08 July 2020
NASA increases recommendations required by Boeing for Starliner flight
... changing the software, testing the software and adding resources when required, said Steve Stich, manager of NASA’s commercial crew program, in a call with reporters yesterday. Reviewing software procedures however appears to have been a sticking...
13 November 2020
NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission gets ready for launch tomorrow
... is possible on the 14th, although a 70 percent chance of favourable weather conditions for the launch have been predicted. NASA will hold a "countdown clock briefing" today (13 November) at 10 am EST (1500 GMT) to discuss the upcoming launch. From...
26 February 2021
Lunar levitation track system among new ideas funded by NASA
... being funded by other agency programs,” said Jenn Gustetic, director of early-stage innovations and partnerships within NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD). “We don’t expect them all to come to fruition but recognise that providing...
10 August 2021
NASA-funded commercial Moon mission to launch from New Zealand
...NRHO), an important and innovative lunar orbit planned for NASA’s Gateway lunar orbiting outpost. The ORTs simulate critical launch...view of Earth from the NRHO makes it an ideal orbit for NASA’s lunar Gateway – an outpost that is part of the Artemis ...
18 October 2021
NASA's Lucy mission launches, encounters problem with solar panel
... they will prevail here as well,” Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA associate administrator for science, tweeted 17 October. In the...whose skeleton provided unique insight into humanity's evolution, NASA hopes Lucy the space probe will revolutionise our ...
05 November 2021
Blue Origin loses NASA lawsuit over SpaceX lunar lander contract
... Blue Origin who subsequently filed protests with the US’s Government Accountability Office (GAO) to lodge their dissatisfaction. “In NASA’s own words, it has made a ‘high risk’ selection,” said Blue Origin back in April “Their decision eliminates...
