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• NASA studying larger Mars helicopters SpaceNews · 24 Jun 2021 With the Ingenuity helicopter continuing to demonstrate its abilities on Mars, NASA engineers are examining concepts for larger, more capable rotorcraft that could be flown on future missions.
• NASA Administrator Announces New Members of Leadership Team NASA · 24 Jun 2021 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced four new additions to the agency’s senior staff Thursday.
• Masten delays first lunar lander mission SpaceNews · 23 Jun 2021 Masten Space Systems is pushing back the launch of its first lunar lander mission by nearly a year, the latest in a series of delays by companies with NASA contracts to transport payloads to the moon.
• NASA to Air Launch, Docking of Roscosmos Cargo Ship to Space Station NASA · 23 Jun 2021 Live coverage of Russia’s Progress 78 cargo spacecraft’s launch and docking to the International Space Station will begin at 7 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 29, on NASA Television, the agency’s website, and the NASA app.
• Interstage adapter installed on Space Launch System Spaceflight Now · 23 Jun 2021 NASA has stacked the next piece of the agency’s first Space Launch System moon rocket, adding an adapter structure to connect the launch vehicle’s core stage and upper stage, which is scheduled to be installed next week.
• Nelson says Artemis plans pending decision on GAO protest SpaceNews · 23 Jun 2021 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told a House committee June 23 that NASA is awaiting a decision from the GAO on protests of the agency’s lunar lander contract before releasing more details on plans to return humans to the...
• NASA chief reminds Congress they’re the ones not funding a lunar lander Ars Technica · 23 Jun 2021 "You can only get so many pounds of potatoes out of a five-pound sack."
• NASA Extends Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System Mission NASA · 22 Jun 2021 NASA has awarded a contract to the University of Michigan for the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) for mission operations and closeout.
• NASA to Air Northrop Grumman Cygnus Departure from Space Station NASA · 22 Jun 2021 Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station Tuesday, June 29, more than four months after delivering nearly 8,000 pounds of supplies, scientific investigations, co...
• NASA to Air Third Spacewalk to Install New Station Solar Arrays NASA · 22 Jun 2021 Two astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station Friday, June 25, for a third spacewalk to continue power system upgrades that are already increasing output and proving the technology that will enable...
• NASA Selects Engineering Services Contractor NASA · 22 Jun 2021 NASA has awarded Aerodyne-SGT Engineering Services LLC (ASES) of Cape Canaveral, Florida, for a contract to provide engineering services for spaceflight and ground systems.
• Dropping power levels threaten InSight mission SpaceNews · 22 Jun 2021 Dust accumulation on the solar panels of NASA’s InSight Mars lander is reducing the power to the spacecraft and could force the mission to end within a year.
• Pam Melroy Sworn in as NASA Deputy Administrator NASA · 21 Jun 2021 NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy took office Monday after she was given the oath of office by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson during a ceremony at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington.
• Mars smallsat mission gets second chance with Rocket Lab SpaceNews · 20 Jun 2021 A NASA-funded smallsat mission to Mars that lost its ride last year may get new life through a partnership with Rocket Lab.
• ESA/NASA complete ISS spacewalk to install first new solar array NASASpaceflight · 20 Jun 2021 Two astronauts went outside the International Space Station (ISS) to complete installation of the first of six new Boeing-built solar arrays — part of a program to increase the station’s electrical power generation capac...
• Computer problem takes Hubble offline SpaceNews · 19 Jun 2021 Spacecraft controllers are continuing to work on a faulty computer memory system on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope that has stopped telescope operations for nearly a week.
• Senate confirms NASA deputy administrator, NOAA administrator SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2021 The Senate confirmed the nominations June 17 of a former astronaut to be the deputy administrator of NASA and of an ocean scientist to lead NOAA.
• Statements on Pam Melroy’s Senate Confirmation as NASA Deputy Administrator NASA · 17 Jun 2021 The following are statements from Pam Melroy and Administrator Bill Nelson on Thursday’s U.S. Senate confirmation of Melroy as deputy administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• NASA-DLR Study Finds Sustainable Aviation Fuel Can Reduce Contrails NASA · 17 Jun 2021 Cleaner-burning jet fuels made from sustainable sources can produce 50%-70% fewer ice crystal contrails at cruising altitude, reducing aviation’s impact on the environment, according to research conducted by NASA and the...
• NASA Administrator Statement on China Crewed Launch NASA · 17 Jun 2021 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson released the following statement Thursday regarding the China National Space Agency’s launch of the first crew to its Tiangong space station:
• NASA and Boeing close out recommendations from Starliner review SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2021 Boeing has completed all the activities recommended by an independent review of the company’s first uncrewed CST-100 Starliner mission, allowing a second uncrewed mission to proceed for launch in late July.
• ESA/NASA astronauts complete scaled-back spacewalk to install new solar array on ISS NASASpaceflight · 16 Jun 2021 Two astronauts ventured outside the International Space Station (ISS) to attempt to install the first of six new Boeing-built solar arrays — part of a program to increase the station’s electrical power generation capacit...
• NASA bolts Space Launch System core stage to solid rocket boosters Spaceflight Now · 16 Jun 2021 The core stage for NASA’s first Space Launch System, the heavy-lift rocket designed to carry astronauts back to the moon, has been installed between two solid-fueled boosters on a mobile launch platform at the Kennedy Sp...
• NASA asteroid hunter mission moves into next phase of development SpaceNews · 16 Jun 2021 NASA has moved a space telescope designed to look for near Earth asteroids into the next phase of development, a move that, when combined with the agency’s budget proposal, gives advocates of the mission renewed optimism...
• NASA's Ingenuity Mission Honored by the Space Foundation NASA · 15 Jun 2021 The mission picked up the 2021 John L. “Jack” Swigert, Jr., Award for Space Exploration for its history-making achievements.
• La NASA lanza la misión Equity y solicita comentarios del público para ampliar el acceso NASA · 15 Jun 2021 La NASA lanza la Misión Equity (equidad, en español), un esfuerzo integral para evaluar la expansión y modificación de programas, compras de suministros, becas, y políticas de la agencia y examinar qué obstáculos y desaf...
• NASA Launches Mission Equity, Seeks Public Input to Broaden Access NASA · 15 Jun 2021 NASA is launching Mission Equity, a comprehensive effort to assess expanding and modifying agency programs, procurements, grants, and policies, and examine what potential barriers and challenges exist for communities tha...
• NASA SLS core/booster mate sets the stage for Artemis 1 pre-launch checkout NASASpaceflight · 15 Jun 2021 The integrated operations team of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) and prime launch processing contractor Jacobs completed mating the SLS Core Stage for Artemis 1 with its boosters on June 13, another in a series...
• Northrop Grumman’s Minotaur 1 rocket launches three classified NRO payloads SpaceNews · 15 Jun 2021 A Northrop Grumman Minotaur 1 launched three National Reconnaissance Office payloads on June 15 at 9:35 a.m. Eastern from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
• Nelson asks Senate appropriators for more HLS funding SpaceNews · 15 Jun 2021 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson asked Senate appropriators to provide additional funding so NASA can support a second lunar lander developer, warning that the agency needed to stay ahead of a “very aggressive” Chinese spa...
• NASA soliciting proposals for two private astronaut missions SpaceNews · 14 Jun 2021 NASA announced June 11 that it is requesting proposals for two private astronaut missions to the International Space Station that would fly between the fall of 2022 and the end of 2023.
• ESA selects radar probe to join armada of Venus missions Spaceflight Now · 13 Jun 2021 A week after NASA selected two robotic missions for launch to Venus in the late 2020s, the European Space Agency has announced its own orbiter will launch to Venus as soon as 2031 with two radars and three spectrometer i...
• EGS starts Artemis 1 SLS Core Stage lift NASASpaceflight · 11 Jun 2021 After a month of thermal protection system foam repairs and other preparations, workers with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) and prime test operations and support contractor Jacobs at the Kennedy Space Center in...
• NASA spacecraft spots Chinese rover on Martian surface Spaceflight Now · 11 Jun 2021 The sharp-eyed camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted China’s Zhurong rover on the Red Planet, showing the craft next so its landing platform, with pieces of its heat shield and parachute nearby.
• Ground teams begin process to hoist SLS core stage onto its launch platform Spaceflight Now · 10 Jun 2021 Technicians inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center began a delicate, multi-day task Thursday to lift the 94-ton core stage of the first Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket for mounting betw...
• NASA Selects New Science Investigations for Future Moon Deliveries NASA · 10 Jun 2021 As NASA continues plans for multiple commercial deliveries to the Moon’s surface per year, the agency has selected three new scientific investigation payload suites to advance understanding of Earth’s nearest neighbor.
• NASA doesn’t need to test SLS anymore, but the Senate mandates it anyway Ars Technica · 10 Jun 2021 A test article may have been useful five years ago. But five years from now?
• ESA selects Venus mission SpaceNews · 10 Jun 2021 ESA has selected a Venus orbiter as its next medium-class science mission, just a week after NASA announced the section of two Venus missions of its own.
• SOFIA operations continue despite cancellation threat SpaceNews · 10 Jun 2021 Despite facing the threat of cancellation for the second straight year, a NASA airborne observatory is continuing with regular operations.
• Teams Engineer Complex Human Tissues, Win Top Prizes in NASA Challenge NASA · 9 Jun 2021 Two teams of scientists from the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, have won first and second place in NASA's Vascular Tissue Challenge.