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- NASA Highlights Climate Research on Cargo Launch, Sets Coverage NASA · 8 Jul 2022 NASA and SpaceX are targeting 8:44 p.m. EDT Thursday, July 14, to launch the agency’s next investigation to monitor climate change to the International Space Station.
- Artemis 1 launch team overcomes obstacles to complete WDR test objectives NASASpaceflight · 8 Jul 2022 NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) program and prime launch processing contractor Jacobs completed the Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) countdown demonstration test for Artemis 1 at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on June 2...
- NASA rebukes Russian use of space station for propaganda purposes [Updated] Ars Technica · 7 Jul 2022 "The space station is supposed to be a symbol of peace and cooperation."
- NASA Updates Coverage for Webb Telescope’s First Images Reveal NASA · 7 Jul 2022 NASA, in partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency), will release the James Webb Space Telescope’s first full-color images and spectroscopic data during a live broadcast beginning at 10:...
- NASA criticizes Russia for using space station to promote invasion of Ukraine SpaceNews · 7 Jul 2022 NASA strongly criticized Russia for using the International Space Station to promote its invasion of Ukraine, a break from the agency’s approach of emphasizing ongoing cooperation despite the war.
- CAPSTONE suffers communications problem SpaceNews · 5 Jul 2022 A NASA lunar cubesat mission has lost contact with Earth a day after its deployment, putting into jeopardy its plans to demonstrate the orbit that will be used for later Artemis missions.
- CAPSTONE heads to the moon SpaceNews · 4 Jul 2022 A NASA-funded lunar cubesat is on its way to the moon July 4 after a series of burns by a Rocket Lab transfer stage.
- Lucy continues to stabilize its solar array before its October flyby NASASpaceflight · 3 Jul 2022 With the first half of 2022 coming to a close, NASA teams are continuing work to resolve the Lucy spacecraft’s solar array issue following its October 2021 launch. Lucy is a first-of-a-kind mission to visit several aster...
- NASA and Roscosmos continue seat barter discussions SpaceNews · 2 Jul 2022 NASA is continuing to work with Roscosmos on a seat barter agreement despite missing a self-imposed deadline last month to complete a deal in time to allow exchanges on missions launching this fall.
- SLS rolled back to VAB for final launch preparations NASASpaceflight · 2 Jul 2022 After a successful Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR), NASA Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) rolled back the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), which should be the last time this is performed...
- In a step closer to launch, NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket rolls back to hangar Spaceflight Now · 2 Jul 2022 NASA’s powerful new Space Launch System moon rocket was hauled from its launch pad back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday for final repairs, testing and closeouts, moving closer to lif...
- Watch live: NASA moving SLS moon rocket back to hangar tonight Spaceflight Now · 2 Jul 2022 NASA’s powerful new Space Launch System moon rocket will be hauled from its launch pad back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center overnight Friday into early Saturday morning for final repairs, tes...
- Virgin Orbit launches seven satellites for US Space Force and NASA NASASpaceflight · 1 Jul 2022 Virgin Orbit launched its fifth flight of the LauncherOne rocket, after scrubbing an attempt on Wednesday because the propellant temperature was deemed to be “slightly out of bounds”. That decision was made prior to the...
- SpaceX Cargo Dragon launch slips to mid-July Teslarati · 30 Jun 2022 NASA and SpaceX have decided to delay the company’s next Cargo Dragon launch a third time after discovering a small propellant leak...
- NASA Awards Engineering, Technology, Science Contract NASA · 30 Jun 2022 NASA has awarded the JSC Engineering, Technology, and Science (JETS) II contract to Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tennessee, to provide engineering and scientific products, technical services and related services...
- Florida Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station NASA · 30 Jun 2022 Florida students will have an opportunity soon to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
- Virgin Orbit delays launch of seven satellites for US Space Force and NASA NASASpaceflight · 29 Jun 2022 Virgin Orbit has scrubbed the launch the fifth flight of the LauncherOne rocket, after propellant temperature was deemed to be “slightly out of bounds”. The decision was made prior to the take off of Cosmic Girl, the car...
- NASA administrator tests positive for COVID SpaceNews · 29 Jun 2022 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has tested positive for COVID-19, he announced June 29, but is continuing to lead the agency as he isolates at home.
- NASA to Industry: Let’s Develop Flight Tech to Reduce Carbon Emissions NASA · 29 Jun 2022 NASA announced Wednesday the agency is seeking partners to develop technologies needed to shape a new generation of lower-emission, single-aisle airliners that passengers could see in airports in the 2030s.
- NASA Shares Climate, Earth Science Resources at Folklife Festival NASA · 29 Jun 2022 Members of the public are invited to explore the many ways space science helps families, communities, and our nation better understand our home planet and become more climate resilient through hands-on and virtual activi...
- NASA scientists say images from the Webb telescope nearly brought them to tears Ars Technica · 29 Jun 2022 Deep field images of the universe, exoplanet atmospheres, and more to be unveiled.
- NASA prepares to release first JWST science images SpaceNews · 29 Jun 2022 With commissioning of the James Webb Space Telescope nearly complete, project officials and NASA leadership promise the telescope’s first images will stun scientists and the public alike.
- NASA aims to launch the SLS rocket in just 2 months Ars Technica · 28 Jun 2022 "We made incredible progress last week."
- CubeSat launches on scouting mission for NASA’s Artemis moon program Spaceflight Now · 28 Jun 2022 NASA’s $30 million CAPSTONE mission lifted off Tuesday on a Rocket Lab launcher from New Zealand, departing Earth on a circuitous but fuel-efficient four-month journey toward a halo orbit around the moon to test technolo...
- Help NASA Scientists Find Clouds on Mars NASA · 28 Jun 2022 By identifying clouds in data collected by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the public can increase scientists’ understanding of the Red Planet’s atmosphere.
- Electron launches CAPSTONE lunar cubesat SpaceNews · 28 Jun 2022 An Electron rocket successfully launched a NASA-funded cubesat mission June 28 that will test the stability of the orbit around the moon the agency plans to use for future Artemis lunar missions.
- CAPSTONE Launches to Test New Orbit for NASA’s Artemis Moon Missions NASA · 28 Jun 2022 NASA’s CubeSat designed to test a unique lunar orbit is safely in space and on the first leg of its journey to the Moon.
- Rocket Lab sees payoff from CAPSTONE launch SpaceNews · 28 Jun 2022 The successful launch of a NASA lunar cubesat mission was the culmination of two and a half years of work at Rocket Lab that, the company’s chief executive says, could enable “ridiculously low cost” planetary missions.
- Rocket Lab & NASA launch CAPSTONE to the Moon NASASpaceflight · 28 Jun 2022 Rocket Lab has launched the CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) satellite to the Moon. It’s the first official mission of NASA’s Artemis program that is seeki...
- NASA's Curiosity Takes Inventory of Key Life Ingredient on Mars NASA · 27 Jun 2022 Newly published research quantifies the presence of organic carbon in Martian rocks.
- After software delays, NASA says Psyche asteroid mission won’t launch this year Spaceflight Now · 27 Jun 2022 NASA’s billion-dollar Psyche asteroid mission will not launch this year, officials confirmed Friday, after delays in completing software verification testing for the spacecraft’s guidance, navigation and control system.
- House appropriators partially restore funding for planetary defense mission SpaceNews · 27 Jun 2022 House appropriators partially restored funding for a planetary defense mission as part of a spending bill while also raising concerns about NASA’s closure of an airborne observatory and plans to return samples from Mars.
- NASA to Cover Northrop Grumman Cygnus Departure from Space Station NASA · 27 Jun 2022 Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Tuesday, June 28, more than four months after delivering 8,300 pounds of supplies, scientific investigations, commer...
- Lawmakers seek to accelerate asteroid finder and want more Mars helicopters Ars Technica · 27 Jun 2022 In general, the House budget writers appear to largely support NASA's activities.
- SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket’s NASA Psyche launch delayed to 2023 Teslarati · 27 Jun 2022 NASA says that its mission to the asteroid 16 Psyche will no longer be able to launch in 2022 after engineers were...
- Mini-mission to blaze NASA’s trail back to the moon Spaceflight Now · 27 Jun 2022 NASA and commercial companies are ready to launch a 55-pound spacecraft from New Zealand to the moon Tuesday on a pathfinder mission to scout the orbit where engineers plan to assemble a mini-space station as a waypoint...
- Axiom and Collins only bidders for NASA spacesuit contracts SpaceNews · 26 Jun 2022 The two companies NASA selected earlier this month to develop spacesuits for the International Space Station and Artemis lunar missions were the only companies to bid on the project, according to agency procurement docum...
- InSight teams push for more science in lander’s final months, Curiosity continues trek around Gale Crater NASASpaceflight · 25 Jun 2022 In May 2022, members of NASA’s InSight Mars lander team announced that power levels on the lander were diminishing and that they expected the lander to become inoperative by December 2022. However, InSight’s teams want t...
- NASA targeting late summer launch for first Artemis moon rocket Spaceflight Now · 24 Jun 2022 With a series of practice countdowns complete, NASA managers said Friday the powerful Space Launch System rocket could be ready for its first test flight in late August or early September to send an unpiloted Orion crew...
- Software testing problem delays Psyche launch SpaceNews · 24 Jun 2022 NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission will not launch this year as previously planned after the agency concluded there was not enough time to complete testing of the spacecraft’s software before its launch window closes.