26 January 2018
NASA launches GOLD to study Earth-space boundary
...yesterday with the help of a European Ariane 5 rocket, NASA launched a satellite that is hosting its Global-scale Observations...," added Elsayed Talaat, heliophysics chief scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "We anticipate GOLD will give...
12 February 2018
Dream Chaser's first mission to ISS gets NASA go-ahead
... validated by a task order," said Mark Sirangelo, executive vice president of SNC's Space Systems business area. “Receiving NASA’s Authority to Proceed is a big step for the program.” Once operational, Dream Chaser will be able to deliver up to 5,500...
15 April 2018
TESS, NASA's planet-finding mission launches today!
.... TESS’s design is based on Orbital ATK's LEOStar-2 platform - the 31st of its type that Orbital has delivered to NASA for their science missions. As TESS’s job is to look but not touch anything, its payload is made up of four...
20 April 2018
Jim Bridenstine confirmed as new NASA Administrator
...“I look forward to working with the outstanding team at NASA to achieve the President’s vision for American leadership in ... scientific background and a questioning view on climate change. NASA provides some of the most extensive data on climate change...
04 May 2018
NASA's InSight mission gears up for tomorrow's launch
...martian rover known as InSight. Just a few weeks ago, NASA sent their Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) into orbit ...using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, will be NASA’s first mission to peer deep within the interior of...
13 August 2018
NASA to partner with six US companies to develop space exploration technologies
... a low-cost, reliable, high-performance, stand-alone Terrain Relative Navigation (TRN) sensor suite. According to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, "These awards focus on technology collaborations with the commercial space sector that leverage...
