15 June 2022
NASA counts on ESA cooperation for lunar exploration
...step towards this vision was agreed in an innovative agreement signed by the ESA Director General and the NASA Administrator at the ESA Council. UK company SSTL is already building Lunar Pathfinder, the first commercial lunar telecommunications relay...
29 August 2022
Lift-off draws close for NASA’s spectacular lunar return mission
...SpaceX. US taxpayers are expected to stump up $93 billion to finance the Artemis programme but prior to today’s planned launch NASA administrators insisted that Americans would find the cost to be justified. “This is now the Artemis generation,” said...
24 August 2024
NASA formally abandons Starliner for crew return to Earth
... Starliner system testing and data analysis. “Spaceflight is risky, even at its safest and most routine,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. “A test flight, by nature, is neither safe nor routine. The decision to keep Butch and Suni...
14 February 2019
NASA says a final goodbye to Opportunity
...brave astronauts walk on the surface of Mars," said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. "And when that day arrives, some... Martian landscapes," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. "Whatever loss we...
22 February 2019
NASA selects experiments for possible lunar flights in 2019
... Moon has unique scientific value and the potential to yield resources, such as water and oxygen,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. “Its proximity to Earth makes it especially valuable as a proving ground for deeper space exploration...
12 June 2020
NASA picks Astrobotic to fly VIPER to the Moon
...Moon are a prime example of how the scientific community and U.S. industry are making NASA’s lunar exploration vision a reality,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. “Commercial partners are changing the landscape of space exploration, and VIPER...
