March 2021
Building SLS - a contractual odyssey
...System (SLS), designed for a new era of human exploration beyond Earth orbit. Equipped to launch crews of up to four in NASA’s Orion spacecraft, its first significant test is Artemis, the much-publicised mission to land American astronauts “including...
22 February 2019
NASA selects experiments for possible lunar flights in 2019
... yield resources, such as water and oxygen,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. “Its proximity to Earth makes... Clarke, SMD’s deputy associate administrator for Exploration at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “The selected payloads, along with...
10 June 2019
NASA opens ISS to space tourists
...the station to be defunded by the government by 2025. NASA will continue research and testing in low-Earth orbit to... partner with industry to achieve a strong ecosystem in which NASA is one of many customers purchasing services and capabilities at ...
31 January 2020
A final farewell to NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
...addressing questions about our origins, and whether or not are we alone," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. "This Great Observatory has also identified some important and new questions...
01 April 2020
JAXA and NASA astronauts announced for first operational Crew Dragon flight
... mission to the International Space Station. Walker will join NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover Jr., as well ... shuttle with Rockwell Space Operations Co. She became a NASA employee in 1995, working on robotics and avionics hardware...
04 May 2020
NASA commits to future Artemis missions with more SLS rocket engines
...many as six additional SLS flights. “This contract allows NASA to work with Aerojet Rocketdyne to build the rocket engines...SLS rocket leverages the assets, capabilities, and experience of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program, using 16 existing RS-25 shuttle ...
