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- US, Russian EVAs install upgrades and make history aboard ISS NASASpaceflight · 5 May 2023 NASA and Roscosmos astronauts have both conducted spacewalks this week aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The spacewalks prepared the Station for additional iROSA panel installation activity later this summer,...
- NASA Invites Media to Next SpaceX Resupply Launch to Space Station NASA · 5 May 2023 Media accreditation is open for SpaceX’s 28th commercial resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station. Liftoff of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket is targeted no earlier...
- NASA, Rocket Lab Update Launch Coverage for Tropical Cyclones Mission NASA · 5 May 2023 After the previous launch target date changed due to weather conditions in New Zealand, NASA and Rocket Lab are now targeting 9 p.m. EDT Sunday, May 7, (1 p.m. Monday, May 8, New Zealand Standard Time), to launch two sto...
- Scientists say they have found more moons with oceans in the Solar System Ars Technica · 5 May 2023 NASA probably is about to get serious about exploring the Uranian system.
- Debate rages about future of New Horizons SpaceNews · 4 May 2023 NASA and the science team for a spacecraft in the outer reaches of the solar system are locked in a dispute about the future of that mission and the science it can perform.
- NASA awards contracts for NOAA coronagraph studies SpaceNews · 3 May 2023 NASA selected five organizations to conduct studies of coronagraphs to fly on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s future space weather satellite.
- NASA Welcomes Czech Foreign Minister for Artemis Accords Signing NASA · 3 May 2023 During a ceremony at NASA Headquarters in Washington Wednesday, the Czech Republic became the 24th country to sign the Artemis Accords. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson participated in the signing ceremony for the agency a...
- Plutonium availability constrains plans for future planetary missions SpaceNews · 3 May 2023 NASA may not have enough plutonium available to power a mission to Uranus recommended by the latest decadal survey until the latter half of the 2030s.
- TTTech: Secure networking for safety-critical space systems SpaceNews · 3 May 2023 Ambitious international programs like NASA Artemis are leading the way into the next era of space exploration and human space flight driven by new technologies and commercial partnerships.
- Artemis II Moon mission transitioning from planning to preparation NASASpaceflight · 2 May 2023 The first crewed Artemis mission is now the focus of NASA’s beyond-Earth orbit human spaceflight programs. Mission training for the recently-named crew for the Artemis II test flight is expected to begin in June, at just...
- NASA Sets Coverage for Dragon Port Relocation on Space Station NASA · 1 May 2023 Four crew members aboard the International Space Station will relocate their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft’s docking port Saturday, May 6, to make way for the arrival of an upcoming cargo spacecraft.
- Nelson expects SpaceX to be ready for next Starship launch within months SpaceNews · 28 Apr 2023 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told a House committee that SpaceX’s truncated Starship test flight was not a major setback in plans to use that vehicle to land astronauts on the moon as soon as 2025.
- Entrepreneurs to Pitch Ideas for Future in NASA ‘Space Tank’ NASA · 27 Apr 2023 College students in NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Innovation and Technology Tech Transfer Idea Competition (MITTIC) will pitch their projects during a “Space Tank” at Space Center Hous...
- NASA Sets Coverage for Czech Republic Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony NASA · 26 Apr 2023 The Czech Republic is expected to sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at NASA Headquarters in Washington Wednesday, May 3.
- NASA Updates Coverage of Roscosmos Spacewalks at Space Station NASA · 26 Apr 2023 NASA will provide live coverage as two Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct two spacewalks in May outside the International Space Station to relocate hardware from the Rassvet module to the new Nauka multipurpose laboratory modu...
- NASA Experts Available for Interviews About Sea and Sky Campaign NASA · 26 Apr 2023 This spring, NASA’s S-MODE (Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment) began conducting its final plane, ship, and ocean glider campaign to better understand the ocean’s impact on Earth’s climate.
- NASA Announces Winners of 2023 Human Exploration Rover Challenge NASA · 26 Apr 2023 NASA has announced the winners of the 2023 Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) with Escambia High School in Pensacola, Florida, winning first place in the high school division, and the University of Alabama in Hunts...
- NASA’s Voyager Will Do More Science With New Power Strategy Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 26 Apr 2023 Launched in 1977, the Voyager 2 spacecraft is more than 12 billion miles (20 billion kilometers) from Earth, using five science instruments to study interstellar space. To help keep those instruments operating despite a...
- NASA Selects 12 Companies to Collaborate on Key Technology Development NASA · 25 Apr 2023 NASA has selected 16 proposals from 12 companies under the 2022 Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO) to advance capabilities and technologies related to NASA's Moon to Mars Objectives. The cadre of U.S. indust...
- NASA Retires Mineral Mapping Instrument on Mars Orbiter NASA · 25 Apr 2023 One of six instruments aboard the agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, CRISM produced global maps of minerals on the Red Planet’s surface.
- NASA Announces Student Winners of Power to Explore Challenge NASA · 25 Apr 2023 NASA selected three winners out of nine finalists in the second annual Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for elementary through high school students featuring the power of radioisotopes for space explora...
- NASA InSight Study Provides Clearest Look Ever at Martian Core NASA · 24 Apr 2023 A pair of quakes in 2021 sent seismic waves deep into the Red Planet’s core, giving scientists the best data yet on its size and composition.
- NASA, Rocket Lab Set Coverage for Tropical Cyclones Mission NASA · 24 Apr 2023 NASA and Rocket Lab are targeting 9 p.m. EDT, Sunday, April 30 (1 p.m. New Zealand Standard Time, Monday, May 1), to launch two storm tracking CubeSats into orbit.
- VP Harris, South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol to Visit NASA Goddard NASA · 24 Apr 2023 Vice President Kamala Harris and Republic of Korea (ROK) President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Tuesday, April 25, to see firsthand the agency’s climate change wo...
- As megaconstellations grow, scientists become concerned with their impacts on astronomy NASASpaceflight · 23 Apr 2023 Since their initial launch in 2019, SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites have become infamous for photobombing observations from ground-based telescopes. While Starlink — along with other satellite “megaconstellations”...
- EGS launch team applying first SLS launch lessons to future Artemis missions NASASpaceflight · 21 Apr 2023 The NASA Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) program is now working on collecting, analyzing, and applying lessons learned during the long Artemis I launch processing flow to streamline future launch campaigns, beginning wi...
- Pennsylvania Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station NASA · 21 Apr 2023 Students from North Allegheny School District in McCandless, Pennsylvania, will have an opportunity this week to hear from a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station.
- Nelson supports continuing restrictions on NASA cooperation with China SpaceNews · 21 Apr 2023 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said he supports continuing current restrictions on the agency’s ability to work with China in spaceflight as he warns of a “space race” between the countries.
- NASA starts consortium for ISAM technologies SpaceNews · 20 Apr 2023 NASA announced April 19 the creation of a new organization devoted to advancing technologies for in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing (ISAM).
- NASA Creates In-Space Servicing, Assembly, Manufacturing Consortium NASA · 19 Apr 2023 NASA announced Wednesday a new consortium focused on making in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM) capabilities a routine part of space architectures and mission lifecycles.
- Leidos working with NASCAR on Artemis lunar rover SpaceNews · 19 Apr 2023 Leidos is working with the racing company NASCAR to develop a lunar rover they will offer for an upcoming NASA competition.
- From Galileo to the Lunar Gateway: Mapping Italy’s Growing Space Industry SpaceNews · 19 Apr 2023 Today, Italy plays a vital role in space missions and activities worldwide, far more so than is often acknowledged. Italy boasts the second-greatest number of assets in orbit among European nations, and it is an essentia...
- NASA warns of near-term cost growth on Mars Sample Return SpaceNews · 19 Apr 2023 COLORADO SPRINGS — NASA’s effort to return samples from Mars could require $250 million more than currently planned over the next two years, putting more pressure on the agency’s overall
- NASA Awards Omnibus Multidiscipline Engineering Services III Contract NASA · 18 Apr 2023 NASA has awarded the Omnibus Multidiscipline Engineering Services (OMES) III contract to Space & Technology Solutions of Houston.
- NASA releases architecture for human exploration of the moon and Mars SpaceNews · 18 Apr 2023 NASA has released new details on the initial phases of its architecture to return humans to the moon as a step towards eventual missions to Mars.
- NASA Shares First Moon to Mars Architecture Concept Review Results NASA · 18 Apr 2023 As NASA builds a blueprint for human exploration throughout the solar system for the benefit of humanity, the agency released Tuesday the outcomes from its first Architecture Concept Review, a robust analysis process des...
- NASA Selects 10 Scientists for International Mission to Martian Moons NASA · 18 Apr 2023 JPL’s Abigail Fraeman will help study the composition of Phobos and Deimos using instruments on the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s spacecraft.
- NASA Sets Coverage for Northrop Grumman Cygnus Departure from Station NASA · 18 Apr 2023 Carrying more than 8,200 pounds of supplies, scientific investigations, commercial products, hardware, and other cargo to the orbiting laboratory for NASA, Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to de...
- NASA Awards Agencywide Digital, Information Technology Contract NASA · 17 Apr 2023 NASA has selected Rothe Ares Joint Venture of San Antonio to manage digital communication services, as well as information technology services, for all agency centers and headquarters.
- NASA Sets Coverage of Spacewalk, News Conference for Station Upgrades NASA · 17 Apr 2023 Two crew members, including a NASA astronaut, living aboard the International Space Station will conduct a spacewalk Friday, April 28, to continue installation of hardware to support future power system upgrades.