NASA’s Jon B. Olansen to Serve as New Gateway Program Manager
NASA · 28 Mar 2023
NASA has selected Dr. Jon B. Olansen as the new manager of the agency’s Gateway Program, an international collaboration building humanity's first lunar space station, which will support Artemis missions to the Moon.
NASA Astronauts Bring STEM to Washington Students
NASA · 28 Mar 2023
Local students will have an opportunity to hear from NASA astronauts and learn more about Artemis lunar exploration, in an event hosted at 11 a.m. EDT Thursday, March 30, at the Martin Luther King Library in Washington.
NASA Helps Fund Minority Institutions Preparing Students for College
NASA · 27 Mar 2023
High school students from traditionally underrepresented and underserved communities will have a path to pursue careers in STEM with help from NASA. The agency announced Monday it has selected seven Historically Black Co...
NASA space operations head Lueders to retire
SpaceNews · 27 Mar 2023
Kathy Lueders, the NASA official who oversees the International Space Station and commercial cargo and crew programs, will retire from the agency at the end of April and be succeeded by her deputy.
Damaged Soyuz MS-22 craft returns home uncrewed
NASASpaceflight · 27 Mar 2023
The Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, which launched Expedition 68 crewmembers Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin, and NASA’s Frank Rubio on Sept. 21, 2022, returned to Earth in automated mode after suffering...
NASA, Boeing to Host Media Briefing, Provide Starliner Update
NASA · 27 Mar 2023
NASA and Boeing will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, March 29, to provide an update on the Crew Flight Test (CFT) of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station.
NASA Names Two Diversity Champions for Agency
NASA · 27 Mar 2023
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday he is taking additional steps forward to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) at the agency. Nelson named Steve Shih to serve in a new position as...
Changes Ahead as NASA’s Human Spaceflight Head Plans Retirement
NASA · 27 Mar 2023
Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator of NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate, announced Monday she will retire from the agency at the end of April. Lueders’ current deputy and astronaut, Ken Bowersox, will bec...
NASA Invites Media to See Mars Habitat Before Crew Enters for One Year
NASA · 24 Mar 2023
Media are invited to visit NASA’s simulated Mars habitat on Tuesday, April 11, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. This summer, four volunteers will begin a yearlong Mars mission in the ground-based habitat,...
NASA warns of “devastating” impacts of potential budget cuts
SpaceNews · 24 Mar 2023
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson claims proposed spending reductions for fiscal year 2024 could have “devastating and potentially unrecoverable” effects on NASA programs, delaying or canceling many missions.
NASA Seeks Student Solutions for Managing Moon Landing Dust Cloud
NASA · 21 Mar 2023
As NASA and industry partners develop new human landing systems to transport astronauts from lunar orbit to the Moon’s surface and back as part of Artemis, the agency is asking university students to investigate solution...
Industry sees missed opportunity in deorbiting ISS
SpaceNews · 21 Mar 2023
NASA’s plan to spend up to $1 billion on a tug to deorbit the International Space Station is a missed opportunity to instead repurpose or recycle the station, some in industry argue.
NASA Awards Grants to Support Research, Technology Development
NASA · 20 Mar 2023
NASA has announced the recipients of its annual Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) grants, providing a total of more than $10.8 million across 15 institutions over three years to support scien...
NASA's SWOT Spacecraft Resumes Operations After Primary Instrument Shutdown
The Launch Pad · 20 Mar 2023
NASA's Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite has resumed its commissioning activities after the main scientific instrument, the Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn), was shut off in late January. According...
Mars Sample Return cost growth threatens other science missions
SpaceNews · 18 Mar 2023
NASA’s effort to return samples from Mars is facing increasing costs that is putting pressure not just on other planetary science missions but also a major heliophysics mission.
NASA weighing continuing VERITAS versus future Discovery mission
SpaceNews · 17 Mar 2023
Budget pressures in NASA’s planetary science program could force the agency to choose between continuing a mission to Venus that has already been delayed or requesting proposals for a future mission.
NASA selects Axiom Space for third private astronaut mission to ISS
SpaceNews · 16 Mar 2023
NASA has approved plans by Axiom Space to fly a third private astronaut mission to the International Space Station as soon as November, although with no details yet about who will go on the flight.
Rocket Lab launches pair of Capella satellites from Wallops
NASASpaceflight · 16 Mar 2023
Rocket Lab, which opened its 2023 campaign with the inauguration of its first US-based launch pad, has launched its second consecutive mission from Launch Complex 2 at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Liftoff...
NASA Selects 21 New Learning Projects to Engage Students in STEM
NASA · 16 Mar 2023
NASA is awarding more than $3.8 million to 21 museums, science centers, and other informal education institutions for projects designed to bring the excitement of space science to communities across the nation and broade...
NASA Awards Advance 3D Printing, Quantum Tech for Climate Research
NASA · 16 Mar 2023
New technology is a key to helping NASA advance its long-term exploration goals for the benefit of all. To support its effort, the agency announced Thursday it will create two new institutes to develop technology in crit...
NASA Awardees to Develop Sustainable Aviation Composite Tech
NASA · 16 Mar 2023
NASA has issued $50 million in awards to 14 organizations to develop manufacturing processes and advanced composite materials for aircraft structures. These green technologies hold the potential to help reduce aviation c...
Axiom Space reveals design of Artemis spacesuit
SpaceNews · 16 Mar 2023
NASA and Axiom Space unveiled a prototype of the spacesuits that astronauts will wear on Artemis missions to the moon.
NASA Mars Odyssey Orbiter Fuel Supply Running Low
The Launch Pad · 15 Mar 2023
NASA's Mars Odyssey Orbiter has been studying the Red Planet for the past 22 years, but the orbiter is approaching the end of its mission as its running low on fuel.
Axiom unveils spacesuits for NASA’s upcoming Artemis moon missions
CNBC · 15 Mar 2023
Axiom Space on Wednesday revealed a prototype of the lunar spacesuit that NASA plans to use for its astronauts during Artemis missions, which are set to launch later this decade.
Artemis 3 Spacesuit Revealed By NASA and Axiom Space
The Launch Pad · 15 Mar 2023
Axiom Space revealed their design for the Artemis xEVA Lunar Spacesuit. These spacesuits will debut on the Artemis III mission, and will service humanity's return to the moon through 2030.
Firefly wins second NASA CLPS mission
SpaceNews · 15 Mar 2023
NASA selected Firefly Aerospace to land payloads on the far side of the moon and to place a European satellite into lunar orbit.
Axiom shows off Artemis moonsuits
Spaceflight Now · 15 Mar 2023
Houston-based Axiom Space on Wednesday showed off the new spacesuit NASA’s Artemis astronauts will wear when they return to the moon, a more flexible, dust resistant, insulated and radiation-shielded suit to protect them...
SpaceX Launches Science and Supplies To Space Station
The Launch Pad · 15 Mar 2023
NASA and SpaceX have successfully launched the 27th resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS), carrying over 6,200 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and other cargo. The SpaceX Dragon spacecra...
NASA Approves AX-3 Mission To ISS
The Launch Pad · 14 Mar 2023
NASA and Axiom Space have announced plans for the third private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
NASA Selects Axiom Space for Third Private Astronaut Station Mission
NASA · 14 Mar 2023
NASA and Axiom Space have signed a mission order for the third private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than November 2023 from the agency’s NASA’s Kennedy Space Center...
NASA Selects Firefly Aerospace for Robotic Moon Mission
The Launch Pad · 14 Mar 2023
NASA has chosen Firefly Aerospace to carry multiple payloads to the surface of the far side of the Moon, and a satellite to lunar orbit.