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- NASA’s bold bet on Starship for the Moon may change spaceflight forever Ars Technica · 23 Apr 2021 "It is transformational to degrees no one today can understand."
- NASA’s Mars helicopter completes second, higher flight Spaceflight Now · 23 Apr 2021 The second flight of NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter in the Martian atmosphere Thursday took the rotorcraft higher than its first hop. A third takeoff as soon as Sunday will take the helicopter more than 150 feet away from i...
- SpaceX launches NASA Crew-2 mission SpaceNews · 23 Apr 2021 SpaceX launched a Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying four astronauts from three nations April 23 as the commercial crew program moves firmly into operations.
- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Astronauts Headed to International Space Station NASA · 23 Apr 2021 NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts are in orbit following their early morning launch bound for the International Space Station for the second commercial crew rotation mission aboard the microgravity laboratory.
- NASA Statement on Nomination of Margaret Vo Schaus for Agency CFO NASA · 22 Apr 2021 The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk on Thursday’s announcement of the intended nomination by President Joe Biden of Margaret Vo Schaus to serve as the agency’s chief financial office...
- NASA, SpaceX set for historic Friday astronaut launch with reused booster and capsule Teslarati · 22 Apr 2021 Update: NASA and SpaceX have confirmed that they are set for a historic astronaut launch with a reused Falcon booster and Dragon...
- NASA and the new urgency of climate change SpaceNews · 22 Apr 2021 When Joe Biden was elected president, many expected NASA would shift direction, emphasizing climate change over human spaceflight. Three months into Biden's term, it’s increasingly clear those changes aren’t nearly as ra...
- Ingenuity makes second flight on Mars SpaceNews · 22 Apr 2021 NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter successfully made its second flight on Mars April 22, expanding its flight envelope as the project considers more ambitious tests in the coming days.
- In another first, NASA’s Perseverance rover generates oxygen on Mars Spaceflight Now · 22 Apr 2021 In another first, an instrument inside NASA’s Perseverance rover has made oxygen out of carbon dioxide sucked in from the atmosphere of Mars, officials said Wednesday. The accomplishment demonstrates technology could hel...
- NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Logs Second Successful Flight NASA · 22 Apr 2021 The small rotorcraft’s horizons were expanded on its second flight.
- NASA emphasizes good relationship with Roscosmos as Russia mulls exiting ISS SpaceNews · 22 Apr 2021 NASA’s acting head says the agency’s relationship with Russia remains good despite comments by Russian officials in recent days that the country could abandon the International Space Station as soon as 2025.
- Watch live: Crew Dragon spacecraft docks with International Space Station Spaceflight Now · 22 Apr 2021 After a one-day delay to wait for improved conditions in the offshore abort zone, SpaceX and NASA launched four astronauts at 5:49 a.m. EDT (0949 GMT) Friday aboard a Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spaceship from Kenned...
- Nelson sails through NASA administrator confirmation hearing SpaceNews · 21 Apr 2021 The Biden administration’s nominee for NASA administrator, Bill Nelson, got a friendly reception from former colleagues on the Senate Commerce Committee during a confirmation hearing April 21 but offered few specifics ab...
- NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Extracts First Oxygen from Red Planet NASA · 21 Apr 2021 The growing list of “firsts” for Perseverance, NASA’s newest six-wheeled robot on the Martian surface, includes converting some of the Red Planet’s thin, carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere into oxygen.
- NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Extracts First Oxygen From Red Planet NASA · 21 Apr 2021 The milestone, which the MOXIE instrument achieved by converting carbon dioxide into oxygen, points the way to future human exploration of the Red Planet.
- Downrange weather delays Crew-2 launch SpaceNews · 21 Apr 2021 NASA has delayed the scheduled April 22 launch of the Crew-2 commercial crew mission by a day because of weather not at the launch site but at potential abort locations in the Atlantic Ocean.
- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 Astronauts to Answer Questions Before Return to Earth NASA · 21 Apr 2021 NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts will answer media questions at 12:30 p.m. EDT Monday, April 26, about their upcoming return to Earth from the International Space Station.
- Bill Nelson backs NASA decision on lunar lander in confirmation hearing Ars Technica · 21 Apr 2021 The hearing was bland, but Nelson's backing of the bidding process was significant.
- NASA Updates Launch Date, TV Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-2 Mission NASA · 21 Apr 2021 NASA will provide updated coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission with astronauts to the International Space Station.
- SLS core ready for shipment to Florida; NASA still hopes for late 2021 launch Spaceflight Now · 21 Apr 2021 Teams at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi removed the core of NASA’s first Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket from a test stand earlier this week for loading onto a barge to carry it to Kennedy Space Center in Flor...
- SpaceX Crew Dragon launch to space station delayed to Friday by offshore weather Spaceflight Now · 21 Apr 2021 Launch of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station has been delayed 24 hours to Friday because of bad weather in the Atlantic Ocean where the crew could be forced to ditch...
- Lockheed Martin removes Momentus from NASA technology demonstration mission SpaceNews · 21 Apr 2021 Six months after including it on the team that was a NASA technology contract, Lockheed Martin has quietly dropped in-space transportation company Momentus from that project.
- NASA chief: Russian cosmonauts unlikely fly on U.S. crew capsules until next year Spaceflight Now · 20 Apr 2021 U.S. government approval of a proposed agreement between NASA and the Russian space agency to fly mixed U.S.-Russian crews on missions to the International Space Station is taking longer than expected, and the deal likel...
- NASA completes launch readiness review for Crew-2 mission SpaceNews · 20 Apr 2021 The next commercial crew mission to the International Space Station passed its final review before its scheduled April 22 launch, with weather the only major issue.
- SpaceX, Crew-2 mission cleared for launch as eyes turn to the weather NASASpaceflight · 20 Apr 2021 The Crew-2 mission’s Launch Readiness Review, or LRR, has been completed at the Kennedy Space Center, with managers from NASA, SpaceX, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) fo...
- After NASA taps SpaceX’s Starship for first Artemis landings, agency looks to on-ramp future vehicles NASASpaceflight · 20 Apr 2021 Following a year of testing and development, NASA recently selected SpaceX’s Starship-based Human Landing System (HLS) to land astronauts on the moon under the Artemis program. SpaceX’s proposal was the highest rated and...
- Ingenuity success opens door for future Mars helicopter missions SpaceNews · 20 Apr 2021 The successful flight of NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter on Mars paves the way for its use on future missions, agency officials said, but exactly when and how remain to be determined.
- Our interview with Steve Jurczyk, NASA’s acting administrator Spaceflight Now · 20 Apr 2021 Stephen Clark, Spaceflight Now’s editor, asked NASA’s acting administrator about the space agency’s commercial crew and Artemis programs during a one-on-one virtual interview Tuesday, April 20.
- NASA, SpaceX watching weather in downrange abort zones for crew launch Spaceflight Now · 20 Apr 2021 Preparations for the planned liftoff Thursday of a SpaceX Dragon capsule with a four-person crew to the International Space Station cleared another readiness review Tuesday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, but...
- NASA Ingenuity completes autonomous flight on Mars NASASpaceflight · 19 Apr 2021 For the first time ever, non-rocket powered flight has been achieved on a body other than Earth. NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter, part of the Mars 2020 mission, completed its first flight on Monday 19 April. The vehicle lift...
- After successful first flight, NASA wants to push Mars helicopter to its limits Spaceflight Now · 19 Apr 2021 The work isn’t over for NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter. NASA engineers hope to fly the rotorcraft four more times in the next two weeks before calling it quits on the pioneering technology experiment, which accomplishe...
- NASA celebrates first historic helicopter flight on Mars Spaceflight Now · 19 Apr 2021 An automated mini-helicopter driven by two fast-spinning counter-rotating rotors took off from the surface of Mars, hovered for a few seconds, then successfully landed Monday to complete the historic first powered flight...
- Ingenuity performs first flight on Mars SpaceNews · 19 Apr 2021 NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter successfully performed the first powered flight on another planet April 19, briefing hovering above the surface of Mars.
- NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Succeeds in Historic First Flight NASA · 19 Apr 2021 The small rotorcraft made history, hovering above Jezero Crater, demonstrating that powered, controlled flight on another planet is possible.
- NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Succeeds in Historic First Flight NASA · 19 Apr 2021 Monday, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet. The Ingenuity team at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California co...
- NASA has flown a helicopter on Mars, and it went brilliantly [Updated] Ars Technica · 19 Apr 2021 This is all experimental, so it's quite possible that Ingenuity will fail.
- Starship SN15 prepares for flight following major NASA vindication NASASpaceflight · 18 Apr 2021 Starship SN15 is expected to undergo a Static Fire test as early as Monday to clear the path for a test flight no earlier than Tuesday as SpaceX’s rapidly reusable interplanetary launch and landing system gained a massiv...
- Three years on, TESS delivers on discoveries as extended mission continues NASASpaceflight · 18 Apr 2021 Three years ago, on April 18, 2018, NASA’s and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, launched successfully into a very high Earth orbit aboard the last new Block 4 Fa...
- NASA schedules first Mars helicopter test flight for Monday Spaceflight Now · 18 Apr 2021 After some long-distance troubleshooting, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter will attempt the first flight of its kind on another world Monday in a demonstration that could open the door to a new era of interplanetary aeri...
- NASA reschedules Ingenuity first flight SpaceNews · 18 Apr 2021 NASA now plans to attempt a first flight of the Mars helicopter Ingenuity early April 19 after finding a workaround to a software problem that delayed the flight earlier this month.