NASA preps for SLS fueling test Wednesday
Spaceflight Now · 19 Sep 2022
Engineers are ready to reload NASA’s Artemis moon rocket with supercold fuel Wednesday to make sure a repaired liquid hydrogen quick-disconnect fitting is leak free, one of two requirements that must be met before the ag...
Soyuz rocket rolls out for launch of Russian-American crew to space station
Spaceflight Now · 18 Sep 2022
Ground teams at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan rolled a Soyuz rocket to its launch pad Sunday, moving a step closer to liftoff Wednesday with a team of two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut heading for the I...
NASA moves to procure a second crewed lunar lander
Space Scout · 17 Sep 2022
SEP. 17, 2022—NASA adds another piece to the puzzle of procuring another lunar lander, amidst ever-shifting timelines and funding levels.
SpaceX and NASA in final preparations for Crew-5 mission
NASASpaceflight · 16 Sep 2022
With the launch just weeks away, SpaceX, NASA, and their international partners are in final preparations for the fifth operational Crew Dragon mission. As part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP), Crew-5 will be Spa...
Intuitive Machines to go public in SPAC merger
SpaceNews · 16 Sep 2022
Intuitive Machines, a company developing lunar landers and related capabilities for NASA and other customers, will go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), it announced Sept. 16.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Investigates Geologically Rich Mars Terrain
NASA · 15 Sep 2022
NASA’s Perseverance rover is well into its second science campaign, collecting rock-core samples from features within an area long considered by scientists to be a top prospect for finding signs of ancient microbial life...
NASA requests proposals for two ISS private astronaut missions
SpaceNews · 15 Sep 2022
NASA is requesting proposals for two private astronaut missions to the International Space Station in 2023 and 2024, enforcing a requirement such missions be commanded by former NASA astronauts.
NASA science head to step down
SpaceNews · 14 Sep 2022
The NASA associate administrator responsible for the agency’s science programs will resign by the end of the year after more than six years on the job.
NASA Funds Projects to Study Orbital Debris, Space Sustainability
NASA · 13 Sep 2022
As part of NASA's efforts to address orbital debris, the agency is funding research proposals from three university-based teams over the next year to analyze the economic, social, and policy issues associated with space...
Artemis 1 launch plans slip again
SpaceNews · 13 Sep 2022
Days after NASA proposed to make its next attempt to launch the Artemis 1 mission on Sept. 23, the agency changed course and pushed back the launch.
NASA delays SLS tanking test, next launch opportunity
Spaceflight Now · 12 Sep 2022
NASA said Monday it is now targeting Wednesday, Sept. 21, for a critical fueling test on the Space Launch System moon rocket, which could allow for another attempt to launch the unpiloted Artemis 1 lunar test flight as s...
Blue Origin capsule escapes rocket failure on uncrewed flight over Texas
Spaceflight Now · 12 Sep 2022
The suborbital rocket developed by Jeff Bezos’s space company Blue Origin suffered its first launch failure Monday, when the main engine on the New Shepard booster appeared to cut out about a minute after liftoff from We...
NASA to Host Briefing on Perseverance Mars Rover Mission Operations
NASA · 12 Sep 2022
NASA will host a briefing at 11:30 a.m. EDT (8:30 a.m. PDT) on Thursday, Sept. 15, at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to provide highlights from the first year and a half of the Perseverance...
Court approves sale of Masten assets to Astrobotic
SpaceNews · 11 Sep 2022
A federal bankruptcy court approved the sale of nearly all the assets of Masten Space Systems, a company developing a lunar lander for a NASA mission, to another lander developer, Astrobotic.
SpaceX launches fleet-leading booster on 14th flight
Spaceflight Now · 10 Sep 2022
A reusable SpaceX Falcon 9 booster completed its record-breaking 14th flight to space after blastoff from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 9:20 p.m. EDT Saturday (0120 GMT Sunday). The mission was billed as one of SpaceX’s...
NASA Hosts National Space Council Meeting, Vice President Chairs Event
NASA · 9 Sep 2022
Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted the importance of climate, human spaceflight, and STEM education during the Biden-Harris Administration’s second National Space Council meeting Friday, held at NASA’s Johnson Spac...
NASA preparing for late September Artemis 1 launch attempt
SpaceNews · 8 Sep 2022
NASA is laying the groundwork for another attempt to launch the Space Launch System on the Artemis 1 mission late this month, pending both repairs to leaking liquid hydrogen lines and negotiations with the Eastern Range.
NASA selects Axiom Space to develop Artemis spacesuit
SpaceNews · 8 Sep 2022
NASA awarded a $228.5 million task order to Axiom Space to develop a spacesuit to be used on the first Artemis landing mission, although the design of the suit remains under wraps.
NASA officials evaluating late September launch dates for Artemis 1 moon mission
Spaceflight Now · 8 Sep 2022
NASA officials said Thursday they hope to try again to launch the Artemis 1 moon rocket from the Kennedy Space Center as soon as Sept. 23 or 27, but that schedule comes with two big caveats: A repair to a leaky liquid hy...
NASA to Discuss Status of Next Artemis I Moon Mission Launch Attempt
NASA · 7 Sep 2022
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 8, to discuss next steps for the Artemis I mission to launch the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft from the agency’s Kennedy Space...
NASA Taps Axiom Space for First Artemis Moonwalking Spacesuits
NASA · 7 Sep 2022
NASA has selected Axiom Space to deliver a moonwalking system for the Artemis III mission, which will land Americans on the surface of the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. This award – the first one under a comp...
NASA Awards Contract for Marshall’s Mission Operations
NASA · 7 Sep 2022
NASA has awarded the Marshall Operations Systems, Services, and Integration II (MOSSI II) contract to Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc. of Huntsville, Alabama.
NASA to repair Artemis 1 moon rocket’s leaky hydrogen connector at launch pad
Spaceflight Now · 7 Sep 2022
Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center will repair a leak in a liquid hydrogen fueling line on the Artemis 1 moon rocket the launch pad rather than inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, a decision the agency says wil...
NASA to repair SLS liquid hydrogen leak on the pad
SpaceNews · 6 Sep 2022
NASA will attempt to fix on the pad a liquid hydrogen seal that caused a Space Launch System scrub, keeping open the option to proceed with a new launch attempt later this month.
NASA to Provide Artemis I Launch Update Saturday
NASA · 3 Sep 2022
Following the Artemis I launch scrub Saturday from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the agency will hold a media briefing no earlier than 4 p.m. EDT on Saturday Sept. 3, to discuss mission st...