NASA Funds Projects that Aim to Inspire Artemis Generation
NASA · 2 Jun 2022
NASA has selected a variety of projects that take innovative approaches to broadening student participation in science, technology, engineering, and math to receive awards totaling approximately $12.5 million.
NASA to buy five additional Crew Dragon flights
SpaceNews · 2 Jun 2022
NASA is planning to purchase five more Crew Dragon missions to the International Space Station from SpaceX, a move the agency says is needed to ensure long-term access to the station.
NASA Selects New Instruments for Priority Artemis Science on Moon
NASA · 2 Jun 2022
Adding to the growing list of commercial deliveries slated to explore more of the Moon than ever before under Artemis, NASA has selected two new science instrument suites, including one that will study the mysterious Gru...
NASA Invites Media to Headquarters to Meet Commercial Crew Astronauts
NASA · 2 Jun 2022
NASA will host an in-person media opportunity at 8:45 a.m. EDT Tuesday, June 7, at NASA Headquarters in Washington with the agency’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts to discuss their recent mission aboard the International Space...
NASA selects Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace for spacesuit contracts
SpaceNews · 1 Jun 2022
NASA awarded contracts to Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace to provide spacesuits for International Space Station spacewalks and Artemis moonwalks, although neither the agency nor the winning companies offered many techn...
NASA Administrator to Launch Artemis Learning Lunchbox Initiative
NASA · 1 Jun 2022
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is helping kick off a new initiative to deliver food and hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math kits, called Learning Lunchboxes, in Orlando at 10:30 a.m. EDT on Friday, June 3...
NASA Scientists Available for 2022 Hurricane Season Interviews
NASA · 1 Jun 2022
The Atlantic Ocean hurricane season begins today, June 1, and runs through Nov. 30 and NASA is once again prepared to help understand and monitor storms from its unique vantage point of space.
NASA Partners with Industry for New Spacewalking, Moonwalking Services
NASA · 1 Jun 2022
NASA has selected Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace to advance spacewalking capabilities in low-Earth orbit and at the Moon, by buying services that provide astronauts with next generation spacesuit and spacewalk systems...
Científicas de la NASA disponibles para entrevistas sobre huracanes
NASA · 1 Jun 2022
La temporada de huracanes en el océano Atlántico comienza hoy, 1 de junio, y se extiende hasta el 30 de noviembre, y la NASA está preparada una vez más para ayudar a entender y vigilar las tormentas desde su singular ata...
NASA awards contracts for next-generation space and moonsuits
Spaceflight Now · 1 Jun 2022
Next-generation spacesuits, needed by astronauts aboard the International Space Station and by moonwalkers in the agency’s Artemis program, will be provided by two companies competing for contracts valued at up to $3.5 b...
NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Space Station Cargo Launch, Docking
NASA · 31 May 2022
NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Russian cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 67 crew aboard the International Space Station.
House committee questions proposed delay in NASA asteroid mission
SpaceNews · 31 May 2022
Members of the House Science Committee used a hearing about the planetary science decadal survey to criticize a proposal in NASA’s budget request to delay work on a space telescope to track near Earth objects.
James Webb targets detailed as commissioning nears completion
NASASpaceflight · 30 May 2022
Over the past five months, the James Webb Space Telescope and the joint NASA, European Space Agency, and Canadian Space Agency teams behind the project have been working towards the completion of the observatory’s six-mo...
Next SLS countdown rehearsal scheduled for June 19
SpaceNews · 29 May 2022
NASA has tentatively scheduled the next attempt to fuel the Space Launch System and go through a practice countdown for June 19, two weeks after the vehicle returns to the launch pad.
KARI names KPLO as it begins communication testing
NASASpaceflight · 28 May 2022
The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) is preparing to launch its Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), recently named Danuri. Danuri is South Korea’s first of many planned lunar missions in the coming future. Th...
NASA to reexamine space-based solar power
SpaceNews · 28 May 2022
NASA is starting a study to reexamine the viability of space-based solar power, a long-touted solution to providing power from space that may be getting new interest thanks to technological advances and pushes for clean...
NASA plans Artemis 1 moon rocket retest around June 19
Spaceflight Now · 27 May 2022
NASA plans to haul its huge Space Launch System moon rocket back to the launch pad June 5-6 for a fourth attempt to load it with 730,000 gallons of supercold propellants in a dress-rehearsal countdown to clear the way fo...
NASA to Pick Next Generation Spacesuits for Moonwalking, Spacewalking
NASA · 26 May 2022
NASA will announce at 2 p.m. EDT (1 p.m. CDT) Wednesday, June 1, the company, or companies, selected to move forward in developing the next generation of spacesuits for Artemis missions at the Moon and the International...
NASA Supports Small Business Research to Power Future Exploration
NASA · 26 May 2022
NASA has selected hundreds of small businesses and dozens of research institutions to develop technology to help drive the future of space exploration, ranging from novel sensors and electronics to new types of software...
NASA to Discuss Status of Final Test Needed for Artemis I Moon Mission
NASA · 26 May 2022
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EDT on Friday, May 27, to discuss the status of the next wet dress rehearsal test of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft at the agency’s Ken...
SpaceX replacing heat shield on upcoming Crew Dragon mission after failed test
SpaceNews · 26 May 2022
SpaceX will replace the heat shield on the next Crew Dragon spacecraft flying to the International Space Station after it failed inspections, but NASA says there is no risk of a similar problem for the spacecraft current...
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft lands in New Mexico after successful test flight
Spaceflight Now · 25 May 2022
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft parachuted to a “picture perfect” landing in southern New Mexico Wednesday, capping a six-day test flight to the International Space Station that NASA’s commercial crew program manager said...
NASA Invites Media to Discuss Space Station Science, Climate Research
NASA · 25 May 2022
NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 2, to discuss the hardware, technology demonstrations, and science experiments, including a new climate research investigation, headed to the Internationa...
SpaceX launches fifth Transporter rideshare mission
Spaceflight Now · 25 May 2022
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday packed with 59 small satellites and research experiments, including an innovative commercial water-propelled orbital transfer vehicle from Momentus and a pair of NASA tech demo...
NASA, Boeing Complete Starliner Uncrewed Flight Test to Space Station
NASA · 25 May 2022
NASA and Boeing safely landed the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft Wednesday in the desert of the western United States, completing the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the International Space Station to h...
NASA Awards Contract to National Academy of Sciences
NASA · 24 May 2022
NASA has awarded a sole-source contract to the National Academy of Sciences of Washington to conduct studies on questions of national importance within the domain of NASA science and technology programs relating to space...
NASA Awards Contract to National Academy of Science
NASA · 24 May 2022
NASA has awarded a sole-source contract to the National Academy of Science of Washington to conduct studies on questions of national importance within the domain of NASA science and technology programs relating to space...
SpaceX swapping heat shield for next crew flight due to ‘manufacturing defect’
Spaceflight Now · 24 May 2022
SpaceX’s next crew mission to the International Space Station, set for launch in September, will fly with a different heat shield structure than originally planned after the Dragon spacecraft’s composite substrate failed...