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• NASA TV Coverage Set for Crewed Soyuz Mission to Space Station NASA · 3 Dec 2021 NASA will provide live coverage of key events in the mission of a veteran Russian cosmonaut and two Japanese private citizens set to launch to the International Space Station on Wednesday, Dec. 8, and return to Earth on...
• NASA Seeks Next Flight Directors for Human Spaceflight Missions NASA · 3 Dec 2021 NASA is looking for leaders for one of the best jobs on Earth for human spaceflight – including missions to the Moon – the position of flight director in mission control at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
• La NASA busca directores de vuelo para misiones espaciales con humanos NASA · 3 Dec 2021 La NASA está buscando líderes para uno de los mejores trabajos existentes en la Tierra relacionados con vuelos espaciales tripulados (incluyendo misiones a la Luna): el puesto de director de vuelo en Control de Misión en...
• NASA sets sail into a promising but perilous future of private space stations Ars Technica · 3 Dec 2021 NASA selects a mix of large and small US companies, and old and new players.
• NASA awards funding to three commercial space station concepts SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2021 NASA issued awards Dec. 2 valued at more than $400 million to three groups of companies to advance development of commercial space stations, keeping those efforts on track to succeed the International Space Station by th...
• NASA to award SpaceX three more commercial crew flights SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2021 NASA announced Dec. 3 its intent to purchase three more commercial crew missions from SpaceX as a hedge against further delays in the certification of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner.
• NASA Awards Artemis Contract for Future Mega Moon Rocket Boosters NASA · 2 Dec 2021 NASA has awarded the Booster Production and Operations Contract (BPOC) to Northrop Grumman of Brigham City, Utah, to build boosters for the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to support nine SLS flights.
• NASA Selects Companies to Develop Commercial Destinations in Space NASA · 2 Dec 2021 NASA has signed agreements with three U.S. companies to develop designs of space stations and other commercial destinations in space.
• Public Provides NASA Ideas for Engaging Untapped Communities NASA · 2 Dec 2021 NASA is currently reviewing 195 comments it received from the public aimed at addressing the barriers that potentially
• NASA to Announce America’s Next Class of Astronaut Candidates NASA · 2 Dec 2021 After evaluating more than 12,000 applications, NASA will introduce its 2021 astronaut candidates at 12:30 p.m. EST Monday, Dec. 6, from Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
• NASA to Air VP Harris’ First National Space Council Meeting NASA · 1 Dec 2021 NASA will air live coverage of the first National Space Council Meeting held under the Biden-Harris Administration at 1:30 p.m. EST today, Wednesday, Dec. 1, from the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington.
• NASA inspector general warns of space station gap SpaceNews · 1 Dec 2021 Concerns about the long-term viability of some existing International Space Station modules and the potential of delays in development of commercial space stations heighten the risk of a gap in low Earth orbit destinatio...
• Lightfoot to lead Lockheed Martin space unit SpaceNews · 30 Nov 2021 Lockheed Martin has named a former acting administrator of NASA as the new head of its space business unit.
• NASA TV to Air IXPE Prelaunch Activities, Launch NASA · 30 Nov 2021 NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission, the first satellite dedicated to measuring the polarization of X-rays from a variety o...
• NASA calls off spacewalk due to possible risk of space debris Spaceflight Now · 30 Nov 2021 A planned spacewalk outside the International Space Station by astronauts Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron was called off early Tuesday after NASA received an overnight warning about possibly threatening space debris.
• NASA Sets Live Launch Coverage for Laser Communications Demonstration NASA · 30 Nov 2021 NASA is taking a step toward the next era of space communications with the launch of its Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) on Sunday, Dec. 5.
• Russia threatens criminal charges against a NASA astronaut Ars Technica · 30 Nov 2021 Russia continues to deflect from embarassing situation that occurred three years ago.
• NASA postpones ISS spacewalk because of debris SpaceNews · 30 Nov 2021 NASA postponed a spacewalk outside the International Space Station by two astronauts just hours before it was scheduled to start after getting a warning that debris would pass close to the station.
• NASA wants SpaceX to dock Dragons at new Russian space station ‘node’ Teslarati · 30 Nov 2021 State media agency RIA says that NASA and Roscosmos are negotiating an agreement that would eventually allow SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and other...
• NASA gives green light to fuel James Webb Space Telescope Spaceflight Now · 28 Nov 2021 NASA engineers have cleared teams at the Guiana Space Center in South America to begin loading 63 gallons of fuel and oxidizer into the James Webb Space Telescope, after extra testing showed the observatory suffered no d...
• NASA and CNES to begin SWOT testing as its launch date approaches NASASpaceflight · 27 Nov 2021 With less than one year to launch, France’s Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) and NASA are completing the final spacecraft assembly of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft. SWOT is a joint NAS...
• JWST undamaged from payload processing incident SpaceNews · 25 Nov 2021 Launch preparations for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will resume after testing found no damage to the spacecraft from a payload processing incident earlier this month.
• NASA’s Aviation Tech to Roll Out to Airports, Save Time for Passengers NASA · 24 Nov 2021 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visited Orlando International Airport in Florida Wednesday and met with aviation leaders to discuss implementing aircraft flight scheduling technology developed by the agency that will soon...
• NASA spacecraft blasts off on experimental mission to divert asteroid Spaceflight Now · 24 Nov 2021 A small NASA space probe blasted off from California early Wednesday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a first-of-its-kind mission to change the orbit of an asteroid, pioneering a technique that may one day be used to d...
• NASA, SpaceX Launch DART: First Test Mission to Defend Planet Earth NASA · 24 Nov 2021 NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first full-scale mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards, launched Wednesday at 1:21 a.m. EST on a SpaceX Fal...
• SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket aces first interplanetary launch Teslarati · 24 Nov 2021 SpaceX has aced its first operational interplanetary launch, sending NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft on its way out of the...
• Falcon 9 launches DART SpaceNews · 24 Nov 2021 A SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched a NASA mission that will deliberately collide with a near Earth asteroid to test a technique that could be used to deflect the trajectory of any future asteroid on a collision cour...
• SpaceX launches NASA’s mission to collide with an asteroid [Update] Ars Technica · 24 Nov 2021 "I believe we have a planetary defense program that is worth talking about now."
• Photos: Falcon 9 rocket stands on Vandenberg launch pad with NASA asteroid probe Spaceflight Now · 24 Nov 2021 These photos show SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket standing on Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, hours before liftoff with NASA’s DART mission, an experiment to test how a spacecraft might deflect a haz...
• SpaceX, NASA set to launch humanity’s first ‘dinosaur avenger’ spacecraft [webcast] Teslarati · 23 Nov 2021 SpaceX is firmly on track to launch NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission – sometimes half-seriously referred to as the first...
• NASA's Curiosity Rover Sends a Picture Postcard From Mars NASA · 23 Nov 2021 An artistic interpretation of Curiosity’s view high up on a Martian mountain was created by mission team members who were stunned by the sweeping landscape.
• NASA’s DART asteroid redirect mission launches aboard Falcon 9 from Vandenberg NASASpaceflight · 23 Nov 2021 SpaceX has launched NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirect Test) mission onboard a Falcon 9 rocket. DART is a demonstration mission to determine the effects of an intentional impact on an asteroid. DART’s collision with t...
• Japan to recruit first new astronauts in 13 years to support Artemis program SpaceNews · 23 Nov 2021 Japan’s space agency is set to recruit astronaut candidates for the first time in 13 years as part of efforts to support the NASA-led Artemis lunar exploration program.
• NASA ready to launch DART planetary defense demonstration mission SpaceNews · 23 Nov 2021 NASA is ready to launch its first mission devoted to planetary defense, a spacecraft that will collide with the moon of a small asteroid to test the ability to deflect it.
• Falcon 9 launch timeline with DART Spaceflight Now · 23 Nov 2021 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base, heading southeast over the Pacific Ocean with NASA’s DART asteroid deflection experiment. It will take 55 minutes to deploy the DART spacecraf...
• NASA Awards Contract for Bed Rest Studies NASA · 22 Nov 2021 NASA has selected Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (DLR) of Cologne, Germany, to provide use of its facility to support long-duration bed rest research.
• Astra reaches orbit for first time, clearing way for commercial launches Spaceflight Now · 22 Nov 2021 Astra launched its first rocket into orbit from Alaska early Saturday after falling short on three previous tries, an achievement company officials said will unlock “tremendous demand” for its small satellite launch serv...
• An “incident” with the James Webb Space Telescope has occurred Ars Technica · 22 Nov 2021 NASA is leading an anomaly review board to investigate and conduct additional testing.
• SpaceX encapsulates NASA DART spacecraft for first interplanetary Falcon 9 launch Teslarati · 22 Nov 2021 NASA says SpaceX has finished encapsulating its DART asteroid redirection spacecraft inside Falcon 9’s fairing and opened up its West Coast launch...
• NASA, Partner to Highlight Passenger-Friendly Aviation Technology NASA · 22 Nov 2021 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will visit Orlando International Airport in Florida on Wednesday, Nov. 24 and meet with the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) CEO Phil Brown.