SpaceX’s first launch of 2022 will deploy more Starlink internet satellites
Spaceflight Now · 2 Jan 2022
SpaceX plans to kick off its 2022 launch schedule with a Falcon 9 rocket flight Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with the company’s next group of Starlink internet satellites. In a change from previous Starlink...
NASA funds thermal control solutions for harsh lunar environments
SpaceNews · 31 Dec 2021
Advanced Cooling Technologies (ACT) has won NASA funding for thermal control solutions that enable vehicles and other equipment to survive harsh lunar environments without an active power source.
Update: NASA Plans Coverage of Webb Space Telescope Deployments
NASA · 30 Dec 2021
Over about the next two weeks, NASA will provide broadcast coverage, media briefings, and other updates on major deployment milestones for the James Webb Space Telescope, the world’s largest and most powerful space scien...
NASA Plans Coverage of Webb Space Telescope Deployments
NASA · 30 Dec 2021
Over about the next two weeks, NASA will provide broadcast coverage, a media briefing, and other updates on major deployment milestones for the James Webb Space Telescope, the world’s largest and most powerful space scie...
JWST begins sunshield deployment
SpaceNews · 29 Dec 2021
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has started the process of deploying the sunshield required to keep the spacecraft cold enough to operate, a process that is one of the riskiest aspects of the mission.
James Webb Space Telescope en route to L2; deployment sequence underway
NASASpaceflight · 27 Dec 2021
Following a launch on December 25 atop an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket, the joint NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope is currently traveling toward the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2 (L2), where it is expected to orbit an...
NASA Invites Media to NOAA’s Weather Observing Satellite Launch
NASA · 27 Dec 2021
Media accreditation is now open for the upcoming launch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-T satellite, the Western Hemisphere’s most advanced weather observing and environmental monitorin...
Webb telescope finally leaves Earth in search of light from first galaxies
Spaceflight Now · 25 Dec 2021
The James Webb Space Telescope, a NASA-led international collaboration that took nearly 30 years and $10 billion to bring to the launch pad, finally left Earth with a Christmas morning rocket ride from a European spacepo...
Ariane 5 launches NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
SpaceNews · 25 Dec 2021
A space telescope that will peer deeper into the universe than any other is on its way to its destination beyond the moon after a long-anticipated launch Dec. 25.
NASA, ESA, CSA successfully launch the historic James Webb Space Telescope
NASASpaceflight · 24 Dec 2021
It is a mission more than 25 years in the making. The revolutionary JWST (James Webb Space Telescope)—a partnership between NASA, the ESA (European Space Agency), and the CSA (Canadian Space Agency)— has launched atop it...
NASA Selects Four University Teams for Aviation Projects
NASA · 23 Dec 2021
NASA’s research focus on sustainable aviation will get some big help from teams of university faculty and students recently selected to participate in the agency’s University Leadership Initiative (ULI).
Video: John Grunsfeld, astronaut and former NASA science chief, talks Webb
Spaceflight Now · 23 Dec 2021
Spaceflight Now’s Stephen Clark speaks to astronaut, astronomer and former NASA science head, John Grunsfeld about the upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. What big discoveries is he expecting from JWST? Is...
Engine controller replacement details behind Artemis 1 launch delay
NASASpaceflight · 22 Dec 2021
On December 17, NASA announced a delay of the launch of the Artemis 1 mission until no earlier than March 2022. Artemis 1 will be the first launch of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which will send an uncr...
KSC to study potential new Starship launch pad
SpaceNews · 22 Dec 2021
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is starting an environmental review of a proposed new launch facility there that would be used by SpaceX’s Starship launch system.
Experiments, holiday gifts delivered by SpaceX to International Space Station
Spaceflight Now · 22 Dec 2021
A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsuled pulled into port at the International Space Station Wednesday, a day after launch from Florida’s Space Coast with 3.2 tons of experiments, holiday gifts, and two external instruments develo...
NASA Awards Systems and Software Assurance Services 2 Contract
NASA · 21 Dec 2021
NASA has selected Millennium Engineering and Integration LLC of Arlington, Virginia, as the awardee for its Systems and Software Assurance Services 2 (SAS2) contract, in support of the agency’s Independent Verification a...
NASA’s 2021 Included Mars Landing, First Flight, Artemis, More
NASA · 21 Dec 2021
In 2021, NASA completed its busiest year of development yet in low-Earth orbit, made history on Mars, continued to make progress on its Artemis plans for the Moon, tested new technologies for a supersonic aircraft, final...
Detergent, Skin Bioprinter Launch on NASA’s SpaceX Resupply Mission
NASA · 21 Dec 2021
A SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft carrying more than 6,500 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and other cargo is on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 5:07 a.m. EST Tuesday from NA...
NASA, SpaceX set to launch CRS-24 to the International Space Station
NASASpaceflight · 20 Dec 2021
NASA and SpaceX are set to launch the Commercial Resupply Services 24 (CRS-24) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) early Tuesday morning aboard a SpaceX Cargo Dragon 2 vehicle. Liftoff is currently scheduled...
NASA, SpaceX launch CRS-24 to the International Space Station
NASASpaceflight · 20 Dec 2021
NASA and SpaceX have launched the Commercial Resupply Services 24 (CRS-24) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) early Tuesday morning aboard a SpaceX Cargo Dragon 2 vehicle. Liftoff occurred at 5:07 AM EST (1...
Boeing Starliner test flight planned for spring 2022
SpaceNews · 20 Dec 2021
NASA and Boeing are planning no earlier than May 2022 for the rescheduled second uncrewed test flight of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft after deciding to change service modules for that mission.
SpaceX go for last launch of 2021 [webcast]
Teslarati · 20 Dec 2021
Update: Despite terrible weather, SpaceX and NASA are on track to attempt to launch Cargo Dragon’s CRS-24 space station resupply mission –...
SpaceX’s final launch of the year set for early Tuesday, weather permitting
Spaceflight Now · 20 Dec 2021
SpaceX’s 31st and final Falcon 9 launch of the year is scheduled to take off early Tuesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, weather permitting, with a Dragon cargo ship carrying more than 6,500 pounds of supplies to the...
NASA Sets Coverage, Invites Public to View Webb Telescope Launch
NASA · 18 Dec 2021
NASA will provide coverage of prelaunch, launch, and postlaunch activities for the James Webb Space Telescope, the world’s largest and most powerful space science telescope.
JWST launch rescheduled for Dec. 24
SpaceNews · 17 Dec 2021
With a communications glitch resolved, NASA and the European Space Agency have rescheduled the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope on an Ariane 5 for Dec. 24.
NASA Awards Marshall Engineering Support Contract
NASA · 17 Dec 2021
NASA has awarded the Marshall Engineering Technicians and Trades Support (METTS) III contract to RSi-QuantiTech JV LLC of Huntsville, Alabama, to provide a wide range of engineering technicians and trade skills, as well...
NASA promotes East Coast Starship option at LC-49 following SpaceX interest
NASASpaceflight · 17 Dec 2021
The prospect of Starship making its mark on the Space Coast entered another level this week when NASA revealed it would conduct environmental assessments on LC-49 to support Starship launch and landing operations.
Two Astronauts Receive Assignments for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Mission
NASA · 16 Dec 2021
NASA has assigned two crew members to launch on the agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission – the sixth crew rotation flight aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.