January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
... with two other exploration systems development efforts - the Orion crew vehicle programme, managed at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, and the Ground Systems Development and Operations programme, which is converting the facilities...
16 November 2020
SpaceX launches four astronauts to ISS
... spacecraft from its mission control center in Hawthorne, California, and NASA teams monitor space station operations throughout the flight from the Mission Control Center at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Hopkins, Glover, Walker, and...
17 November 2020
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts arrive at the ISS
... joining to greet the crew from the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, and JAXA President Hiroshi Yamakawa joining from the Tsukuba Space Center in Japan. The welcome ceremony is targeted to begin about 1:40 am. Crew...
21 November 2015
James Webb Space Telescope prepped to receive gold-coated primary mirror segments
... view of JWST’s test backplane and mirrors sitting in their packing case at NASA Goddard’s cleanroom, prior to dispatch to Johnson Space Center for cryo testing earlier this year. The wings have recently been deployed by engineers at NASA's Goddard...
02 October 2018
New technique could provide fresh insights into how the Moon was formed
... are normally kept in a clean environment in a special building called the Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility at the agency’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston and do not often see the light of day. Nonetheless, NASA has approved the use...
02 October 2020
Nasa funds ICON to develop a 3D construction system for the moon
... years, while SEArch+, who are known for their innovative ‘human-centered’ designs for space exploration, has over a decade-long association with NASA’s Johnson Space Center Human Habitability Division. “With ICON we are pioneering new frontiers...
