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- Space station spacewalk postponed by astronaut medical issue Spaceflight Now · 24 Aug 2021 A planned spacewalk outside the International Space Station Tuesday was postponed after NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei was diagnosed with a pinched nerve, which NASA described as a “minor medical issue.”
- NASA Administrator highlights contributions of Colorado industry and academia SpaceNews · 24 Aug 2021 Advanced Space was one of three Colorado organizations NASA Administrator Bill Nelson introduced during a press briefing at the 36th Space Symposium with genuine enthusiasm.
- Nelson: Blue Origin lawsuit adds further delays to Artemis SpaceNews · 23 Aug 2021 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson talks Artemis, HLS, budget prospects and more in an exclusive interview with SpaceNews.
- Blue Origin lawsuit forces SpaceX, NASA to stop joint work on Starship Moon lander Teslarati · 20 Aug 2021 Days after Jeff Bezos space startup Blue Origin sued NASA over its decision to solely award SpaceX a contract to turn Starship...
- Blue Origin suit stops work on NASA HLS contract with SpaceX SpaceNews · 19 Aug 2021 NASA will stop work on a Human Landing System award to SpaceX through the end of October as a federal court takes up a suit filed by Blue Origin protesting the contract.
- Update: NASA Spacewalk Briefing to Highlight New Solar Array Installation NASA · 18 Aug 2021 Two astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station Tuesday, Aug. 24, for a spacewalk to install a support bracket in preparation for future installation of the orbiting laboratory’s third new solar array...
- NASA Seeks Student Tech Ideas for Suborbital Launch NASA · 18 Aug 2021 NASA is calling on all sixth through 12th-grade educators and students to submit experiments for possible suborbital flights as a way of gaining firsthand experience with the design and testing process used by NASA resea...
- La NASA busca propuestas tecnológicas de estudiantes para lanzamientos suborbitales NASA · 18 Aug 2021 La NASA hace un llamado a todos los educadores y estudiantes de grados 6.º a 12.º para que presenten experimentos para posibles vuelos suborbitales como una forma de obtener experiencia de primera mano en el proceso de d...
- NASA Spacewalk Briefing to Highlight New Solar Array Installation NASA · 18 Aug 2021 Two astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station Tuesday, Aug. 24, for a spacewalk to install a support bracket in preparation for future installation of the orbiting laboratory’s third new solar array...
- SpaceX set to end longest gap between Falcon launches in two years Teslarati · 18 Aug 2021 NASA has confirmed that SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 launch is now scheduled to occur no earlier than 3:37 am EDT (07:37 UTC)...
- NASA Helps Celebrate Star Trek Creator Gene Roddenberry's Centennial NASA · 17 Aug 2021 NASA is helping the legacy of inspiration, hope, and diversity fostered by the creator of Star Trek to live long and prosper.
- NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Explores a Changing Landscape NASA · 17 Aug 2021 A new video rings in the rover’s ninth year on Mars, letting viewers tour Curiosity’s location on a Martian mountain.
- After a dozen flights, NASA’s chopper has yet to come a cropper Ars Technica · 17 Aug 2021 Kitty Hawk a century ago. Mars today. Where 100 years from now?
- Here’s why Blue Origin thinks it is justified in continuing to protest NASA Ars Technica · 16 Aug 2021 Bezos: " The thing that slows things down is procurement."
- NASA Selects Lifecycle Mission Support Services Contractor NASA · 16 Aug 2021 NASA has selected Leidos Inc. of Reston, Virginia, to provide program, science, engineering, operations, and project management support at the agency’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California.
- NASA Awards Contract for Translation and Logistics Services NASA · 16 Aug 2021 NASA has awarded a contract to TechTrans International (TTI) Inc. of Houston to provide translation, interpretation, language training, and logistics services for the agency’s International Space Station Program, with th...
- SpaceX’s Starship Moon lander under fire yet again as Blue Origin sues NASA Teslarati · 16 Aug 2021 Less than three weeks after the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) categorically denied protests from Blue Origin and Dynetics over NASA’s decision...
- Blue Origin sues NASA over Human Landing System contract SpaceNews · 16 Aug 2021 Blue Origin has filed suit against NASA in federal court, arguing that the agency failed to properly evaluate its proposal for the agency’s Human Landing System program, a procurement won by SpaceX.
- NASA Unveils New Interactive Website Ahead of Landsat 9 Launch NASA · 16 Aug 2021 Landsat 9, a joint NASA and U.S. Geological Survey satellite mission, is scheduled to launch Thursday, Sept. 16, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
- GAO report details rejection of HLS protests SpaceNews · 16 Aug 2021 he Government Accountability Office offered more details about its decision to reject protests filed by two companies of NASA’s Human Landing System (HLS) award to SpaceX.
- SpaceX receives first major Starship Moon lander funding from NASA Teslarati · 16 Aug 2021 SpaceX has received its first major funding from NASA for the development of a crewed Starship Moon lander meant to return humans...
- Launch of lunar CubeSat moved from Virginia to New Zealand Spaceflight Now · 16 Aug 2021 The launch of a miniature trailblazer probe for NASA’s planned Gateway lunar space station has been moved from Rocket Lab’s new launch pad in Virginia to the company’s spaceport in New Zealand, officials recently announc...
- Development of spacesuits for Artemis moonwalks lagging Spaceflight Now · 15 Aug 2021 The next-generation spacesuits needed by the first moonwalkers in NASA’s Artemis program will not be available until 2025 at the earliest and will have cost more than $1 billion to develop, according to the agency’s Offi...
- Boeing to ground Starliner indefinitely until valve issue solved Ars Technica · 13 Aug 2021 "I know this is very, very hard on our NASA and Boeing teams."
- NASA stands by its astronaut after incendiary Russian claims Ars Technica · 13 Aug 2021 "I fully support Serena, and I will always stand behind our astronauts."
- Rocket Report: NASA installs SLS software, India’s GSLV fails to reach orbit Ars Technica · 13 Aug 2021 "I was really expecting to see a slowdown in the number of new launch vehicles."
- Boeing opts to haul Starliner back to hangar, delays flight indefinitely Spaceflight Now · 13 Aug 2021 Around-the-clock work to fix valve problems that derailed an Aug. 3 attempt to launch Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule on an unpiloted test flight was called off Friday, delaying another try until after NASA launches a hi...
- Russia’s space program just threw a NASA astronaut under the bus Ars Technica · 12 Aug 2021 "The Americans refused to perform a polygraph examination."
- NASA, Boeing to Provide Update on Starliner’s Orbital Flight Test-2 NASA · 12 Aug 2021 NASA and Boeing are continuing discussions on the status of the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission, and will host a joint media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 13, to discuss the second uncrewed flight of B...
- NASA Awards $18 Million for Research at Minority Serving Institutions NASA · 12 Aug 2021 NASA and Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) across the United States are teaming up to bring untapped talent and diverse perspectives to several of the agency’s top priorities: understanding and monitoring global ocean...
- SpaceX CEO Elon Musk details orbital refueling plans for Starship Moon lander Teslarati · 12 Aug 2021 After a much-anticipated GAO denial of Blue Origin and Dynetics protests over NASA’s decision to solely award SpaceX a contract to turn...
- NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Spots Perseverance From Above NASA · 11 Aug 2021 Can you see NASA’s newest rover in this picture from Jezero Crater?
- This is probably why Blue Origin keeps protesting NASA’s lunar lander award Ars Technica · 11 Aug 2021 Bezos likely views the Human Landing System contract as COTS for Blue Origin.
- NASA Spacecraft Provides Insight into Asteroid Bennu’s Future Orbit NASA · 11 Aug 2021 NASA researchers used precision-tracking data from the agency’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to better understand movements of the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu, significantly reducing uncertainties related to its future...
- Lunar spacesuits won’t be ready in time for 2024 landing SpaceNews · 11 Aug 2021 Spacesuits that NASA astronauts will need to walk on the moon won't be ready in time to meet a 2024 lunar landing goal, NASA’s inspector general concluded.
- Aviation Week Awards NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter With Laureate NASA · 10 Aug 2021 The prestigious honor recognizes the pioneering rotorcraft for its history-making flights on the Red Planet.
- Elon Musk says SpaceX could build new Moon spacesuits for NASA Teslarati · 10 Aug 2021 A new report from NASA’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) strongly suggests that spacesuit availability, of all things, could prevent NASA...
- S.S. Ellison Onizuka Cygnus mission launches safely to ISS NASASpaceflight · 10 Aug 2021 Northrop Grumman launched the NG-16 Cygnus cargo vehicle, the S.S. Ellison Onizuka, to the International Space Station at 18:01:05 EDT / 22:01:05 UTC from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Island flig...
- NASA Renews Support of Vertical Lift Research Centers of Excellence NASA · 10 Aug 2021 NASA is continuing its support of university research into technologies for future helicopters and other vertical lift aircraft in partnership with the U.S. Army and Navy.
- JPL director to step down SpaceNews · 10 Aug 2021 The director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will step down after five years on the job to become a professor at the university that operates the lab.