17 February 2021
NASA forecasts cost of Artemis programme at $86 billion
...for work on the three human landing system projects that NASA is currently supporting, well short of the requested $3.37 ... goal established by the Trump administration would be met. NASA’s goal of returning American astronauts to the surface of the...
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...
11 March 2019
NASA outlines future Moon to Mars plans
... U.S. Congress last year. “President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 NASA budget is one of the strongest on record for our storied...on to Mars, and we want the world to come with us. “NASA is everywhere, and we are impacting people’s lives across the globe. ...
