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- NASA Science, Cargo Launches on Northrop Grumman Resupply Mission NASA · 10 Aug 2021 A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with more than 8,200 pounds of science investigations and cargo after launching at 6:01 p.m. EDT Tuesday from NASA’s Wallops...
- NASA Statement on Departure of JPL Director Michael Watkins NASA · 9 Aug 2021 The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on the departure of Michael Watkins, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California:
- NASA Invites Media to New OSIRIS-REx, Asteroid Bennu Study Briefing NASA · 9 Aug 2021 NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 11, to discuss an important finding from NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) space...
- NASA EGS, Jacobs power up Artemis 1 vehicle to begin system checkouts in the VAB NASASpaceflight · 9 Aug 2021 After stacking the stages of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for NASA’s Artemis 1 mission in June and July, EGS and TOSC powered up the Core Stage for the first time in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Ken...
- Perseverance’s first sample collection fails, new science points to subsurface Martian clay lakes NASASpaceflight · 8 Aug 2021 NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover recently attempted its first-ever sample collection of the Martian surface on August 6. However, data shows that while the rover’s drill successfully drilled into the surface, no regolith w...
- NASA, Rocket Lab move first Artemis Moon launch – CAPSTONE – to New Zealand NASASpaceflight · 7 Aug 2021 New Zealand is now set to host the first launch of the Artemis Program, as Rocket Lab is now planning to launch the CAPSTONE mission from their operational launch pad at Launch Complex 1 on the Māhia Peninsula. This is t...
- Perseverance first sampling attempt comes up empty SpaceNews · 7 Aug 2021 NASA scientists and engineers are working to understand why the first sampling attempt by the Mars rover Perseverance failed to collect any material.
- Rocket Lab shifts CAPSTONE launch to New Zealand SpaceNews · 6 Aug 2021 A NASA smallsat mission to test the orbit that will be used by the lunar Gateway will launch from New Zealand and not Virginia as originally planned.
- NASA’s Perseverance Team Assessing First Mars Sampling Attempt NASA · 6 Aug 2021 Data sent to Earth by NASA’s Perseverance rover after its first attempt to collect a rock sample on Mars and seal it in a sample tube indicate that no rock was collected during the initial sampling activity.
- NASA's Perseverance Team Assessing First Mars Sampling Attempt NASA · 6 Aug 2021 The rover continues to explore Jezero Crater while the team assesses today’s activities.
- TESS considering companion smallsat mission SpaceNews · 6 Aug 2021 The leaders of a NASA exoplanet mission are considering using a spare camera for a companion mission that would enable them to confirm existing discoveries and make new ones.
- NASA TV Coverage Set for Next International Space Station Cargo Launch NASA · 4 Aug 2021 NASA and Northrop Grumman are targeting 5:56 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 10, for the company’s 16th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station.
- Statements on Swearing in of Margaret Vo Schaus as NASA CFO NASA · 4 Aug 2021 The following are statements from Margaret Vo Schaus, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy on Wednesday’s swearing in of Vo Schaus as NASA’s Chief Financial Officer:
- NASA science chief says it’s OK to be “worried” or “terrified” about Webb Ars Technica · 3 Aug 2021 "This mission has a very troubled story with chapters that were disappointing."
- SpaceX’s NASA Starship contract prevails over frivolous Blue Origin, Dynetics protests Teslarati · 3 Aug 2021 The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has thrown out frivolous protests filed by Blue Origin and Dynetics after NASA awarded SpaceX a...
- Former NASA official joins Nanoracks to lead commercial space station work SpaceNews · 2 Aug 2021 Commercial space services company Nanoracks has hired a former NASA official most recently involved with planning for the Artemis program to lead its efforts to develop commercial space stations.
- GAO dismisses lunar lander contract protests Spaceflight Now · 2 Aug 2021 STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Government Accountability Office ruled Friday that NASA did not violate procurement law or regulations when it awarded a single $2.9 billion moon lander contract to S...
- Starliner resets for next launch attempt after ISS problems SpaceNews · 1 Aug 2021 NASA and Boeing say they’re ready to make a second attempt to launch the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on an uncrewed test flight after an incident at the International Space Station called off the first attempt...
- Senate confirms NASA CFO SpaceNews · 31 Jul 2021 The Senate confirmed the White House’s nominee to be chief financial officer of NASA July 30, rounding out the senior leadership positions at the agency.
- NASA Updates Coverage, Invites Public to Virtually Join Starliner Launch NASA · 31 Jul 2021 NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch, launch, and docking activities for the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission to the International Space Station.
- Ariane 5 launches two satellites on first mission in nearly a year SpaceNews · 30 Jul 2021 An Ariane 5 successfully launched two commercial communications satellites July 30 in the first flight of the rocket in nearly a year, and the first of two missions before it launches a NASA space telescope.
- NASA Extends Contract for Commercialization of Low-Earth Orbit NASA · 30 Jul 2021 NASA has extended a contract to companies around the United States to provide spaceflight hardware, software, and mission integration and operations services on a commercial basis for the agency’s International Space Sta...
- NASA Statement on GAO Ruling Regarding Human Landing System Protest NASA · 30 Jul 2021 The following is the NASA statement in response to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision released Friday on the human landing system protest:
- NASA Awards Stennis Information Technology Services Contract NASA · 30 Jul 2021 NASA has selected SaiTech Inc., a woman-owned small business based in Bethesda, Maryland, to provide information technology services at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
- GAO denies Blue Origin and Dynetics protests of NASA lunar lander contract SpaceNews · 30 Jul 2021 The U.S. Government Accountability Office denied protests July 30 that Blue Origin and Dynetics filed of NASA’s award of a single lunar lander contract to SpaceX.
- Nelson remains hopeful Congress will provide additional lunar lander funding SpaceNews · 30 Jul 2021 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson says he remains confident that Congress will provide NASA with additional funding so it can select a second lunar lander developer but declined to comment on Blue Origin’s proposal to lower...
- Statements on Senate Confirmation of Margaret Vo Schaus as NASA CFO NASA · 30 Jul 2021 The following are statements from Margaret Vo Schaus, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy on Friday’s U.S. Senate confirmation of Schaus as NASA’s chief financial officer:
- Station loses attitude control after Nauka docking, Starliner launch delayed SpaceNews · 29 Jul 2021 A Russian module that docked to the International Space Station July 29 started firing its thrusters hours later, briefly knocking the station out of its normal attitude and forcing NASA to delay a commercial crew test f...
- NASA’s 10th Space Apps Challenge Increases Global Participation NASA · 29 Jul 2021 To mark the 10th International Space Apps Challenge, the largest annual global hackathon in the world, NASA is collaborating with nine space agency partners to bring the event to even more communities Oct. 2-3, 2021.
- NASA Invites Media to International Space Station Update NASA · 29 Jul 2021 NASA will host a media teleconference at 4:30 p.m. EDT today, Thursday, July 29, to discuss the status of International Space Station activities.
- Ingenuity completes 10th flight on Mars, Perseverance starts search for life NASASpaceflight · 28 Jul 2021 On July 24, 2021, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter successfully completed its 10th and most daring flight on the red planet — a major milestone for the Ingenuity mission. The helicopter, originally expected to only perfo...
- NASA Celebrates National Intern Day 2021 NASA · 28 Jul 2021 NASA will host a variety of events and interactive opportunities celebrating the agency’s interns and their contributions to its missions in recognition of National Intern Day, held this year on Thursday, July 29.
- Weather key issue for Starliner launch SpaceNews · 27 Jul 2021 NASA and Boeing say a second test flight of the company’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle remains on track for launch July 30, with weather the biggest concern.
- NASA cites Falcon flight heritage to select SpaceX to launch Europa Clipper NASASpaceflight · 27 Jul 2021 On Friday, July 23, NASA announced that SpaceX was the winner of a commercial procurement to launch the Europa Clipper mission, which will closely study the icy Galilean moon of Jupiter in search of signs of life and/or...
- Lucy spacecraft passes pre-shipment review, on track for October launch NASASpaceflight · 26 Jul 2021 NASA and Lockheed Martin are another step closer to the launch of their Lucy Trojan Explorer mission, with the craft completing its pre-shipment review ahead of transportation to the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in...
- NASA Previews Science on Next Northrop Grumman Space Station Mission NASA · 26 Jul 2021 NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 2, to discuss science investigations and technology demonstrations launching on Northrop Grumman’s 16th commercial resupply mission for the agency to the I...
- Bezos offers billions in incentives for NASA lunar lander contract SpaceNews · 26 Jul 2021 Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos says his company will cover more than $2 billion in costs if NASA will award it a second Human Landing System (HLS) contract.
- SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch NASA ocean moon explorer, saving the US billions Teslarati · 25 Jul 2021 In a move that’s likely to save the US taxpayer several billion dollars over the next few years, NASA has carefully extricated...
- Exploring VERITAS, one of NASA’s new missions to Venus NASASpaceflight · 24 Jul 2021 Selected as a finalist alongside three other missions for NASA’s next Discovery program missions in February 2020, the Jet Propulsion Lab’s VERITAS mission was chosen by NASA as one of the agency’s next two planetary res...
- Falcon Heavy to launch Europa Clipper SpaceNews · 24 Jul 2021 NASA has selected SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to launch its Europa Clipper mission to a potentially habitable moon of Jupiter, a choice that appeared inevitable once NASA was no longer required to use the Space Launch System.