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- NASA watchdog finds quality control problems with Boeing SLS work SpaceNews · 12 Aug 2024 NASA’s internal watchdog sharply criticized the work Boeing is doing on the next version of the Space Launch System, finding serious lapses in quality control.
- NASA requests details on potential VIPER partnerships SpaceNews · 10 Aug 2024 NASA is requesting concepts from companies and organizations willing to take over a robotic lunar rover that the agency announced last month it would cancel even through it is nearly complete.
- NASA Explores Industry, Partner Interest in Using VIPER Moon Rover NASA · 9 Aug 2024 As part of its commitment to a robust, sustainable lunar exploration program for the benefit of all, NASA issued a Request for Information Friday to seek interest from American companies and institutions in conducting a...
- NASA Hosts Astronaut Don Pettit Prelaunch Interviews NASA · 9 Aug 2024 NASA astronaut Don Pettit is available for limited interview opportunities beginning at 10 a.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 16, to discuss his upcoming mission to the International Space Station in September. The virtual interview...
- Astro Campers SCoPE Out New Worlds NASA · 9 Aug 2024 Teachers at Smokey Mountain Elementary School have collaborated with the NASA Science Activation (SciAct) program’s Smoky Mountains STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Collaborative (SMSC) and projec...
- NASA Teams Change Brakes to Keep Artemis Crew Safe NASA · 9 Aug 2024 Recently, teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Program at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center met with engineering teams at a central Florida amusement park to share knowledge on a new braking system NASA is...
- NASA to Launch 8 Scientific Balloons From New Mexico NASA · 9 Aug 2024 NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program has kicked off its annual fall balloon campaign at the agency’s balloon launch facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Eight balloon flights carrying scientific experiments and technology d...
- NASA Tests Deployment of Roman Space Telescope’s ‘Visor’ NASA · 9 Aug 2024 The “visor” for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope recently completed several environmental tests simulating the conditions it will experience during launch and in space. Called the Deployable Aperture Cover, this...
- Hubble Spotlights a Supernova NASA · 9 Aug 2024 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy LEDA 857074, located in the constellation Eridanus. LEDA 857074 is a barred spiral galaxy, with partially broken spiral arms. The image also captured a super...
- NASA Explores Mars Sample Return Mission Approaches with Commercial Partners The Launch Pad · 9 Aug 2024 NASA Explores Mars Sample Return Mission Approaches with Commercial Partners
- NASA IG Blasts Boeing on Block 1B SpacePolicyOnline.com · 9 Aug 2024 NASA’s Office of Inspector General issued a highly critical report today on Boeing’s development of an upgraded version of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, Block 1B, and NASA’s oversight of
- NASA sends final command to its NEOWISE spacecraft, ending more than a decade of asteroid observations Spaceflight Now · 9 Aug 2024 The spacecraft launched in 2009 as the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission before making the pivot to become NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) in 2010. NEOWISE is expected to...
- NASA Mission Concludes After Years of Successful Asteroid Detections NASA · 8 Aug 2024 Engineers on NASA’s NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) mission commanded the spacecraft to turn its transmitter off for the last time Thursday. This concludes more than 10 years of its planet...
- NASA Mission Concludes After Years of Successful Asteroid Detections Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 8 Aug 2024 The infrared NEOWISE space telescope relayed its final data to Earth before the project team at JPL sent a command that turned off its transmitter.
- NASA Aircraft Gathers 150 Hours of Data to Better Understand Earth NASA · 8 Aug 2024 Operating internationally over several countries this summer, NASA’S C-20A aircraft completed more than 150 hours of science flights across two months in support of Earth science research and overcame several challenges...
- This Rocks! NASA is Sending Student Science to Space NASA · 8 Aug 2024 NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia is scheduled to launch a sounding rocket carrying student-developed experiments for the RockSat-X mission on Tuesday, Aug. 13. The Terrier-Improved Malemute rocket is expected t...
- Interior of Vacuum Tank at the Electric Propulsion Laboratory NASA · 8 Aug 2024 Interior of the 20-foot diameter vacuum tank at the NASA Lewis Research Center’s Electric Propulsion Laboratory. The Electric Propulsion Laboratory, which began operation in 1961, contained two large vacuum tanks capable...
- Calling All Innovators: Apply for NASA’s 2025 Lunabotics Challenge NASA · 8 Aug 2024 NASA invites teams from colleges, universities, as well as technical and vocational schools around the country to test their engineering skills in the 2025 Lunabotics Challenge. Applications open at 5 p.m. EDT on Friday,...
- A new report finds Boeing’s rockets are built with an unqualified work force Ars Technica · 8 Aug 2024 NASA declines to penalize Boeing for the deficiencies.
- Sedimentary and Planetary Geologist Dr. Michael Thorpe NASA · 8 Aug 2024 “I didn’t always grow up knowing that I was going to be working for NASA. It was just the way my life unfolded, and I couldn’t be more grateful and lucky to have this opportunity to be here. I think hiking is what really...
- Communications Strategist Thalia Patrinos NASA · 8 Aug 2024 The public perception of NASA has a lot to do with our technological successes and the discoveries that we’ve made, but none of that is possible without the people. “In the six or so years that I’ve worked at NASA, I’ve...
- How NASA Citizen Science Fuels Future Exoplanet Research NASA · 8 Aug 2024 NASA’s upcoming flagship astrophysics missions, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the Habitable Worlds Observatory, will study planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. Over 5,000 exoplanets have bee...
- NASA Still Deciding If Butch and Suni Will Come Home on Starliner SpacePolicyOnline.com · 8 Aug 2024 NASA officials said today they expect to decide in mid-August whether Boeing’s Starliner capsule will bring two NASA astronauts back to Earth or return empty. The continued uncertainty is driven
- NASA official acknowledges internal “disagreement” on safety of Starliner return Ars Technica · 7 Aug 2024 "We heard from a lot of folks that had concerns."
- NASA considering returning Starliner astronauts on Crew Dragon SpaceNews · 7 Aug 2024 NASA is evaluating options to have the two astronauts who flew to the International Space Station on a Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft return instead on a SpaceX Crew Dragon in early 2025, given questions about the s...
- Here’s How Curiosity’s Sky Crane Changed the Way NASA Explores Mars NASA · 7 Aug 2024 Twelve years ago, NASA landed its six-wheeled science lab using a daring new technology that lowers the rover using a robotic jetpack. NASA’s Curiosity rover mission is celebrating a dozen years on the Red Planet, where...
- NASA ‘getting more serious’ about backup plan to bring Starliner astronauts home if needed Spaceflight Now · 7 Aug 2024 As NASA debates the safety of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft in the wake of multiple helium leaks and thruster issues, the agency is "getting more serious" about a backup plan to bring the ship's two crew members back to...
- Here’s How Curiosity’s Sky Crane Changed the Way NASA Explores Mars Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 7 Aug 2024 Twelve years ago, NASA landed its six-wheeled science lab using a daring new technology that lowers the rover using a robotic jetpack.
- NASA has about a week to decide on returning Boeing’s Starliner with crew or empty CNBC · 7 Aug 2024 NASA aims to soon decide whether its astronauts will return on Boeing’s misfiring Starliner — or instead turn to SpaceX as a rescue option — with agency leadership on Wednesday saying a decision is about a week away.
- The Marshall Star for August 7, 2024 NASA · 7 Aug 2024 NASA Additive Manufacturing Project Shapes Future for Agency, Industry Rocket Makers The widespread commercial adoption of additive manufacturing technologies, commonly known as 3D printing, is no surprise to design engi...
- NASA Optical Navigation Tech Could Streamline Planetary Exploration NASA · 7 Aug 2024 In a dim, barren landscape like the surface of the Moon, it can be easy to get lost. With few discernable landmarks to navigate with the naked eye, astronauts and rovers must rely on other means to plot a course. As NASA...
- As it happened: NASA discusses ISS schedule shuffle, SpaceX Crew-9 launch delay, Boeing Starliner questions Spaceflight Now · 7 Aug 2024 The media briefing came after the agency formally pushed back the launch of the SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station from mid-August to late-September.
- NASA delays Crew-9 launch as it grapples with Starliner problems SpaceNews · 7 Aug 2024 NASA is postponing the launch of the next crew rotation mission to the International Space Station by a month as examines when, or if, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft can complete its test flight.
- From Star City to Cape Canaveral, how a cosmonaut trains for a SpaceX flight NASASpaceflight · 6 Aug 2024 Although US astronauts are able to launch from Florida, some American astronauts still launch aboard Soyuz. Tracy Caldwell Dyson, an American, is aboard the ISS as of this writing, arriving after a liftoff from Kazakhsta...
- Crew-9 Launch Slips to Give NASA More Time to Analyze Starliner Data SpacePolicyOnline.com · 6 Aug 2024 NASA is delaying the launch of the next International Space Station crew exchange mission, Crew-9, as it continues to assess the health of Boeing’s Starliner capsule. Framing the decision as
- NASA & SpaceX Delay Crew 9 To September 24 Due To Starliner Mission Delays The Launch Pad · 6 Aug 2024 NASA & SpaceX Delay Crew 9 To September 24 Due To Starliner Mission Delays
- NASA chief will make the final decision on how Starliner crew flies home Ars Technica · 6 Aug 2024 "I especially have confidence since I have the final decision."
- NASA pushes Crew-9 launch to September amid uncertainty of Starliner’s return timeline Spaceflight Now · 6 Aug 2024 The adjustment of the launch manifest is in line with NASA’s desire to have a direct handover between its two long-duration crews on the International Space Station.
- NASA to Provide Crew Flight Test, Space Station Missions Update NASA · 6 Aug 2024 NASA will host a media teleconference at 12:30 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 7, to discuss ongoing International Space Station operations, including the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test and NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission. Audi...
- Tundra Vegetation to Grow Taller, Greener Through 2100, NASA Study Finds NASA · 6 Aug 2024 Warming global climate is changing the vegetation structure of forests in the far north. It’s a trend that will continue at least through the end of this century, according to NASA researchers. The change in forest struc...