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• NASA Mars Mission Begins a New Chapter of Science With a New Leader NASA · 9 Sep 2021 Dr. Shannon Curry, planetary scientist and the deputy assistant director of planetary science at the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) at the University of California, Berkeley, has assumed leadership of NASA’s first missi...
• JWST gets mid-December launch date SpaceNews · 9 Sep 2021 NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is finally scheduled to launch Dec. 18 on an Ariane 5 from French Guiana after years of development delays.
• Mars Perseverance Team Members to Be Recognized at Hispanic Heritage Awards NASA · 8 Sep 2021 The three award recipients – Diana Trujillo, Christina Hernandez, and Clara O’Farrell – are engineers from the NASA rover team.
• NASA Readies James Webb Space Telescope for December Launch NASA · 8 Sep 2021 NASA plans to launch the James Webb Space Telescope into orbit Dec. 18, 2021, to serve as the premier deep space observatory for the next decade.
• NASA to Host Briefing on Successful Sample Collection of Martian Rock NASA · 7 Sep 2021 NASA will hold a virtual media briefing Friday, Sept. 10, at noon EDT to provide an update on the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover, which recently completed its first successful rock sampling.
• NASA chief on Blue Origin protest: “They have every right” to sue Ars Technica · 7 Sep 2021 "We are a nation of laws and as such we want to follow the law."
• SpaceX rolls Inspiration4 Falcon 9 rocket to the pad for historic launch Teslarati · 7 Sep 2021 SpaceX has rolled the Falcon 9 rocket that will launch the historic Inspiration4 private astronaut mission to its NASA Kennedy Space Center...
• NASA's Perseverance Rover Collects First Mars Rock Sample NASA · 6 Sep 2021 The rock core is now enclosed in an airtight titanium sample tube, and will be available for retrieval in the future.
• NASA’s Perseverance Rover Collects First Mars Rock Sample NASA · 6 Sep 2021 NASA’s Perseverance rover today completed the collection of the first sample of Martian rock, a core from Jezero Crater slightly thicker than a pencil.
• House budget reconciliation package funds NASA infrastructure but not lunar lander work SpaceNews · 6 Sep 2021 The House Science Committee will mark up its portion of a multitrillion-dollar spending bill this week that includes several billion dollars for NASA infrastructure but nothing for lunar lander development.
• Nebraska Youth to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station NASA · 3 Sep 2021 Students participating with the Nebraska 4-H will have an opportunity next week to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
• NASA Invites Media to Kennedy for Artemis Activities NASA · 3 Sep 2021 NASA is inviting a limited number of media to capture imagery of the fully stacked and integrated Artemis I mission Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
• Russian spacewalkers begin outfitting new lab module Spaceflight Now · 3 Sep 2021 Two Russian spacewalkers connected a new laboratory module to the International Space Station’s power grid Friday, routing and plugging in eight cables to tap into electricity generated by NASA’s solar power system.
• NASA Coverage of Rescheduled Spacewalk Preparing for New Solar Array NASA · 3 Sep 2021 Astronauts Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency) will venture outside the International Space Station for a spacewalk Sunday, Sept. 12.
• NASA's Perseverance Rover Successfully Cores Its First Rock NASA · 2 Sep 2021 Perseverance will obtain additional imagery of the sample tube before potentially completing the process of collecting its first scientifically-selected Mars sample
• China may use an existing rocket to speed up plans for a human Moon mission Ars Technica · 2 Sep 2021 China may seek to leapfrog NASA in its return to the Moon.
• China is developing its own Mars helicopter SpaceNews · 1 Sep 2021 China is looking at ways of expanding its space exploration capabilities including through a vehicle similar in appearance to NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter.
• NASA Invites Students, Educators to Join Artemis I Mission NASA · 1 Sep 2021 As students and educators return to classrooms online and in-person, NASA welcomes the next generation of explorers – the Artemis Generation – to learn more about the mission that will pave the way to land the first woma...
• Northrop Grumman discusses Antares NG-16’s eventful countdown, talks future missions NASASpaceflight · 1 Sep 2021 On August 10, the S.S. Ellison Onizuka launched on an Antares 230+ rocket from Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. The NG-16 countdown was hampered with helium and ground computer issues leading up to the final T0...
• NASA Begins Air Taxi Flight Testing with Joby NASA · 1 Sep 2021 NASA began flight testing Monday with Joby Aviation’s all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft as part of the agency’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign.
• NASA Administrator Statement on Meeting with Ukrainian President NASA · 31 Aug 2021 The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit Tuesday to NASA Headquarters in Washington:
• NASA Leadership to Call Space Station Crew NASA · 31 Aug 2021 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy will speak with astronauts aboard the International Space Station from the Mission Control Center at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston Thursda...
• NASA’s big rocket misses another deadline, now won’t fly until 2022 Ars Technica · 31 Aug 2021 "The agency continues to monitor the rise of COVID cases in the Kennedy area."
• NASA’s hopes waning for SLS test flight this year Spaceflight Now · 31 Aug 2021 The earliest NASA’s first Space Launch System moon rocket could roll out from the Vehicle Assembly Building to its seaside launch complex in Florida is at the end of November, officials told Spaceflight Now, leaving litt...
• NASA has no plans to exchange lunar samples with China SpaceNews · 31 Aug 2021 NASA currently has no plans to trade any of its Apollo-era lunar samples with those returned by China’s Chang’e-5 mission, although then agency’s chief scientist held out hope for such an exchange in the future.
• NASA Sets Coverage for Two Russian Spacewalks Outside Space Station NASA · 30 Aug 2021 Two Russian cosmonauts will venture outside the International Space Station Friday, Sept. 3, and Thursday, Sept. 9, to conduct the first pair of up to 11 spacewalks to prepare the new Nauka multipurpose laboratory module...
• BepiColombo, Solar Orbiter collect data on Venus during historic double flyby NASASpaceflight · 29 Aug 2021 On August 9, 2021, the joint ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft performed a flyby of Venus, coming within 7,995 km of the Venusian surface. Just 33 hours later, on August 10, the joint ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft flew...
• Cutting-Edge Science Launches on NASA’s SpaceX Cargo Resupply Mission NASA · 29 Aug 2021 The latest SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft is bound for the International Space Station after launching at 3:14 a.m. EDT Sunday from from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying more than...
• SpaceX Cargo Dragon CRS-23 arrived at the ISS NASASpaceflight · 29 Aug 2021 SpaceX and NASA conducted a Sunday’s launch of the CRS-23 (Commercial Resupply Services 23) mission to the International Space Station on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center.
• NASA Mars smallsat mission passes review SpaceNews · 28 Aug 2021 A smallsat Mars mission that had to revise its plans after it lost its initial ride has won NASA approval to move into full-scale development.
• Media Invited to Virtual Briefing on Launch of NASA, USGS Landsat 9 NASA · 27 Aug 2021 Officials from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will discuss next month’s planned launch of the Landsat 9 satellite during a media briefing at 10 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 31.
• Rocket Report: Webb telescope ready for launch, LOX shortage slows SpaceX Ars Technica · 27 Aug 2021 "Large NASA taxpayer investments are being thrown away."
• NASA's Perseverance Plans Next Sample Attempt NASA · 26 Aug 2021 The rover will abrade a rock this week, allowing scientists and engineers to decide whether that target would withstand its powerful drill.
• A month after Bezos’s flight, Blue Origin launches NASA moon tech demo Spaceflight Now · 26 Aug 2021 Blue Origin is set to launch its reusable New Shepard booster from West Texas on a suborbital flight to the edge of space Thursday on the company’s first launch since founder Jeff Bezos and three crewmates rocketed to an...
• Watch live: A month after Bezos’s flight, Blue Origin to launch NASA moon tech Spaceflight Now · 26 Aug 2021 Blue Origin is set to launch its reusable New Shepard booster from West Texas on a suborbital flight to the edge of space Thursday on the company’s first launch since founder Jeff Bezos and three crewmates rocketed to al...
• Space agencies support ISS extension as NASA warns of space race with China SpaceNews · 25 Aug 2021 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said he remains confident that Russia will remain a part of the International Space Station through the end of the decade but warned of an emerging space race with China.
• NASA Awards Information Technology Support Services Contract NASA · 25 Aug 2021 NASA has selected New Directions Technologies Inc. of Ridgecrest, California, for management systems engineering, software development, project management, information technology security, and enterprise architecture sup...
• In leaked email, ULA official calls NASA leadership “incompetent” Ars Technica · 25 Aug 2021 "Let me know if there’s anything else you need—we are here to serve!"
• SpaceX test-fires rocket before space station cargo mission Spaceflight Now · 25 Aug 2021 On the cusp of ending a two-month SpaceX launch drought, ground crews raised a Falcon 9 rocket vertical Wednesday on its launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for an engine test-firing and final cargo loading before...
• Moran: two shots to increase NASA funding this year SpaceNews · 24 Aug 2021 A key senator said he will work to fund NASA priorities like its Artemis lunar exploration program through both the conventional appropriations process as well as a multi trillion-dollar budget reconciliation package.