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• NASA, Boeing to Discuss Readiness of Uncrewed Flight Test NASA · 9 May 2022 NASA and Boeing will hold a media teleconference at about 6 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 11, following the Flight Readiness Review for the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2), the second uncrewed flight test of t...
• NASA’s Glenn Research Center Director to Retire NASA · 9 May 2022 NASA announced Monday Dr. Marla Pérez-Davis, director of NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, plans to retire in June after nearly four decades of service at the agency.
• NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 to Discuss Mission After Returning to Earth NASA · 9 May 2022 Astronauts of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission, including crew members from NASA and ESA (European Space Agency), will answer questions about their recent mission aboard the International Space Station during a post-splashdo...
• After losing contact with its helicopter, NASA put the entire Mars mission on hold Ars Technica · 9 May 2022 Mars is only going to get colder and darker for the next 10 weeks as winter deepens.
• NASA hopeful about staging fourth moon rocket fueling test in early June Spaceflight Now · 9 May 2022 Engineers are making progress resolving mostly ground-system problems that derailed three earlier attempts to fuel the agency’s new Space Launch System moon rocket for a dress rehearsal countdown. NASA managers said last...
• NASA defends decision to shut down SOFIA SpaceNews · 8 May 2022 NASA officials say they believe the latest effort to shut down an airborne observatory is more likely to be successful because of the endorsement of doing so by last year’s decadal survey.
• Astra prepares for TROPICS launch campaign SpaceNews · 7 May 2022 Small launch vehicle developer Astra says it is ready to perform a series of launches for NASA once it receives a license for those missions.
• NASA Administrator to Visit Florida Students, Industry NASA · 6 May 2022 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will speak to elementary school students about the future of space exploration Monday, May 9, and tour a lab working on robotic construction technologies Tuesday, May 10, during a trip to F...
• NASA planning next SLS countdown rehearsal in June SpaceNews · 6 May 2022 NASA expects to be ready to perform another countdown rehearsal of the Space Launch System in early June as it pushes back the first launch of the vehicle to at least August.
• SpaceX caps an incredibly busy month with a NASA crew landing Friday morning Ars Technica · 6 May 2022 "Very quiet launches. Beautiful landings."
• NASA, ESA Astronauts Safely Return to Earth NASA · 6 May 2022 NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts aboard the Dragon Endurance spacecraft safely splashed down Friday in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida, completing the agency’s third long-duration commercial crew mission to th...
• Psyche asteroid explorer arrives at Kennedy Space Center for launch preps Spaceflight Now · 5 May 2022 A U.S. military cargo plane delivered NASA’s Psyche spacecraft from California to the Kennedy Space Center last week, starting a three-month campaign to ready the asteroid explorer for liftoff on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy ro...
• NASA Invites Media to SpaceX’s 25th Cargo Launch to Space Station NASA · 5 May 2022 Media accreditation is now open for SpaceX’s 25th cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station.
• Science at Sunrise: Solving the Mystery of Frost Hiding on Mars NASA · 5 May 2022 A new study using data from NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter may explain why Martian frost can be invisible to the naked eye and why dust avalanches appear on some slopes.
• NASA, Boeing ready for second Starliner test flight SpaceNews · 5 May 2022 NASA and Boeing say they’re confident they have resolved a valve issue that delayed a test flight of the company’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle last year and are ready to try again later this month.
• NASA to Discuss Webb Telescope Alignment, Instrument Setup NASA · 5 May 2022 NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT on Monday, May 9, to discuss progress toward preparing the James Webb Space Telescope for science operations.
• Dragon crew capsule undocks from space station, heads for splashdown Friday Spaceflight Now · 5 May 2022 Three NASA astronauts and a European Space Agency mission specialist left the International Space Station early Thursday aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule, heading for splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Flori...
• Senate rejects effort to strip NASA lunar lander provision from authorization bill SpaceNews · 5 May 2022 Senators overwhelmingly voted against a motion May 4 that would have dealt a setback in NASA’s efforts to select a second company to develop an Artemis lunar lander.
• SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft splashes down with NASA, ESA astronauts Teslarati · 5 May 2022 Update: A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying four NASA and ESA astronauts has safely splashed down off the coast of Florida, wrapping...
• NASA Deputy Administrator to Visit Artemis Partner Advanced Space NASA · 4 May 2022 Media are invited to join NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and Representatives Ed Perlmutter, Joe Neguse and Jerry McNerney for a tour of the Westminster, Colorado-based aerospace company Advanced Space Thursday, May...
• NASA to Discuss Status of Artemis I Test, Launch NASA · 4 May 2022 NASA will hold a media teleconference at 3:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 5, 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...
• As Station Crew Readies to Return to Earth, NASA Sets TV Coverage NASA · 4 May 2022 NASA will provide live coverage of the upcoming return activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission.
• Perseverance rover records solar eclipse on Mars Spaceflight Now · 4 May 2022 The zoomable camera on NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars recently captured a dramatic view of Phobos, the largest of the Red Planet’s two potato-shaped moons, crossing the face of the sun in a solar eclipse lasting a lit...
• Nelson criticizes “plague” of cost-plus NASA contracts SpaceNews · 4 May 2022 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson offered a surprisingly strong endorsement of fixed-price contracts and competition at a congressional hearing May 3, calling traditional cost-plus contracts a “plague” on the agency.
• NASA Announces Winners of 2022 Human Exploration Rover Challenge NASA · 3 May 2022 NASA has recognized a new generation of potential space explorers who competed in the agency’s 28th annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge.
• NASA's Mars Helicopter Scouts Ridgeline for Perseverance Science Team NASA · 3 May 2022 The rotorcraft provided rover scientists an aerial perspective of an interesting rocky outcrop.
• NASA chief says cost-plus contracts are a “plague” on the space agency Ars Technica · 3 May 2022 "You get it done with that competitive spirit. You get it done cheaper."
• CAPSTONE up next for Rocket Lab SpaceNews · 3 May 2022 A NASA lunar cubesat mission is now scheduled to launch in late May on a Rocket Lab Electron after resolving issues with the rocket’s kick stage.
• SpaceX engineer says NASA should plan for Starship’s “significant” capability Ars Technica · 2 May 2022 "We all need to be thinking bigger and better and really inspirationally about what we can do."
• NASA Invites Comment on Initial Plans for Mars Sample Return Program NASA · 29 Apr 2022 NASA is requesting public comment on the scope of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the agency’s proposed Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign.
• NASA Chooses Small Businesses to Continue Exploration Tech Development NASA · 28 Apr 2022 NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program has chosen 110 U.S. small businesses for continued technology development.
• James Webb telescope completes optical alignment, ready for final instrument calibration phase of commissioning NASASpaceflight · 28 Apr 2022 The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has entered a new phase of its commissioning process as NASA announces that the observatory has completed its mirror alignment and focusing process and is ready to move into the inst...
• NASA and DLR to end SOFIA operations SpaceNews · 28 Apr 2022 NASA and German space agency DLR announced April 28 they will end operations of an airborne astrophysics observatory in September.
• Ingenuity helicopter flies over leftover wreckage from Mars landing last year Spaceflight Now · 27 Apr 2022 NASA’s flying drone on Mars has recorded aerial views of debris left behind from the landing of the Perseverance rover last year, showing remarkable details of the craft’s supersonic parachute and part of its aeroshell.
• NASA's Mars Helicopter Spots Gear That Helped Perseverance Rover Land NASA · 27 Apr 2022 Eyeing some of the components that enabled the rover to get safely to the Martian surface could provide valuable insights for future missions.
• NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 Astronauts Launch to International Space Station NASA · 27 Apr 2022 NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts are in orbit following their launch to the International Space Station at 3:52 a.m. EDT Wednesday, April 27, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
• Crew-4 set for Wednesday morning commute to orbit Space Scout · 27 Apr 2022 NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission is set to launch early Wednesday morning, carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station onboard
• NASA Selects Investigation Teams to Join Geospace Dynamics Mission NASA · 26 Apr 2022 NASA has selected three investigation teams to join the agency’s Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC) mission science team in studying Earth’s upper atmosphere, as well as five additional investigations that will be und...
• SpaceX poised for quick turnaround between astronaut missions Spaceflight Now · 26 Apr 2022 Just 39 hours after SpaceX returned four private astronauts to Earth, the company’s next crew mission for NASA is set for launch from Florida early Wednesday with a planetary geologist, a veteran commander and medical do...
• SpaceX, NASA on track for Wednesday astronaut launch [webcast] Teslarati · 26 Apr 2022 SpaceX says a Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket are on track to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for...