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- NASA continues work on response to biological and physical sciences decadal survey SpaceNews · 23 Apr 2024 NASA is continuing to refine its response to a decadal survey for biological and physical sciences in space, balancing ambitious science goals with limited budgets.
- Launch Roundup: SpaceX lands its 300th booster, NASA tests a solar sail, and China launches three more taikonauts NASASpaceflight · 22 Apr 2024 During the last full week of April, forthcoming launches include two Starlink missions planned on Monday and Friday, and another two more Falcon 9 flights lifting customer satellites. The first of these is the delayed Wo...
- NASA confirms Dragonfly mission despite doubled costs SpaceNews · 22 Apr 2024 NASA has approved for development a mission to Saturn’s moon Titan despite a cost that has doubled since the agency selected the mission nearly five years ago.
- NASA may alter Artemis III to have Starship and Orion dock in low-Earth orbit Ars Technica · 19 Apr 2024 If it were to happen, a Starship-Orion mission in low-Earth orbit would echo Apollo 9.
- Op-Ed: Human Health Research, the Key to the Commercial Space Revolution Space Scout · 19 Apr 2024 If one word can summarize the past five years of human spaceflight, it’s “commercialization.” The early 2020s have been defined by a dramatic shift in the way we think about space exploration, particularly as NASA moves...
- Nelson defends “very tough choices” in NASA’s budget proposal SpaceNews · 18 Apr 2024 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson defended the agency’s plans to cut back or cancel some agency programs at a House hearing, placing much of the blame at the feet of Congress.
- Nelson Defends Tough Choices in FY2025 Budget Request SpacePolicyOnline.com · 18 Apr 2024 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson fielded questions from House Appropriations committee members today about why the FY2025 budget request includes cuts to programs in some of their districts. The answer was
- Ingenuity – Down, But Not Out SpacePolicyOnline.com · 18 Apr 2024 NASA’s intrepid Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, sent its last transmission back to Earth yesterday, but will continue collecting data for eventual retrieval in the future. In January, something happened at the
- NASA Lays Out LEO Sustainability Vision Space Scout · 17 Apr 2024 Space is an environment that is increasingly intersectional, bringing together issues from across the globe to generate an immense economic and technological powerhouse. It has also cemented itself as a key element in mo...
- NASA’s no to Mars SpaceNews · 17 Apr 2024 Supporting Mars Sample Return is of utmost importance for American leadership in space.
- NASA open to significantly reduced return of Mars samples SpaceNews · 17 Apr 2024 NASA is willing to consider proposals for revamping its Mars Sample Return program that would return as few as 10 sample tubes, a fraction of the number originally planned.
- NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team Says Goodbye … for Now NASA · 17 Apr 2024 The final downlink shift by the Ingenuity team was a time to reflect on a highly successful mission — and to prepare the first aircraft on another world for its new role.
- A Shake Up For Mars Sample Return Space Scout · 16 Apr 2024 On April 15th 2024, NASA hosted a media teleconference giving updates on the current status of the agency’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission. MSR is a vital step in providing high fidelity environmental data which could...
- NASA Wants New Ideas — Fast — on How to Return Samples from Mars Affordably SpacePolicyOnline.com · 16 Apr 2024 After months of analysis, NASA said today it agrees with the results of last year’s Independent Review Board that concluded the Mars Sample Return mission plan needs a do-over. That
- NASA Agrees ISS Debris Hit Home in Florida SpacePolicyOnline.com · 15 Apr 2024 NASA confirmed today that a piece of debris from the International Space Station hit a home in Naples, FL last month. The homeowner reported that something hit his house about
- NASA to look for new options to carry out Mars Sample Return program SpaceNews · 15 Apr 2024 NASA will seek “out of the box” ideas in a bid to reduce the costs and shorten the schedule for returning samples from Mars.
- A “slow bleed” of funding threatens NASA’s science flagships SpaceNews · 15 Apr 2024 NASA’s overall science budget in the FY25 request is nearly $1 billion less than what the agency expected last year it would have available. While MSR’s problems has attracted the most attention, the pain is being felt a...
- NASA Sets Path to Return Mars Samples, Seeks Innovative Designs NASA · 15 Apr 2024 The agency is asking the NASA community to work together to develop a revised plan that leverages innovation and proven technology.
- NASA document outlines selection of lunar rover companies SpaceNews · 15 Apr 2024 NASA documents show how the agency balanced cost, capabilities and experience in its selection of three companies to continue work on an Artemis lunar rover.
- Why the White House and Congress can’t see eye-to-eye on regulating commercial space SpaceNews · 14 Apr 2024 The year is 2027, and NASA is finally ready to return humans to the surface of the moon. The Space Launch System and Orion have demonstrated their ability to send
- NASA Invites Media to Mars Sample Return Update NASA · 12 Apr 2024 Mars Sample Return has been a major long-term goal of international planetary exploration for the past two decades.
- NOAA’s Next-Gen Constellation Moves Forward Space Scout · 11 Apr 2024 As NOAA looks to the future of its weather satellite programs in the 2030s and beyond, it is making radical changes to its Low-Earth orbit (LEO) architecture in the face of emerging trends and capabilities. All current a...
- Media Get Close-Up of NASA’s Jupiter-Bound Europa Clipper Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 11 Apr 2024 Excitement is mounting as the largest spacecraft NASA has ever built for a planetary mission gets readied for an October launch.
- Japanese astronauts to land on moon as part of new NASA partnership SpaceNews · 11 Apr 2024 Japan will become the first nation after the United States to land an astronaut on the moon as part of the Artemis lunar exploration campaign under an agreement between the two countries announced April 10.
- NASA to Develop a Framework for Space Sustainability SpacePolicyOnline.com · 10 Apr 2024 NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy today released a Space Sustainability Strategy that calls for the agency to develop a framework for space sustainability. What came out today was just the
- NASA rolls out new space sustainability strategy SpaceNews · 9 Apr 2024 NASA announced a new approach to dealing with an increasingly crowded and dangerous environment in Earth orbit with a space sustainability strategy that puts an initial emphasis on analyzing the problem rather than techn...
- Rocket Lab wins $14.4 million contract to launch Space Test Program experiment SpaceNews · 9 Apr 2024 The payload is a NASA-funded plate-shaped satellite designed by Aerospace Corp. as a possible alternative to the cubesat
- NASA Gives the Green Light to Lunar Terrain Vehicle Teams Space Scout · 7 Apr 2024 On Wednesday, April 3rd, NASA announced the three teams of commercial companies that will develop concepts for the Lunar Terrain Vehicle, an unpressurized rover which will provide mobility for astronauts as part of NASA’...
- Investing in Space: NASA’s tool for seeing the solar eclipse CNBC · 4 Apr 2024 Every once in a while, the moon gets its moment in the sun. Or rather, in front of the sun.
- How will astronauts cruise around the Moon? NASA narrows choice to three options Ars Technica · 4 Apr 2024 "I know we’re asking a lot of these companies."
- NASA Picks Three Companies for Lunar Terrain Vehicle Feasibility Studies SpacePolicyOnline.com · 4 Apr 2024 NASA has chosen three companies to participate in the first phase of developing, building and operating Lunar Terrain Vehicles as part of the Artemis campaign. Eventually one of the three
- NASA selects three companies to advance Artemis lunar rover designs SpaceNews · 4 Apr 2024 NASA has selected three companies to work on lunar rover concepts that would be offered as a service for Artemis lunar landings and scientific activities.
- Rock Sampled by NASA's Perseverance Embodies Why Rover Came to Mars NASA · 3 Apr 2024 The 24th sample taken by the six-wheeled scientist offers new clues about Jezero Crater and the lake it may have once held.
- White House directs NASA to develop lunar time standard SpaceNews · 3 Apr 2024 A new White House policy instructs NASA to develop a strategy for a new time standard for use on cislunar missions to provide improved navigation and related services on and around the moon.
- NASA, Lockheed Martin working to resolve Artemis II Orion issues, deliver spacecraft around summer’s end NASASpaceflight · 2 Apr 2024 NASA is working with Orion spacecraft prime contractor Lockheed Martin to resolve a handful of issues that came up late last year during ground testing, forcing the space agency to delay the launch readiness target date...
- Space Budget Experts Warn FY2025 May Be Even Worse for NASA SpacePolicyOnline.com · 31 Mar 2024 As NASA copes with the significant cut it received in FY2024, experts on the civil space budget are warning that FY2025 could be even worse. Caps imposed by the Fiscal
- NASA's Curiosity Searches for New Clues About Mars' Ancient Water NASA · 29 Mar 2024 The rover has arrived at an area that may show evidence liquid water flowed on this part of Mars for much longer than previously thought.
- Investing in Space: Boeing takes backup role in flying NASA astronauts CNBC · 28 Mar 2024 I don’t know how many times I’ve written something along the lines of “NASA’s Commercial Crew program is competitive” over the years, but those days are gone.
- Boeing’s Starliner slightly delayed, but ready for launch Teslarati · 28 Mar 2024 Boeing and NASA have once again delayed Starliner’s Crewed Flight Test to no earlier than May 1st, 2024. The launch was originally...
- NASA optimistic about resolving Voyager 1 computer problem SpaceNews · 27 Mar 2024 A NASA official says he is optimistic that a problem with the Voyager 1 spacecraft that has kept it from transmitting intelligible data for months can be resolved.