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- India launches X-ray astronomy satellite SpaceNews · 1 Jan 2024 India launched an astronomy satellite to start a year that will feature key tests for its human spaceflight program and a potential joint crewed mission with NASA.
- NASA pushes ahead with Earth System Observatory despite uncertain budgets SpaceNews · 1 Jan 2024 NASA is making progress on a multibillion-dollar series of Earth science missions amid uncertainty about their funding for the next year.
- NASA's Curiosity Rover Captures a Martian Day, From Dawn to Dusk NASA · 28 Dec 2023 Videos from the rover show its shadow moving across the Martian surface during a 12-hour sequence while Curiosity remained parked.
- NASA report studies options for a future national laboratory in orbit after ISS SpaceNews · 22 Dec 2023 A NASA study examined several options for continuing a national laboratory in low Earth orbit after the International Space Station but stopped short of recommending a specific option.
- To win the new space race, NASA and the DoD need to shift their collaboration into high gear SpaceNews · 22 Dec 2023 Military leaders argue that the Department of Defense must be more involved if the US is to win the new space race for a lunar outpost.
- 1,000 sols into their mission, Perseverance and Ingenuity continue to investigate Jezero Crater NASASpaceflight · 21 Dec 2023 After celebrating their 1,000th sol, or Martian day, on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter are continuing to explore Jezero Crater on the Red Planet. Recently, the robotic pair completed their exten...
- Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Completes 68th Flight The Launch Pad · 19 Dec 2023 NASA's Ingenuity helicopter on Mars continues to make history, having now completed its 68th flight over the weekend where it covered an impressive horizontal distance of 828 meters (2,310 feet). This marks the farthest...
- New Shepard Returns to Flight Space Scout · 19 Dec 2023 After over a year of waiting, New Shepard has returned to flight. Following a scrubbed launch on the 18th, New Shepard cleared the tower flying the NS-24 mission on December 19th at 10:43 AM. The flight carried 33 experi...
- Tenacity Enters Final Test Campaign Space Scout · 15 Dec 2023 Colorado based Sierra Space has entered the final test and checkout campaign for their Dream Chaser spaceplane; delivering the first flight article, Tenacity, to NASA’s Armstrong Test Facility in Ohio. This represents a...
- NASA will “baby” TEMPO to extend its life SpaceNews · 13 Dec 2023 The first NASA satellite to measure air pollution hourly shows so much promise that the space agency is already thinking about ways to extend its life.
- Voyager Space Announces 2 StarLab Demo Mission With NASA The Launch Pad · 13 Dec 2023 Voyager Space's StarLab space station has reached two significant milestones as part of its Space Act Agreement with NASA.
- Cubesat offers template for future astronomy missions SpaceNews · 12 Dec 2023 The first NASA-funded small satellite for exoplanet science is continuing to gather data well beyond its expected lifetime.
- NASA's Perseverance Rover Deciphers Ancient History of Martian Lake NASA · 12 Dec 2023 Now at 1,000 days on Mars, the mission has traversed an ancient river and lake system, collecting valuable samples along the way.
- Voyager 1 "Stuck" Not Sending Data Home, Engineers Working Glitch The Launch Pad · 12 Dec 2023 NASA engineers are working to address a technical issue on Voyager 1, one of the agency's iconic deep space probes, as it encounters communication challenges between its onboard computers.
- NASA Set To Unveil X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft on Jan 12 The Launch Pad · 12 Dec 2023 NASA's Quesst, is a collaborative effort between NASA researchers and prime contractor Lockheed Martin Skunk Works who are developing and testing the next generation experimental aircraft, the X-59 quiet supersonic aircr...
- NASA's MAVEN Observes the Disappearing Solar Wind NASA · 11 Dec 2023 NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission observed the dramatic and unexpected “disappearance” of a stream of charged particles constantly emanating off the Sun, known as the solar wind.
- Orion’s Journey to Artemis II and Beyond Space Scout · 11 Dec 2023 One year ago, NASA’s Orion spacecraft concluded its maiden voyage around the Moon, a journey of 1.4 million miles ending with a gentle splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Artemis I was a resounding success for NASA’s ambiti...
- NASA’s Psyche captures its “first light,” continues testing other instruments NASASpaceflight · 9 Dec 2023 On Dec. 4, the cameras of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft took their first images 26 million kilometers away from Earth. This milestone, called “first light,” was one of many the agency needed to complete on its way to its dest...
- Blue Origin New Shepard VR Experience Lands At NASA KSC Visitor Complex The Launch Pad · 8 Dec 2023 An immersive virtual reality experience inside a replica of Blue Origin’s New Shepard has landed at NASA Kennedy Space Centers Visitor Complex!
- Boeing working toward first SLS Core Stage final assembly at KSC NASASpaceflight · 7 Dec 2023 As Boeing nears completing final assembly of NASA’s second Space Launch System (SLS) core stage at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans, the space agency’s prime contractor for SLS stages is continuing prod...
- NASA revises contract strategy for ISS deorbit vehicle SpaceNews · 7 Dec 2023 NASA will give companies greater choice in the type of contract to use for producing a deorbit vehicle for the International Space Station.
- Rethink the Mars Program SpaceNews · 7 Dec 2023 NASA’s robotic Mars exploration program is in crisis. A recent review of the plan of its flagship Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission pegged its cost at $10 billion, a price tag that threatens to preclude funding any other...
- NASA working with industry to advance inflatable heat shield technology SpaceNews · 7 Dec 2023 The success of a NASA project last year to demonstrate an inflatable heat shield has attracted interest from several companies who are working with the agency to advance the technology.
- NASA Psyche Captures First Light Images The Launch Pad · 6 Dec 2023 NASA's Psyche spacecraft has marked a significant milestone on its journey to explore the asteroid Psyche in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupite by turning on its twin cameras, and capturing the spacecraft's "...
- OSIRIS-REx Capsule Landing "Did Not Go...To Plan" - NASA The Launch Pad · 6 Dec 2023 NASA's OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Capsule encountered a glitch with a small parachute known as a drogue chute when it failed to deploy as anticipated during OSIRIS-REx's landing.
- NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Operations Suspended Due To Gyro Issue The Launch Pad · 5 Dec 2023 NASA iconic space observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope has suspended science operations and is in safe mode due to a problem with one of its three operational gyroscopes.
- SpaceX plans key NASA demonstration for next Starship launch CNBC · 5 Dec 2023 SpaceX could attempt a key demonstration for NASA during the third test flight of its towering Starship rocket, according to the federal agency.
- Data rights limitations affecting NASA technology development SpaceNews · 5 Dec 2023 Development of a key capability NASA needs for exploration of the moon and Mars is being hindered by limited access to data from companies working on those capabilities.
- NASA updating policy for rideshare missions SpaceNews · 4 Dec 2023 NASA is developing an updated rideshare policy for science missions that reflects both new launch opportunities as well as challenges faced in accommodating secondary payloads.
- Hubble glitch renews talk about private servicing mission SpaceNews · 2 Dec 2023 A problem with the Hubble Space Telescope has renewed discussion about whether and how NASA might approve a private mission to reboost and potentially repair the spacecraft.
- Webb discovers that rocky planets can form in more extreme environments NASASpaceflight · 2 Dec 2023 Using the joint NASA, European Space Agency, and Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope, a team of scientists has discovered water and other important molecules within the inner, rocky-planet-forming regions of...
- GAO: 2025 Unlikely for First Artemis Lunar Landing, Maybe 2027 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 1 Dec 2023 The Government Accountability Office’s latest report on NASA’s Artemis program is skeptical that the agency can return astronauts to the lunar surface in 2025, the current plan. If development of
- NASA Researchers Authorized To Apply For China's Moon Samples The Launch Pad · 1 Dec 2023 In a surprising turn of events, NASA-funded researchers have been given the green light to apply for access to lunar samples collected by China's Chang'e-5 mission, marking a rare exception to the longstanding prohibitio...
- GAO report warns Artemis 3 landing may be delayed to 2027 SpaceNews · 1 Dec 2023 The first crewed landing of NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration effort is unlikely to happen before 2027, a report by the Government Accountability Office concluded.
- NASA researchers get permission to apply for China’s moon samples SpaceNews · 1 Dec 2023 NASA-funded researchers have been granted permission to apply for access to China's Chang'e-5 lunar samples in an exception to a prohibition on bilateral activities.
- GAO Highlights Shortcomings for Artemis III Space Scout · 1 Dec 2023 On November 30th, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report detailing the various challenges remaining for SpaceX, Axiom, and NASA as they work towards the goal of landing the first woman and person of...
- SpaceX Starship, Axiom Spacesuit Delays Likely To Push 2025 Artemis III to 2027 Says NASA GAO Report The Launch Pad · 1 Dec 2023 NASA is gearing to land humans on the moon for the first time since 1972 under the Artemis program; however, a recent report by the GAO reveals significant challenges that may impede the planned Artemis III crewed lunar...
- NASA warns of “very problematic” space technology budget cuts SpaceNews · 30 Nov 2023 The head of NASA’s space technology directorate warned an advisory group of a “significant impact” to some programs if the Senate version of an appropriations bill for 2024 becomes law.
- Dragonfly Takes One Step Forward, But Only One SpacePolicyOnline.com · 29 Nov 2023 NASA’s Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan is one step closer to final approval today. A dual-quadcopter that will fly over Titan’s surface, Dragonfly successfully passed a milestone review that
- NASA Delays Dragonfly Mission To Titan The Launch Pad · 29 Nov 2023 The Director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division has announced a one-year delay in the launch of the Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan.