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• NASA Completes Mega-Moon Rocket Stacking, Invites Media to Learn More NASA · 22 Oct 2021 NASA has completed stacking of the agency’s mega-Moon rocket and spacecraft that will launch the next generation of deep space operations, including Artemis missions on and around the Moon.
• Images: Atlas 5 blasts off with NASA’s Lucy asteroid mission Spaceflight Now · 22 Oct 2021 A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket streaked into space from Cape Canaveral before dawn Oct. 16 with NASA’s Lucy asteroid mission, a robotic probe to explore a group of enigmatic asteroids leading and trailing Jupite...
• Coverage Set for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 Briefings, Events, Broadcasts NASA · 21 Oct 2021 NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission with astronauts to the International Space Station.
• Artemis 1 Orion joins SLS to complete vehicle stack NASASpaceflight · 21 Oct 2021 The Orion spacecraft that will fly to the Moon on NASA’s Artemis 1 mission was lifted atop its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on October 20, completing major assembly of the full vehicle stack.
• NASA’s Glenn Delgado Receives US Women’s Chamber of Commerce Award NASA · 21 Oct 2021 The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce presented Glenn A. Delgado, NASA’s associate administrator for the agency’s Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP), with its CEO Award on Wednesday, Oct. 20.
• Stacking of Orion spacecraft caps assembly of first Artemis moon rocket Spaceflight Now · 21 Oct 2021 Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center worked overnight Wednesday to tighten 360 bolts connecting the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis 1 moon mission to the first Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket, hours after a...
• NASA starts process to acquire more commercial crew missions SpaceNews · 21 Oct 2021 NASA is beginning the process to procure more commercial crew flights as it looks to extend the International Space Station through the end of the decade, including the opportunity for new entrants to join the program.
• NASA defends decision to retain JWST name SpaceNews · 20 Oct 2021 NASA officials are standing by their decision to retain the name of the James Webb Space Telescope despite criticism from some astronomers, including one who resigned from an advisory committee in protest.
• Spacecraft for asteroid deflection experiment ready for fueling Spaceflight Now · 20 Oct 2021 A small spacecraft built for a NASA asteroid defense experiment arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California earlier this month and is ready for fueling, one of the final milestones before liftoff in November on...
• La NASA desafía a estudiantes a diseñar robots para excavar en la Luna NASA · 20 Oct 2021 La NASA busca jóvenes ingenieros para ayudar a diseñar un concepto de robot para una misión de excavación en la Luna.
• NASA Shares Webb Telescope Media Briefing Schedule, Resources NASA · 20 Oct 2021 NASA will hold a series of virtual media briefings and events leading up to the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, the premier space science observatory of the next decade.
• NASA Challenges Students to Design Moon-Digging Robots NASA · 20 Oct 2021 NASA seeks young engineers to help design a new robot concept for an excavation mission on the Moon.
• NASA Announces Winners of Deep Space Food Challenge NASA · 20 Oct 2021 Variety, nutrition, and taste are some considerations when developing food for astronauts.
• NASA and Boeing testing valves to confirm root cause of Starliner issues NASASpaceflight · 20 Oct 2021 On Tuesday, a joint teleconference between NASA and Boeing officials was held on the current status of Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) after a valve anomaly prevented its launch in August. While work to confirm the root ca...
• Webb telescope unboxed after shipment to Guiana Space Center Spaceflight Now · 19 Oct 2021 Engineers removed the James Webb Space Telescope from its intercontinental shipping container in South America last week, and kicked off a final pre-launch comprehensive electrical systems test Monday ahead of blastoff i...
• It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity that grounded Boeing’s Starliner Ars Technica · 19 Oct 2021 NASA negotiating with SpaceX for additional crew missions to space station.
• Senate appropriators direct NASA to select second Artemis lunar lander SpaceNews · 19 Oct 2021 Senate appropriators want NASA to select a second company for its program to develop crewed lunar landers, but provided the agency with only a small increase in funding to support that.
• NASA moves Orion spacecraft to the Vehicle Assembly Building Spaceflight Now · 19 Oct 2021 Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center moved the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis 1 moon mission into the Vehicle Assembly Building Tuesday for stacking on top of the Space Launch System.
• NASA supports Boeing as Starliner valve investigation continues SpaceNews · 19 Oct 2021 NASA continues to stand behind Boeing as the company works to resolve a valve problem with its CST-100 Starliner that will push back operational missions of the commercial crew vehicle into 2023.
• NASA officials optimistic Lucy asteroid mission will overcome solar array snag Spaceflight Now · 18 Oct 2021 A NASA official said Monday there is “widespread optimism” that a solar array snag discovered on the Lucy asteroid probe after its launch over the weekend will not jeopardize the spacecraft’s 12-year exploration mission.
• NASA Selects Gamma-ray Telescope to Chart Milky Way Evolution NASA · 18 Oct 2021 NASA has selected a new space telescope proposal that will study the recent history of star birth, star death, and the formation chemical elements in the Milky Way.
• Hear Sounds From Mars Captured by NASA's Perseverance Rover NASA · 18 Oct 2021 Two microphones aboard the six-wheeled spacecraft add a new dimension to the way scientists and engineers explore the Red Planet.
• NASA to Provide TV Coverage of Russian Station Cargo Ship Activities NASA · 18 Oct 2021 NASA will provide coverage as an uncrewed Russian cargo spacecraft arrives to a new port at the International Space Station this week, and as another Russian freighter launches and docks to the orbiting outpost next week...
• NASA expects vaccination mandates to have little impact on Artemis 1 preparations SpaceNews · 18 Oct 2021 As NASA prepares to install the Orion spacecraft on the first Space Launch System rocket, agency officials played down any effect coronavirus vaccine mandates will have on final preparations for the launch.
• SpaceX’s first orbital Starship launch slips to March 2022 in NASA document Teslarati · 18 Oct 2021 A NASA document discussing a group’s plans to document SpaceX’s first orbital-velocity Starship reentry appears to suggest that the next-generation rocket’s orbital...
• NASA selects gamma-ray telescope mission for development SpaceNews · 18 Oct 2021 NASA will develop a gamma-ray telescope intended to study the formation of chemical elements in the galaxy as its next small astrophysics mission.
• NASA investigating issue with Lucy solar array SpaceNews · 17 Oct 2021 Engineers are investigating why one of the two solar arrays on NASA’s Lucy spacecraft may have failed to lock into place when deployed after launch Oct. 16.
• NASA asteroid explorer leaves planet Earth on Atlas 5 rocket Spaceflight Now · 16 Oct 2021 Bound for a pristine population of ancient asteroids, a NASA science probe named Lucy took off from Cape Canaveral before dawn Saturday and rocketed into space on top of an Atlas 5 launcher to begin a 12-year, $981 milli...
• Atlas 5 launches NASA’s Lucy asteroid mission SpaceNews · 16 Oct 2021 An Atlas 5 successfully launched a NASA spacecraft Oct. 16 on a mission to study distant asteroids that may hold clues to the early history of the solar system.
• NASA, ULA Launch Lucy Mission to ‘Fossils’ of Planet Formation NASA · 16 Oct 2021 NASA’s Lucy mission, the agency’s first to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, launched at 5:34 a.m. EDT Saturday on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Statio...
• NASA, ULA launch historic Lucy mission NASASpaceflight · 16 Oct 2021 NASA and ULA (United Launch Alliance) launched NASA’s next asteroid exploration mission — Lucy — from Florida early Saturday morning, kickstarting the spacecraft’s 12-year journey through the solar system. Liftoff of Atl...
• NASA’s Lucy mission will be the first to explore a population of ancient asteroids Spaceflight Now · 15 Oct 2021 NASA is ready to launch a $981 million mission to the distant reaches of the solar system Saturday, kicking off a 12-year expedition to visit a group of unexplored asteroids that may offer clues to help scientists deciph...
• NASA Awards Audit Services Contracts NASA · 15 Oct 2021 NASA has awarded contracts to Booth Management Consulting LLC of Columbia, Maryland; Castro & Company LLC of Alexandria, Virginia; Deva & Associates PC of Rockville, Maryland; Hamilton Enterprises LLC of Greenbelt, Maryl...
• NASA, Boeing to Provide Update on Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2 NASA · 15 Oct 2021 NASA and Boeing will hold a joint teleconference at 2:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Oct. 19, to update media on the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.
• Video: Aerial views of Atlas 5’s rollout with Lucy Spaceflight Now · 15 Oct 2021 The 188-foot-tall Atlas 5 rocket crowned with NASA’s Lucy asteroid probe rolled out to its launch pad Thursday at Cape Canaveral. These aerial views, captured by a drone and released by NASA, show the launch vehicle movi...
• My Favorite Martian Image: the Ridges of 'South Séítah' NASA · 15 Oct 2021 NASA’s Perseverance rover captures a geologic feature with details that offer clues to the area’s mysterious past.
• NASA’s Lucy mission will soon be in the sky, with a launch set for Saturday Ars Technica · 15 Oct 2021 "Each one of these tells us a chapter of the story that we're all a part of."
• SpaceX rapidly tests, ships Falcon 9 second stage for next NASA astronaut launch Teslarati · 15 Oct 2021 SpaceX has shipped, tested, and delivered the new Falcon 9 upper stage tasked with carrying the company’s next Crew Dragon astronauts to...
• Photos: Atlas 5 rocket stands on the launch pad with NASA’s Lucy spacecraft Spaceflight Now · 15 Oct 2021 The final Atlas rocket assigned to launch a solar system exploration mission is set for liftoff before dawn Saturday. NASA’s Lucy asteroid mission is mounted on top of the rocket awaiting launch from Cape Canaveral Space...
• Lucy asteroid probe to set a new distance record for solar-powered spacecraft Spaceflight Now · 15 Oct 2021 About an hour after launch Saturday, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will start the delicate process of opening its circular, fan-shaped solar arrays — the largest ever on a deep space probe — to power the asteroid explorer’s 12-...