NASA gives ATK the nod for its Liberty rocket

The design of the new NASA rocket that will take astronauts out beyond low-Earth orbit has been selected by the U.S. agency. It’s a whopper, eventually being the most powerful rocket ever built. NASA calls the entire program the Space Launch System.

The U.S. space agency NASA announced on June 13, 2011, that it is ready to test its new upper stage rocket that will propel the United States past low-Earth orbit and toward the planets of our Solar System.

With Obama and Congress still unsure about how NASA should proceed with its manned space program, NASA continues with privately funded companies as a way to transport cargo and astronauts back and forth into space. As of April 2010, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is preparing for its maiden launch from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 30.  

With an on-time lift-off the space shuttle Endeavour, NASA launched its next-to-last Space Transportation System (STS) mission into orbit about Earth with a destination to the International Space Station.

With an on-time lift-off the space shuttle Endeavour, NASA launched its next-to-last Space Transportation System (STS) mission into orbit about Earth with a destination to the International Space Station.

NASA managers have given space shuttle Discovery a “GO” to launch on April 5, 2010, for its STS-131 mission to the International Space Station.  

Two recent stories tell about hackers taking control of the NASA network and of NASA laptops stolen with critical International Space Station control codes within them. Although such security breaches commonly happen in all companies and government agencies, they don’t seem to get much attention unless embarrassing national (or international) news coverage occurs.

Written by: William Atkins | Published in: SpaceAccording to reports surfacing this week (the first week of October 2012), the U.S. space agency NASA has indicated that it is seriously considering the establishment of a space station, with the help of international partners, on the far-side of the Moon. Will NASA be able to do it? Do you like such a plan?

Do you want to peek in on the International Space Station crewmembers? Or maybe you would like to check in on the flight controllers at NASA's Mission Control Center at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas? Well, now you can with new apps from NASA.

{loadposition william08}The new Space Station Live! website and ISSLive!