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NASA safety panel warns about ISS transition risks
SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2023
A NASA safety panel expressed concerns about NASA’s plans to shift from the International Space Station to commercial successors, including funding for an ISS deorbit vehicle.
Using Webb, scientists measure high-speed jet stream in Jupiter’s atmosphere
NASASpaceflight · 29 Oct 2023
Scientists recently discovered a high-speed jet stream at Jupiter’s equator using the joint NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope. Webb’s images helped the team of scientists track f...
Blue Origin reveals mockup of Blue Moon lunar lander prototype
SpaceNews · 28 Oct 2023
Blue Origin has unveiled a full-sized mockup of an uncrewed version of its Blue Moon lunar lander that will test technologies intended for a crewed version it is developing for NASA’s Artemis effort.
Boeing ramps up final assembly to complete Artemis II SLS Core Stage by year end
NASASpaceflight · 28 Oct 2023
Following a cost-saving summer slowdown, NASA Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage prime contractor Boeing is again working two shifts a day at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans to complete final testing...
Op-Ed: Can We Arrest the Fall of CLPS?
Space Scout · 27 Oct 2023
As NASA prepares to go back to the moon, the CLPS program stands on a dangerous fulcrum - will program structure help or hurt our lunar return?
NASA Safety Panel Issues Clarion Call for ISS Deorbit Tug
SpacePolicyOnline.com · 26 Oct 2023
NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel made it crystal clear today that building a tug to deorbit the International Space station is “not optional,” budget constraints notwithstanding. The panel has been
NASA Is Locating Ice on Mars With This New Map
NASA · 26 Oct 2023
The map could help the agency decide where the first astronauts to the Red Planet should land. The more available water, the less missions will need to bring.
NASA emphasizes need for mission authorization
SpaceNews · 25 Oct 2023
Ongoing development of a regulatory framework for overseeing new commercial space activity is critical to NASA’s long-term exploration plans that will rely increasing on the private sector, the agency’s deputy administra...
Belt-Tightening Could Mean Fewer Hubble and Chandra Observations
SpacePolicyOnline.com · 24 Oct 2023
NASA is bracing for a period of budgetary belt-tightening as House Republicans demand deep cuts to nondefense discretionary spending, the category that includes NASA. The effects will be felt across
NASA starts reassessment of Mars Sample Return architecture
SpaceNews · 21 Oct 2023
NASA has started work to revise its approach to returning samples from Mars after an independent review concluded the current Mars Sample Return (MSR) architecture has an “unrealistic” budget and schedule.
NASA Upbeat About Future of Mars Sample Return Despite IRB-2 Report
SpacePolicyOnline.com · 21 Oct 2023
NASA may have received discouraging news from a recent independent review of the Mars Sample Return mission, but key NASA officials and members of the space science community remain upbeat
Artemis and Taming the Extraordinary
SpaceNews · 19 Oct 2023
Strategists and planners at NASA are mulling over questions of tempo for future human expeditions to the moon. Should Artemis involve a yearly campaign of smaller missions or consolidate expeditions, launching more ambit...
You Are Beautiful: Lucy at Dinkinesh
Space Scout · 16 Oct 2023
Nearly two years after launch, NASA's Lucy spacecraft prepares to encounter its first asteroid - one of many to come.
Frank Rubio Readjusting to Life on Earth with Ease
SpacePolicyOnline.com · 15 Oct 2023
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is finding his readjustment to Earth’s gravity after 371 days in space pretty straightforward. Two weeks after landing, he considers himself 100 percent back to normal
Psyche and Starlink Set Records on the Space Coast
Space Scout · 15 Oct 2023
On Friday the 13th, 2023 SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy beat the odds and lifted off carrying NASA’s Psyche spacecraft on a two billion mile trek to the asteroid of its namesake.
Psyche on Its Way to Metal-Rich Asteroid
SpacePolicyOnline.com · 13 Oct 2023
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft started a billion mile journey to an asteroid by that name between Mars and Jupiter this morning. Of all the thousands and thousands of asteroids, Psyche is
SpaceX Falcon Heavy aces NASA’s Psyche spacecraft launch
Teslarati · 13 Oct 2023
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launched NASA’s Psyche spacecraft on Friday morning, completing the second-ever interplanetary mission for the rocket, with the first...
NASA launches Psyche mission to metal world
SpaceNews · 13 Oct 2023
A NASA spacecraft is finally on its way to a metallic main belt asteroid after a successful Falcon Heavy launch Oct. 13.
New contract unlikely to significantly reduce SLS costs
SpaceNews · 13 Oct 2023
NASA’s plans to buy future launches of the Space Launch System as a service are unlikely to achieve hoped-for cost savings, the agency’s inspector general concluded, recommending NASA keep its options open for alternativ...
Psyche marks start of NASA use of Falcon Heavy
SpaceNews · 13 Oct 2023
The launch of NASA’s Psyche mission represents the beginning of the agency’s use of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, which the agency will rely upon for some of its biggest science and exploration missions this decade.
NASA IG Skeptical of Major SLS Cost Savings From Services Contract
SpacePolicyOnline.com · 13 Oct 2023
NASA’s Office of Inspector General is skeptical that NASA will achieve significant cost savings by shifting procurement of future Space Launch System rockets to a commercial services contract. In a
NASA, SpaceX launch Psyche mission to metallic asteroid
NASASpaceflight · 12 Oct 2023
NASA and SpaceX teams launched the agency’s Psyche mission to metallic asteroid 16 Psyche from Florida on Friday, Oct. 13. Psyche launched atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at the Kennedy...
Stormy Skies Keep Psyche Earthbound
Space Scout · 12 Oct 2023
After a technical delay the previous week, NASA’s Psyche mission remains grounded in the face of weather constraints.
Scientists excited by first look at OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples
SpaceNews · 12 Oct 2023
Scientists said they are thrilled with an initial assessment of asteroid samples returned by a NASA spacecraft last month even though they still don’t know how much material that mission brought back to Earth.
Evolution Space to develop solid rocket motors at NASA Stennis
SpaceNews · 10 Oct 2023
Evolution Space, a startup developing solid rocket motors, has signed an agreement to establish production and testing operations at NASA’s Stennis Space Center.
Axiom Space To Collaborate With Prada On Artemis Spacesuits
The Launch Pad · 8 Oct 2023
Axiom Space continues to work on the development of their first spacesuit which will be used for NASA's Artemis missions. In a surpise annoucement Axiom Space is partnering with Prada, the renowned Italian luxury fashion...
SOFIA provides insights into the metallic characteristics of asteroid Psyche
NASASpaceflight · 8 Oct 2023
On Oct. 12, 2023, NASA’s Psyche mission and spacecraft will launch out into the asteroid belt to research asteroid 16 Psyche. Psyche, the asteroid, is thought to be metal-rich and is one of the largest asteroids within t...
KSC Flyover: SLC-40 crew tower rising, Roberts Road expansion detailed
NASASpaceflight · 7 Oct 2023
Florida’s Space Coast has been awash with launch activity as of late, thanks in large part to the ever-increasing cadence that SpaceX is fostering. Even with this, several facilities in and around the Cape Canaveral Spac...