Lander Carrying InSight Instrument Would Launch In 2016
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Jean-Yves Le Gall, president of the National Center of Space Studies of France (CNES), signed an implementing agreement Monday for cooperation on a future NASA Mars lander called the Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport (InSight) mission.
NASA’s Orion Spacecraft To Launch From Site In 2018
Space Florida has signed a contract with Alliant Techsystems (ATK) to continue the refurbishment and modernization of Space Launch Complex 46 (SLC-46) at Cape Canaveral Spaceport. SLC-46 is a key launch complex for supporting future NASA, Department of Defense, and commercial missions. This marks the third phase of the Communications System refurbishment project since its beginning in 2010.
C-20A Aircraft Flew Four Missions From Keflavik International Airport
The cold of an Icelandic winter did not stop one NASA science aircraft from completing a mission to map glaciers on the island during the past week. NASA's C-20A, based at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, CA, flew four radar missions from Keflavik International Airport near Reykjavik, Iceland.
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