NASA moves moon rocket to launch pad
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has turned to blockchain technology to enhance air travel safety and security. NASA is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country' civil space program and for research in aeronautics and space exploration.
On Saturday, Jan. 17 at 7 a.m., NASA will conduct a rollout mission – transporting an 11-million-pound stack four miles from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Station. The journey will take up to 12 hours, NASA said.
NASA Armstrong adds two retired F-15 jets to support supersonic research for the X-59, enabling high-altitude flights and experimental data collection.
Depending on the timing, NASA could launch a fresh crew to the space station while four other astronauts are flying around the moon.
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NASA Receives Two F-15Ds for Supersonic Research
Two F-15Ds of the Oregon Air National Guard have been transferred to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, where they will join the ones already
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NASA to modify two F-15 fighter jets to support development of silent supersonic X-59
NASA’s experimental X-59 silent supersonic aircraft performed its historic first flight in October last year. Built by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, the X-59 aims to replace the loud sonic boom—problematic during the era of the Concorde—with a gentle “thump.”
Wish them well. Next month, four astronauts are expected to board space capsule Orion, blast off on a rocket known as the Space Launch System, and exit low-Earth orbit for the first time since 1972, en route to a 10-day flyby of the moon.
The Dream Chaser space plane was integrated with the 'Shooting Star' module at NASA's Armstrong Test Facility in Ohio. Sierra Space Chief Medical Officer and NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn talks about the benefits of runway landings for spacecraft.
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