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• NASA Leadership Visits JPL, Discusses Climate Change and Mars NASA · 14 Oct 2021 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy met with elected officials about Earth science and visited mission control for the Perseverance Mars rover.
• NASA Invites Media to Briefing on New Water Data Platform NASA · 14 Oct 2021 NASA will hold a virtual media briefing at 1:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 21, to share a powerful, new, web-based platform to help those who rely on water resources across the drought-stricken western U.S.
• Atlas 5 rocket rolls out to launch pad with NASA’s Lucy asteroid probe Spaceflight Now · 14 Oct 2021 An Atlas 5 rocket emerged from its hangar and rolled to a launch pad at Cape Canaveral Thursday with NASA’s Lucy asteroid probe. The launch of the Lucy spacecraft Saturday will mark the final planetary science mission in...
• NASA’s Lucy spacecraft prepares for launch later this week Space Scout · 13 Oct 2021 Just days away from launch, NASA's Lucy spacecraft is ready to begin a 12-year mission to explore the Trojan asteroids.
• CAPSTONE launch delayed to March 2022 SpaceNews · 13 Oct 2021 The launch of a NASA cubesat mission that will test the orbit to be used by the lunar Gateway has slipped to next March, the result of broader launch delays Rocket Lab has suffered because of the pandemic.
• First-look weather forecast favorable for launch of Lucy asteroid mission Saturday Spaceflight Now · 13 Oct 2021 NASA and United Launch Alliance officials met Wednesday and cleared an Atlas 5 rocket for launch from Cape Canaveral before dawn Saturday with the Lucy asteroid mission, a robotic spacecraft to visit unexplored asteroids...
• Australia to provide rover for future NASA lunar lander mission SpaceNews · 13 Oct 2021 NASA and its Australian counterpart have agreed to cooperate on a future robotic lander mission where Australia will provide a small rover as part of a test of resource utilization technologies.
• NASA Awards Agency/Multi-Location Fire Services Contract NASA · 12 Oct 2021 NASA has awarded a contract to Chenega Global Protection LLC of Chantilly, Virginia, an 8(a) small business, to perform fire services at the agency’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, Kennedy Space Cen...
• NASA Awards Regional/Multi-Location Protective Services Contract NASA · 12 Oct 2021 NASA has awarded a contract to Chenega Global Protection LLC of Chantilly, Virginia, an 8(a) small business, to provide protective services at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, White Sands Testing Facility an...
• ESA welcomes Webb in French Guiana for launch on Ariane 5 ESA · 12 Oct 2021 The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived safely at Pariacabo harbour in French Guiana. ESA in close collaboration with NASA will now prepare this once in a generation mission for its launch on Ariane 5 from Europe's Sp...
• With First Martian Samples Packed, Perseverance Initiates Remarkable Sample Return Mission NASA · 12 Oct 2021 NASA, along with the European Space Agency, is developing a campaign to return the Martian samples to Earth.
• NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Arrives in French Guiana After Sea Voyage NASA · 12 Oct 2021 NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope successfully arrived in French Guiana Tuesday, after a 16-day journey at sea.
• Adapter structure with 10 CubeSats installed on top of Artemis moon rocket Spaceflight Now · 12 Oct 2021 Workers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center have lifted the Orion Stage Adapter on top of the Space Launch System moon rocket, adding the structure housing 10 CubeSat rideshare payloads heading into deep space on the Artemis...
• NASA Sets Landing Coverage for Russian Cosmonaut, Actress, Producer NASA · 12 Oct 2021 NASA will provide complete coverage as three space travelers living aboard the International Space Station, including a Russian actress and her producer-director, return to Earth just after midnight on Sunday, Oct. 17.
• Rocket Lab to launch NASA smallsat using SBIR award SpaceNews · 11 Oct 2021 Rocket Lab will launch a NASA technology demonstration satellite under an unconventional arrangement as the agency works on a more standardized approach for launching smallsats.
• Secondary payloads launched with Landsat begin commissioning Spaceflight Now · 10 Oct 2021 Ground teams are stepping through testing of three small CubeSats launched with the Landsat 9 remote sensing satellite last month, preparing the small spacecraft for exoplanet observations and communications experiments....
• Boeing and NASA continue to investigate Starliner valve problem SpaceNews · 9 Oct 2021 NASA and Boeing are targeting the first half of 2022 to launch the rescheduled test flight of the CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle as engineers continue to investigate a valve problem that postponed the mission...
• NASA Invites Media to James Webb Space Telescope Launch NASA · 8 Oct 2021 Members of the media may now register their interest in attending the launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the premier space science observatory for the next decade.
• NASA swaps two astronauts from Boeing missions to SpaceX crew flight Spaceflight Now · 7 Oct 2021 NASA has reassigned two rookie astronauts from missions on Boeing’s troubled Starliner crew capsule to a SpaceX crew mission to the International Space Station late next year, a move agency officials said will allow the...
• NASA's Perseverance Sheds More Light on Jezero Crater's Watery Past NASA · 7 Oct 2021 Pictures from NASA’s latest six-wheeler on the Red Planet suggest the area’s history experienced significant flooding events.
• DART in transit to Vandenberg Space Force Base ahead of November 2021 launch NASASpaceflight · 7 Oct 2021 After completing months of tests and assembly, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is in transit to Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in California ahead of its launch. DART is a first-of-its-kind NASA missio...
• NASA Releases Climate Action Plan NASA · 7 Oct 2021 NASA released a climate action plan Thursday, Oct. 7, aimed at averting mission impacts due to climate change, ensuring the resiliency of facilities and assets, and providing the nation and world unique climate observati...
• Asteroid probe mounted on Atlas booster originally assigned to astronaut flight Spaceflight Now · 7 Oct 2021 Teams at Cape Canaveral transferred NASA’s Lucy asteroid explorer to a United Launch Alliance integration building Thursday and mounted the robotic science probe atop an Atlas 5 rocket for liftoff later this month, using...
• NASA reshuffles commercial crew astronaut assignments because of Starliner delays SpaceNews · 7 Oct 2021 NASA has reassigned two astronauts from Boeing commercial crew missions to a SpaceX one as the agency addresses delays in the development of the CST-100 Starliner and works out a seat barter agreement with Russia.
• SpaceX to double fleet of reusable Dragon spacecraft in less than nine months Teslarati · 7 Oct 2021 Comments from NASA and SpaceX officials during a briefing ahead of Crew Dragon’s third operational astronaut launch have offered a more detailed...
• Watch a video tour of NASA’s Lucy asteroid explorer Spaceflight Now · 6 Oct 2021 Set for launch Oct. 16 on a flight to explore asteroids in the outer solar system, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has been fueled and encapsulated inside the payload fairing of its Atlas 5 rocket. Watch as Chris McKaa, a manager...
• NASA’s Lucy asteroid mission 10 days from launch Spaceflight Now · 6 Oct 2021 Fueled up for a 12-year mission of exploration, NASA’s Lucy science probe is nearly ready for launch Oct. 16 from Florida’s Space Coast to begin a journey through the solar system to visit eight asteroids, a record numbe...
• NASA Sets Coverage, Invites Public to Virtually Join Lucy Launch NASA · 6 Oct 2021 NASA will provide coverage of upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for Lucy, the agency’s first mission to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids.
• SpaceX is adding two more Crew Dragons to its fleet Spaceflight Now · 6 Oct 2021 SpaceX is about to double the size of its fleet of Crew Dragon spaceships. The company is debuting a new spacecraft for a NASA launch later this month, and is building a fourth human-rated capsule that should be ready fo...
• NASA Announces Astronaut Changes for Upcoming Commercial Crew Missions NASA · 6 Oct 2021 NASA has reassigned astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada to the agency’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station as part of the Commercial Crew Program.
• NASA Invites Media to Webb Telescope Launch Coverage Discussion NASA · 6 Oct 2021 NASA and its mission partners will host a briefing at 9 a.m. EDT on Friday, Oct. 8, for media interested in covering the James Webb Space Telescope launch.
• Report: SpaceX to launch at least five back-to-back Crew Dragon missions for NASA Teslarati · 5 Oct 2021 Ars Technica’s Eric Berger reports that NASA has begun the process of moving a number of astronauts assigned to Boeing’s ailing Starliner...
• La NASA y FEMA presentarán la serie Alianza para la Acción Climática en octubre NASA · 5 Oct 2021 La NASA y la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA, por sus siglas en inglés) serán coanfitriones de la Alianza para la Acción Climática, una serie virtual para abordar la creciente demanda de información p...
• NASA, FEMA to Host Alliance for Climate Action Series in October NASA · 5 Oct 2021 NASA and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will co-host the Alliances for Climate Action, a virtual series to address rising demand for accurate, timely, and actionable information at a time of rapid global...
• NASA likely to move some astronauts off Starliner due to extended delays Ars Technica · 5 Oct 2021 Astronauts assigned to Boeing flights may end up on SpaceX's Crew-5 mission.
• NASA Invites Media to Launch of Double Asteroid Redirection Test NASA · 4 Oct 2021 Media accreditation is open for the upcoming launch of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, an evaluation of technologies for preventing a hazardous asteroid from striking Earth.
• Nelson remains confident regarding funding for Artemis SpaceNews · 3 Oct 2021 NASA’s administrator says he remains confident that Congress will provide the agency with funding to allow it to select a second lunar lander developer despite a lack of public progress on funding and concerns raised els...
• Lucy in final preparations for launch, Principal Investigator discusses mission’s trajectory NASASpaceflight · 2 Oct 2021 After being shipped to Florida in early August, NASA’s most daring asteroid exploration mission yet — Lucy — is now in final launch preparations as the opening of its interplanetary transfer window to Jupiter nears.
• NASA Awards Contract for Roman Space Telescope Science Support Center NASA · 1 Oct 2021 NASA has awarded a contract to provide capabilities for the Roman Space Telescope Science Support Center to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, California.
• SpaceX and NASA beginning final preparations for Crew-3 mission NASASpaceflight · 1 Oct 2021 With the launch just weeks away, SpaceX, NASA, and the European Space Agency (ESA) are making final preparations for the third operational Crew Dragon mission. Crew-3 will be the third long-duration mission flown by Spac...