This NASA drawing for a space station in 1977, designed to use Space Shuttle hardware, is known as the “Spider” concept. A solar array was to be unwound from the exhausted main fuel tank.

Countdown simulations have been the backbone of NASA launch operations from the beginning. Hundreds of people at Kennedy, Marshall, NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, and multiple …

No enriched uranium, cleaner fission! Demonstrated with US Navy and GEC Supported by NASA STMD (NIAC) and NSF Application LEO, Deep Space Power and High Propulsion (Terrestrial)

May 2, 2023 · NASA has a strategic and tactical interest in understanding upcoming demand for deep space communications and tracking services and if or when this demand will exceed its capacity in …

SAKAI Junichi International Space Station Program Manager JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and cargo resupply by Japanese vehicles. In addition, he is responsible for international …

Digital Engineering technologies are transforming long-stagnant development processes by applying the tremendous advancements in Information Technology (IT) to classical engineering tasks such as …

Testing was performed using a unique test apparatus developed by Posey at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. A description of the test methodology, including associated data collection and …

Bresnik and Vande Hei were performing the In-Suit Light Exercise protocol where the astronauts perform light exercise and pre-breathe pure oxygen before beginning a spacewalk. The technique …

Even though some of the hardware, such as the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion, have been in development and are nearing completion, there are several critical technologies, including …

Human Spaceflight Injury Evidence chanisms in U.S. Astro and En Fig. 2. In-flight musculoskeletal injuries throughout the U.S. space program by type. just su Fig. 3. In-flight musculoskeletal injuries …