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...
22 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 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...
November 2017
Roving the red planet
... by the rover’s CheMin X-Ray diffractometer, is the mineral tridymite. A team led by Dr Richard Morris at the NASA Johnson Space Center concluded that the presence of tridymite was evidence of eruptions from volcanoes like Earth’s explosive volcanoes...
July 2021
Canadarm2 - 20 years of Canadian space robotics on the ISS
...when the original Canadarm was being conceived. About the author Tim Braithwaite manages the Canadian Space Agency’s Liaison Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. In this role, he acts as the principal in-person point of contact between the Canadian...
