SpaceX will lauch a Dragon spacecraft on top of her Falcon 9 on 30 November 2011 from Kennedy Space Center with the Dragon berthing at the ISS nine days later. This date was set by NASA as part of the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. Over the last several months, SpaceX has been hard at [...]

Aerojet Heavy Lift Propulsion Technology Architecture for Human Exploration
With the webinar by Joe Cassady, Explore Mars, Inc. launched a monthly webinar series in which experts in all areas of Mars exploration, science, and education will present riveting and intriguing updates, proposals, and ideas concerning the future of human space exploration.

The first of these webinars took place on July [...]

A Look at 60 Years of Mission Studies
Dr. Jesco von Puttkamer
Presented at National Space Society (NSS) “International Space Development Conference 2011 (ISDC)”, Huntsville/AL, May 18-22, 2011.
SOMD/Space Operations Mission Directorate
NASA Headquarters
Washington, DC
“No one can know what humans will find when they land on Mars – all that can be said with certainty is this: the trip [...]