors of space.
NASA's Constellation Program isn't just about building the next generation spacecraft, but launching explorers that will help us learn more about our world. Discover the faces behind the hardware that will send humans to the moon and beyond.
When Ares I-X blasts off, the smoke and fire will trigger a data-gathering frenzy that's key to man's return to the moon and travel beyond.
NASA scientists developing the next generation of exploration vehicles and heat shields for NASA's Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle experienced "Christmas in July" when they uncrated the heat shields used on the Apollo missions some 35 years ago.
NASA is developing technologies that will allow lunar landers to automatically identify and navigate to the location of a safe landing site while detecting landing hazards during the final descent to the surface.
September update for Ares rockets
NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate Associate Administrator, Dr. Richard Gilbrech delivered the Keynote speech at the 2008 AIAA Space Conference and Exposition.