Launch of NASA’s NuSTAR Mission Postponed Due to Launch Vehicle Software Issues “The planned launch of NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) mission has been postponed after a March 15 launch status meeting. The launch will be rescheduled to allow additional time to confirm the flight software used by the launch vehicle’s flight computer will issue commands to the rocket as intended. The spacecraft will lift off on an Orbital […]

Grounded NASA Space Plane Poised for Comeback?, Wired “Last week, NASA contractors moved the two, 59-foot-long X-34s from open storage to a test pilot school in California’s Mojave Desert. There, workers from Orbital Sciences, the X-34’s original builder, will inspect the two robotic rocketships with an eye to flying them again.” The Real Story Behind NASA’s Resurrected Space Plane, Wired “But that doesn’t mean NASA has formal plans to operate […]

Zombiesat has three more satellites in its crosshairs, SpaceflightNow “The out-of-control Galaxy 15 spacecraft will pass near three more orbiting broadcast platforms before it loses power in late August or early September, putting an end to the zombie satellite’s menacing tour of the geostationary arc. Galaxy 15 stopped responding to commands from ground controllers in April, most likely due to a solar flare that zapped the satellite’s electronics. But engineers […]