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• NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Mission Honors Navajo Language NASA · 11 Mar 2021 Working with the Navajo Nation, the rover team has named features on Mars with words from the Navajo language.
• NASA preparing to fly Ingenuity Mars drone, enabling future airborne missions NASASpaceflight · 10 Mar 2021 As NASA’s newest Mars rover, Perseverance, continues its own checkouts and tests, work is starting for a new phase of the mission – the Ingenuity helicopter. This first-of-its-kind piece of hardware will demonstrate (non...
• Blue Origin to simulate lunar gravity on suborbital flights for NASA SpaceNews · 10 Mar 2021 NASA has signed an agreement with Blue Origin to use that company’s New Shepard suborbital vehicle for flights that will simulate the reduced gravity on the surface of the moon.
• NASA Assigns Astronaut Mark Vande Hei to International Space Station Crew NASA · 9 Mar 2021 NASA has assigned astronaut Mark Vande Hei to an upcoming mission to the International Space Station as a flight engineer and member of the Expedition 64/65 crew.
• NASA TV to Provide Coverage as Astronauts Venture Out for Spacewalk NASA · 9 Mar 2021 Two NASA astronauts will conduct the fifth spacewalk of the year Saturday, March 13, to complete several systems upgrades to the International Space Station.
• Stacking complete for SLS boosters Spaceflight Now · 9 Mar 2021 The twin 177-foot-tall solid rocket boosters for the first flight of NASA’s first Space Launch System have been stacked inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center to await the arrival of the rocket’...
• Russia turns away from NASA, says it will work with China on a Moon base Ars Technica · 9 Mar 2021 China wants a long-term presence on the Moon in the 2030s.
• Launch of asteroid deflection demonstrator slips to November Spaceflight Now · 9 Mar 2021 The launch of a NASA spacecraft designed to smash into an asteroid to try out a technique that could protect Earth from threatening space rocks has slipped from July until November, at the earliest, after development del...
• NASA confirms plan to fly astronaut on upcoming Soyuz mission SpaceNews · 9 Mar 2021 A NASA astronaut will fly on a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station in April, as the agency confirmed a peculiar arrangement for obtaining a seat on the Russian spacecraft.
• NASA astronaut joins Russian Soyuz crew for April flight to space station Spaceflight Now · 9 Mar 2021 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, veteran of a 168-day stay in space in 2017-18, will join two Russian cosmonauts aboard a Soyuz spacecraft April 9 for a flight back to the International Space Station in a deal brokered thr...
• 7th Announcement of Opportunity for Science Planners in the NASA-led IRIS mission ESA · 8 Mar 2021 This 7th Announcement of Opportunity (AO), open to scientists affiliated with institutes located in ESA Member States, solicits proposals for participation as Science Planners in the NASA-led IRIS mission. The deadline f...
• Perseverance makes its first drive on Mars SpaceNews · 6 Mar 2021 NASA’s Perseverance rover has started moving on the Martian surface as project scientists prepare to send the rover toward the remnants of a river delta in search of signs of past life.
• Next Crew Dragon launch set for April 22 Spaceflight Now · 5 Mar 2021 NASA and SpaceX have set April 22 as the target launch date for the next Crew Dragon flight to the International Space Station. The four-person crew will be the first to ride a previously-flown Falcon 9 booster and a reu...
• NASA's Perseverance Drives on Mars' Terrain for First Time NASA · 5 Mar 2021 The first trek of the agency’s largest, most advanced rover yet on the Red Planet marks a major milestone before science operations get under way.
• NASA’s Perseverance Drives on Mars’ Terrain for First Time NASA · 5 Mar 2021 NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover performed its first drive on Mars March 4, covering 21.3 feet (6.5 meters) across the Martian landscape.
• NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to Next Commercial Crew Launch NASA · 5 Mar 2021 Media accreditation is now open for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station.
• Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter camera spots Perseverance rover after landing Spaceflight Now · 5 Mar 2021 A high-resolution camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the Perseverance rover after landing on the Red Planet last month, showing the nuclear-powered robot sitting on the Martian surface with its supe...
• Watch live: Spacewalk underway to continue assembly of solar array fixtures Spaceflight Now · 5 Mar 2021 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Soichi Noguchi, a Japanese astronaut who last walked in space more than 15 years ago, ventured outside the International Space Station Friday to continue solar power system upgrades and to...
• Perseverance rover aces first test drive on Mars Spaceflight Now · 5 Mar 2021 Two weeks into its mission of exploration on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover is doing an “exceptional job” and has completed its first test drive, mission managers said Friday.
• NASA Awards Mars Ascent Propulsion System Contract for Sample Return NASA · 4 Mar 2021 NASA has awarded the Mars Ascent Propulsion System (MAPS) contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation of Elkton, Maryland, to provide propulsion support and products for spaceflight missions at the agency’s Marshall...
• NASA, Boeing looking to begin SLS Exploration Upper Stage manufacturing in 2021 NASASpaceflight · 4 Mar 2021 Manufacturing and assembly development work for the Space Launch System (SLS) Exploration Upper Stage (EUS) is starting to ramp up at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans. NASA’s SLS Program and EUS prime c...
• S. Korea’s Kencoa Aerospace expands space business in U.S. with new capital SpaceNews · 4 Mar 2021 Kencoa Aerospace Corp., a South Korean aircraft assembler and parts supplier that has NASA, SpaceX and Blue Origin as clients, is planning to expand its U.S. parts manufacturing plant in Georgia.
• Space Force sounding rocket launches experiment to study Earth’s ionosphere SpaceNews · 4 Mar 2021 A three-stage suborbital sounding rocket on March 3 launched an Air Force experiment from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
• NASA hikes prices for commercial ISS users SpaceNews · 4 Mar 2021 NASA has sharply increased the prices it charges commercial users of the International Space Station for cargo and other resources, a move that has left some companies confused and frustrated.
• VIPER lunar rover mission cost increases SpaceNews · 3 Mar 2021 A NASA rover mission to look for ice at the south pole of the moon has passed a key review, but now costs significantly more than previously advertised.
• NASA to Provide Update on Perseverance ‘Firsts’ Since Mars Landing NASA · 3 Mar 2021 Since NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover touched down at Jezero Crater Feb. 18, mission controllers have made substantial progress as they prepare the rover for the unpaved road ahead.
• NASA to Provide Update on Perseverance ‘Firsts' Since Mars Landing NASA · 3 Mar 2021 Mission team members are participating in a virtual teleconference to discuss milestones achieved so far since the Feb. 18 landing and those to come.
• Boeing’s next Starliner test flight delayed after SpaceX crew rotation Spaceflight Now · 2 Mar 2021 An unpiloted test flight of Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule to the International Space Station will be delayed from its previous target launch date of April 2 until at least May, after the arrivals of Russian Soyuz and S...
• Crew-2 on schedule for April launch while next Starliner flight delayed SpaceNews · 2 Mar 2021 NASA officials said March 1 that the next SpaceX commercial crew mission to the International Space Station remains on schedule for late April, but that a Boeing uncrewed test flight is facing further delays.
• Parker Solar Probe pulls back the veil on Venus’s night side Spaceflight Now · 28 Feb 2021 An ultra-sensitive camera on NASA’s Parker Solar Probe caught an ethereal glimpse of the night side of Venus during a flyby last year, revealing terrain seen through the thick haze of the planet’s atmosphere.
• Vice President Kamala Harris Calls NASA Astronaut Victor Glover NASA · 27 Feb 2021 In celebration of Black History Month, NASA astronaut Victor Glover welcomed Vice President Kamala Harris to the International Space Station for a virtual chat.
• Astra, Rocket Lab win launch contracts SpaceNews · 27 Feb 2021 Astra has won a NASA contract to launch a small constellation of Earth science cubesats, while General Atomics selected Rocket Lab for the launch of a small satellite with a NOAA hosted payload.
• NASA Celebrates ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary W. Jackson With Building Naming Ceremony NASA · 26 Feb 2021 On Friday, NASA celebrated the agency’s first African American female engineer, Mary W. Jackson, with a ceremony to formally name the agency’s headquarters building in Washington in her honor.
• NASA Awards Launch Service Contract for TROPICS Mission to Study Storm Processes NASA · 26 Feb 2021 NASA has selected Astra Space Inc. to provide a launch service for the agency’s Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) mission.
• Second prevalve issue delays completion of SLS Core Stage Green Run campaign NASASpaceflight · 26 Feb 2021 A problem with another one of the eight prevalves in the Artemis 1 Core Stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) has postponed a second test-firing to wrap up the Green Run campaign. The SLS Program’s first flight arti...
• NASA and Roscosmos leaders speak as plans finalized for flying astronaut on upcoming Soyuz flight SpaceNews · 26 Feb 2021 It is increasingly likely that a NASA astronaut will fly on a Russian Soyuz mission to the International Space Station in April as the agency finalizes an agreement with its Russian counterpart.
• Testing Proves Its Worth With Successful Mars Parachute Deployment NASA · 25 Feb 2021 The giant canopy that helped land Perseverance on Mars was tested here on Earth at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
• NASA to Begin High-Voltage Ground Testing on All-Electric X-57 NASA · 25 Feb 2021 NASA is set to start high-voltage functional ground testing of the agency’s first all-electric X-plane, the X-57 Maxwell, which will perform flights to help develop certification standards for emerging electric aircraft....
• Perseverance rover operating nominally in preparation for surface operations NASASpaceflight · 25 Feb 2021 After successfully touching down on the Martian surface on February 18, 2021, NASA teams have started the many checkouts required to begin operating the Perseverance rover. The mission touched down within five meters of...
• NASA says maintaining competition a priority for lunar lander procurement SpaceNews · 25 Feb 2021 With NASA “down to the wire” in reviewing lunar lander proposals, agency officials say a priority is to maintain competition for a later procurement.