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• NASA, Northrop Grumman designing new BOLE SRB for SLS Block 2 vehicle NASASpaceflight · 12 Jul 2021 NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) program and booster element prime contractor Northrop Grumman are developing an upgrade to the current Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs). The SLS Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE)...
• Increasing demands putting pressure on Deep Space Network SpaceNews · 10 Jul 2021 A growing number of spacecraft missions, as well as NASA’s Artemis program, are putting new pressures on the agency’s Deep Space Network of antennas that communicate with them.
• NASA awards contract to Northrop Grumman to build Gateway module SpaceNews · 9 Jul 2021 NASA has awarded a contract worth $935 million to Northrop Grumman to build and integrate the first habitation module for the lunar Gateway.
• Artemis 1 ICPS stage from ULA added to SLS stack NASASpaceflight · 9 Jul 2021 NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) and prime launch processing contractor Jacobs hoisted the in-space stage for the Artemis 1 Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle into High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)...
• NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Patches of Rock Record Erased, Revealing Clues NASA · 8 Jul 2021 A new paper enriches scientists’ understanding of where the rock record preserved or destroyed evidence of Mars’ past and possible signs of ancient life.
• Meet the Open-Source Software Powering NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter NASA · 8 Jul 2021 Created at NASA’s JPL, the open-source flight software called F Prime isn’t just powering humanity’s first interplanetary helicopter; it’s also powering inspiration at multiple universities.
• Cargo Dragon splashes down to complete SpaceX CRS-22 mission NASASpaceflight · 8 Jul 2021 The SpaceX CRS-22 mission has come to a close, with Cargo Dragon having departed the International Space Station on Thursday, July 8 after a series of weather delays. NASA and SpaceX teams continued to monitor weather at...
• NASA, Northrop Grumman Finalize Moon Outpost Living Quarters Contract NASA · 8 Jul 2021 NASA and Northrop Grumman of Dulles, Virginia, have finalized a contract to develop the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) for Gateway, which will be a critical waystation and outpost in orbit around the Moon as par...
• James Webb passes critical mission review for 2021 launch, final testing nearing completion NASASpaceflight · 7 Jul 2021 The joint NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has passed its critical final mission analysis review — clearing the way for a late 2021 launch from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana on an Arianes...
• NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman’s August Launch from Virginia NASA · 7 Jul 2021 Media accreditation is open for the launch from Virginia of Northrop Grumman’s 16th commercial resupply services mission to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station...
• New York Students to Hear from NASA, JAXA Astronauts on Space Station NASA · 6 Jul 2021 Students from Harlem Link Charter School will have an opportunity this week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
• NASA’s helicopter on Mars just keeps flying and flying Ars Technica · 6 Jul 2021 For NASA, taking some risk has paid off handsomely.
• NASA Announces Public Meeting on Mission Equity, Request for Information NASA · 6 Jul 2021 NASA’s public meeting to discuss its recently issued request for information (RFI), entitled Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities in NASA Programs, Contracts and Grants, will take place at 1 p....
• JWST passes launch review SpaceNews · 6 Jul 2021 The James Webb Space Telescope is one step closer to launch after a review of its Ariane launch vehicle, while NASA continues a separate review of the name of the spacecraft itself.
• Stennis, SLS core stage teams reflect on Green Run campaign NASASpaceflight · 5 Jul 2021 The first Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage is now being readied for the program’s first launch at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), but the large rocket’s first stop on the way to liftoff was the once-in-a-generation G...
• Lunar Exploration as a Service: From landers to spacesuits, NASA is renting rather than owning SpaceNews · 5 Jul 2021 NASA’s Human Landing System program is the biggest bet the agency has made on the commercial space industry since the commercial crew program a decade ago.
• Five years on, Juno science reveals answers to zodiacal lights, Jovian auroras NASASpaceflight · 4 Jul 2021 Juno, NASA’s flagship mission to Jupiter, marks five years at the solar system’s largest planet today, having been in space for nearly 10 years since its launch. Juno quickly became one of NASA’s most scientifically impo...
• NASA Scientists Available for Interviews on Hurricanes, Tropical Storms NASA · 2 Jul 2021 The center of Hurricane Elsa has formed to the east of the Windward and southern Leeward islands and is expected to bring heavy rainfall to those areas over the weekend, according to an update Friday from the National Hu...
• NASA seeking proposals for next phase of Artemis lunar lander services despite industry protests SpaceNews · 2 Jul 2021 NASA is seeking proposals to begin the next phase of Artemis lunar lander services, moving quickly despite unresolved protests about its selection of SpaceX to develop a lunar lander.
• NASA Posts Agencywide Media Accreditation Policy NASA · 2 Jul 2021 NASA has issued a formal policy that standardizes the criteria and process for media accreditation to cover events and activities at all agency locations.
• NASA taking “careful and deliberate” approach to repairing Hubble computer SpaceNews · 1 Jul 2021 NASA is taking a slow and deliberate approach to restoring operations of the Hubble Space Telescope, which has been out of service since mid-June when a payload computer malfunctioned.
• Bezos invites 82-year-old aviation pioneer to join him for spaceflight Spaceflight Now · 1 Jul 2021 Wally Funk, an 82-year-old aviation pioneer and one of the 13 female fliers who were tested but ultimately barred from NASA’s initially all-male astronaut corps, is finally getting her chance to fly in space, thanks to J...
• NASA's Self-Driving Perseverance Mars Rover 'Takes the Wheel' NASA · 1 Jul 2021 The agency’s newest rover is trekking across the Martian landscape using a newly enhanced auto-navigation system.
• NASA Selects Johnson Support Contractor NASA · 30 Jun 2021 NASA has selected PAE Applied Technologies LLC of Fort Worth, Texas, to provide facilities operations and maintenance support services at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
• NASA to Air Departure of SpaceX Cargo Dragon from Space Station NASA · 30 Jun 2021 NASA’s SpaceX Dragon cargo freighter, loaded with approximately 5,000 pounds of scientific experiments and other cargo from the International Space Station, will depart Tuesday, July 6, bound for a splashdown in the Atla...
• NASA Administrator Names Johnson and Kennedy Center Directors NASA · 30 Jun 2021 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has named Vanessa Wyche director of the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and Janet Petro director of Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
• NASA Software Benefits Earth, Available for Business, Public Use NASA · 29 Jun 2021 Many of NASA's computational innovations were developed to help explore space, but the public can download them for applications that benefit us right here on Earth.
• El público nombra al “maniquí lunar” que volará alrededor de la Luna en la misión Artemis I NASA · 29 Jun 2021 "Comandante Moonikin Campos" es el nombre oficial del maniquí que se lanzará a bordo de Artemis I, la prueba de vuelo sin tripulación de la NASA del cohete Sistema de Lanzamiento Espacial (SLS por sus siglas en inglés) y...
• Public Names ‘Moonikin’ Flying Around Moon on NASA’s Artemis I Mission NASA · 29 Jun 2021 “Commander Moonikin Campos” is the official name of the manikin launching on Artemis I, NASA’s uncrewed flight test of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft around the Moon later this year.
• NASA Named Best Place to Work, No. 1 for COVID-19 Response NASA · 29 Jun 2021 For the ninth consecutive year, the Partnership for Public Service has ranked NASA as the Best Place to Work in the Federal Government among large agencies and, new for 2020, has also ranked NASA No. 1 among large agenci...
• Analytical Space Inc. hires KSAT’s Monson and Velazco of JPL SpaceNews · 29 Jun 2021 Satellite communications startup Analytical Space Inc. has hired former KSAT Inc. chief executive Katherine Monson as its chief commercial officer and Jose Velazco, former technical supervisor for the NASA Jet Propulsion...
• Artemis 1 SLS stacking work running long, preps for integrated tests continue in parallel NASASpaceflight · 28 Jun 2021 Final securing of the Space Launch System (SLS) Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter (LVSA) to the Core Stage for Artemis 1 in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida was slowed down by i...
• Declining power supply could end NASA’s InSight Mars mission next year Spaceflight Now · 27 Jun 2021 Without a fortuitous whirlwind to clear dust off its solar panels, NASA’s InSight lander could end its mission on Mars within a year due to dropping power levels, the project’s chief scientist said last week.
• NASA team to study new roles for the agency in addressing orbital debris SpaceNews · 27 Jun 2021 NASA has established a working group to examine what new roles the agency can take to mitigate the growth of orbital debris and promote space sustainability.
• ULA, Boeing, and NASA prepare for uncrewed and crewed Starliner flight tests NASASpaceflight · 26 Jun 2021 United Launch Alliance (ULA), Boeing, and NASA have all started their final preparations for the second Orbital Flight Test (OFT-2) for the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. OFT-2 will demonstrate all of the changes made to...
• Spacewalking astronauts install second upgraded solar array Spaceflight Now · 25 Jun 2021 French astronaut Thomas Pesquet and NASA crewmate Shane Kimbrough floated back outside the International Space Station Friday and deployed a 60-foot-long roll-out solar array, the second of six new blankets being install...
• NASA Awards Global Information Technology, Communications Contract NASA · 25 Jun 2021 NASA has awarded a new, agencywide information technology and communications services contract for Advanced Enterprise Global Information Technology Solutions (AEGIS) to Leidos Inc. of Reston, Virginia.
• Report backs NASA proposal to change astronaut radiation exposure limits SpaceNews · 25 Jun 2021 A National Academies committee has endorsed a NASA proposal to change the radiation exposure limits the agency sets for its astronauts but cautioned that the revised limit is still insufficient for human Mars missions.
• Watch (and Hear) How NASA's Perseverance Rover Took Its First Selfie NASA · 25 Jun 2021 The historic image of the rover beside the Mars Helicopter proved to be one of the most complex rover selfies ever taken. Video, with bonus audio, sheds light on the process.
• Watch live as space station astronauts make spacewalk Spaceflight Now · 25 Jun 2021 European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough will head outside the International Space Station for a planned six-and-a-half hour spacewalk beginning around 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT). The...