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Established in 2009 by two ex-aerospace engineers, AmericaSpace has been committed to delivering news about the progress of America's space and aerospace initiatives. For many, these efforts symbolize the country's eagerness to explore new frontiers. As the U.S. human spaceflight program shifts from the Shuttle era to an emphasis on exploration beyond our planet, AmericaSpace will keep reporting on these developments. Additionally, we will broaden our focus to include aeronautics, military space, and planetary exploration. Our motivation for this is straightforward...

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Artemis II Orion Heatshield Update

Dec 8, 2024 | americaspace.com | Jim Hillhouse

NASA held a media event on December 5 to discuss the findings regarding the Artemis 1 Orion heatshield issues that occurred during its reentry after a successful test flight including NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Associate Administrator Jim Free, Artemis II Mission Commander Reid Wiseman, and Moon To Mars Program head Amit Kshatriya.
Artemis-2 Core Stage Arrives at Kennedy Space Center

Jul 24, 2024 | americaspace.com | Mike Killian

The enormous 212 ft-tall Space Launch System (SLS) core stage for Artemis-2 has arrived at Kennedy Space Center, following a 900-mile trip on a barge from Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, where it was made and assembled. It’s a major milestone in the processing flow for Artemis-2, which will fly the first humans back to the moon in over half a century.
“Even If It Was The Fifth”: Remembering America’s Fourth of July Space Adventures

Jul 3, 2024 | americaspace.com | Ben Evans

On the morning of 4 July 1982, a fast-moving black-and-white speck appeared on the horizon at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., bringing a pair of U.S. space explorers back to Earth after a week in orbit. Minutes later, at 9:09 a.m. PDT, shuttle Columbia and her crew—Commander Ken Mattingly and Pilot Hank Hartsfield—alighted on concrete Runway 22, becoming the first (and so far only) American human mission to land on Independence Day, this quintessentially U.S. holiday of remembrance.
Pad Abort Booster Returns to Flight, Launches First SpaceX Mission of July

Jul 3, 2024 | americaspace.com | Ben Evans

SpaceX launched and landed its first Falcon 9 of July early Wednesday morning, with a rousing pre-dawn liftoff of a 16-times-used booster out of Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
SpaceX, ULA Schedule Missions for Start, End of July

Jul 2, 2024 | americaspace.com | Ben Evans

As the summer heats up, SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA) on Tuesday announced start-of-month and end-of-month launches out of Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. First up, no sooner than 2:57 a.m. EDT Wednesday, a veteran Falcon 9 booster will rise from historic Space Launch Complex (SLC)-40, laden with 20 Starlink low-orbiting internet communications satellites.
Earth to Space in 84 Days: Remembering Columbia’s Back-to-Back 1997 Missions

Jun 30, 2024 | americaspace.com | Ben Evans

Eighty-four days. A mere 12 weeks on Earth, 84 days was the exact time spent aloft by the record-setting final crew of America’s Skylab space station.
SpaceX Completes Tenth Launch of June, Delivers NROL-186 Classified Payload

Jun 28, 2024 | americaspace.com | Ben Evans

An eight-times-used Falcon 9 booster took flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., late last night, carrying what are thought to be the second of up to six full batches of Starshield military satellites for the U.S. Intelligence Community.
“Do Tab November”: Remembering the Secret Flight of STS-4, OTD in 1982

Jun 27, 2024 | americaspace.com | Ben Evans

More than four decades ago today, on 27 June 1982, Columbia rose from historic Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, for STS-4, the fourth and final Orbital Flight Test (OFT) of the Space Shuttle Program. Aboard the reusable orbiter were Commander Ken Mattingly and Pilot Hank Hartsfield.
SpaceX Launches First 22x-Flown Booster, Successfully Lands Offshore

Jun 27, 2024 | americaspace.com | Ben Evans

Tacking another record onto an already record-setting year, SpaceX picked up the slack from an uncharacteristically quiet midmonth to wrap up the final days of a busy June on Thursday, delivering an additional 23 Starlink internet communications satellites into low-Earth orbit.
“A Lot Higher at MECO”: Remembering the Shuttle’s First Pad Abort, 40 Years On

Jun 26, 2024 | americaspace.com | Ben Evans

Forty summers ago, America’s Space Shuttle Program ought to have entered its prime. Touted for over a decade as capable of flying humans to space reliably, regularly and routinely, the middle months of 1984 were expected to see three launches by shuttles Discovery and Challenger—two laden with scientific and technology payloads, the third a highly secretive mission for the Department of Defense—as the reusable fleet transitioned from experimental test flights to full operations.