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• Hydraulic system issue triggered early engine shutdown during SLS test-firing Spaceflight Now · 19 Jan 2021 NASA officials said Tuesday the weekend test-firing of the Space Launch System moon rocket’s core stage was cut short by an out-of-limits parameter in a hydraulic system for gimbaling, or vectoring, one of its engines. N...
• NASA TV Coverage Set for January Spacewalks, Preview News Conference NASA · 19 Jan 2021 Two NASA astronauts are scheduled to venture outside the International Space Station Wednesday, Jan. 27, and Monday, Feb. 1, for a pair of spacewalks to finish installing a European science platform and complete long-ter...
• NASA gives up on salvaging InSight Mars lander’s ‘mole’ Spaceflight Now · 19 Jan 2021 NASA managers tried for the last time earlier this month to coax the InSight lander’s long-stuck subsurface heat probe into the Martian soil, but after seeing no more progress, ground teams decided to end their efforts a...
• SpaceX rolls out Falcon 9 rocket for another Starlink mission Spaceflight Now · 18 Jan 2021 SpaceX rolled out a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday night to pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for liftoff with the next 60 Starlink internet satellites, but officials pushed back the launch by 24 hours until Tues...
• Virgin’s satellite launcher reaches orbit for first time Spaceflight Now · 18 Jan 2021 An air-launched rocket built by Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit reached orbit Sunday for the first time, delivering 10 experimental CubeSats to orbit for NASA and positioning the company for the start of commercial operat...
• NASA studying cause of early end to moon rocket test-firing Spaceflight Now · 17 Jan 2021 A critical test-firing of NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket in Mississippi ended just 67 seconds after it began Saturday, well short of a planned eight-minute burn that was supposed to clear the way for the space ag...
• LauncherOne reaches orbit on second attempt with NASA CubeSats NASASpaceflight · 17 Jan 2021 After an eight month stand down to resolve issues revealed during the first mission of Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket, the company made their second orbital launch attempt on Sunday, January 17. The air-launched rocke...
• After a decade, NASA’s big rocket fails its first real test Ars Technica · 17 Jan 2021 "It's not everything we hoped it would be."
• Green Run hotfire test ends early SpaceNews · 16 Jan 2021 NASA performed a hotfire test of the core stage of the Space Launch System Jan. 16, but the stage’s four main engines shut down a little more than a minute into a test designed to last eight minutes.
• Video: SLS core stage test-firing ends early Spaceflight Now · 16 Jan 2021 The four RS-25 engines at the bottom of NASA’s first Space Launch System core stage shut down about a minute into a ground test-firing Saturday that was supposed to last more than eight minutes.
• NASA continues making rapid progress towards ever-closer Artemis I launch Space Scout · 16 Jan 2021 JAN. 16, 2020--NASA is currently targeting this fall for the launch of Artemis I, the uncrewed first test flight of the agency's Space Launch System rocket and the Orion Spacecraft together. With less than a year of time...
• NASA SLS Core Stage aborts high-stakes Green Run static fire NASASpaceflight · 16 Jan 2021 NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) program and Core Stage prime contractor Boeing were ready for the big moment of the rocket’s Green Run campaign and the biggest moment in the 10-year old program, a static firing of the s...
• NASA Conducts Test of SLS Rocket Core Stage for Artemis I Moon Mission NASA · 16 Jan 2021 NASA conducted a hot fire Saturday of the core stage for the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will launch the Artemis I mission to the Moon. The hot fire is the final test of the Green Run series.
• NASA takes a chance on Virgin Orbit with company’s second test launch Spaceflight Now · 16 Jan 2021 On its second launch attempt after a propulsion problem prevented its light-class air-dropped rocket from reaching space last year, Virgin Orbit will try to deliver 10 experimental CubeSats into orbit as soon as Sunday o...
• NASA proceeds with SLS booster stacking in Florida before core stage arrives Spaceflight Now · 15 Jan 2021 NASA ground crews at the Kennedy Space Center are continuing to stack segments of the Space Launch System’s side-mounted solid rocket boosters on a mobile launch platform inside the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building.
• NASA to Host Virtual Briefing on February Perseverance Mars Rover Landing NASA · 15 Jan 2021 NASA is hosting a media briefing on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 4:30 p.m. EST to discuss the upcoming landing of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover.
• Rocket Report: NASA dishes on small rockets, Jeff buys a ride on a Falcon 9 Ars Technica · 15 Jan 2021 "AR1 is the ideal engine for many possible solutions."
• SLS core stage ready for Green Run test firing SpaceNews · 15 Jan 2021 NASA officials expressed confidence that a key test of the Space Launch System scheduled for Jan. 16 will go well, keeping open the chances that the vehicle will make its long-delayed debut before the end of the year.
• NASA’s huge moon rocket faces critical test-firing before first launch Spaceflight Now · 15 Jan 2021 A critical test firing Saturday of the four main engines powering the first stage of NASA’s gargantuan Space Launch System moon rocket is the final major hurdle before the fully assembled booster’s costly, oft-delayed la...
• NASA ceases efforts to deploy Mars InSight heat flow probe SpaceNews · 15 Jan 2021 After nearly two years of struggles, NASA has abandoned efforts to deploy a heat flow probe on its InSight lander into the surface of Mars.
• NASA Science to Host Community Town Hall NASA · 14 Jan 2021 NASA’s Science Mission Directorate will hold a community town hall meeting with Thomas Zurbuchen, the agency’s associate administrator for science, at 2 p.m. EST Monday, Jan. 25.
• 2020 Tied for Warmest Year on Record, NASA Analysis Shows NASA · 14 Jan 2021 Earth’s global average surface temperature in 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record, according to an analysis by NASA.
• NASA InSight's ‘Mole' Ends Its Journey on Mars NASA · 14 Jan 2021 The heat probe hasn’t been able to gain the friction it needs to dig, but the mission has been granted an extension to carry on with its other science.
• SpaceX wins contracts for lunar lander, environmental satellite launches SpaceNews · 13 Jan 2021 SpaceX secured contracts Jan. 13 for the launches of a commercial lunar lander mission backed by NASA as well as a privately funded satellite to track methane emissions.
• NASA Updates Times for TV Coverage, Test of Rocket Core Stage for Artemis Moon Missions NASA · 13 Jan 2021 NASA is targeting a two-hour test window that opens at 5 p.m. EST Saturday, Jan. 16, for the hot fire test of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stage at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mi...
• NASA Updates Time, TV Coverage for Test of Rocket Core Stage for Artemis Moon Missions NASA · 13 Jan 2021 NASA is targeting a two-hour test window that opens at 5 p.m. EST Saturday, Jan. 16, for the hot fire test of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stage at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mi...
• NASA TV to Air Hot Fire Test of Rocket Core Stage for Artemis Moon Missions NASA · 13 Jan 2021 NASA is targeting a two-hour test window that opens at 5 p.m. EST Saturday, Jan. 16, for the hot fire test of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stage at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mi...
• NASA and Japan finalize Gateway agreement SpaceNews · 13 Jan 2021 NASA and the Japanese government have completed an agreement outlining Japan’s contributions to the lunar Gateway as NASA works to wrap up international contributions to the outpost.
• Juno illuminates 25 year old Jovian mystery, mission extended to 2025 NASASpaceflight · 12 Jan 2021 More than four and a half years after arriving in orbit of Jupiter, NASA’s Juno mission continues to excel at its primary goal of answering outstanding questions about the Jovian system, something highlighted in a recent...
• NASA's Curiosity Rover Reaches Its 3,000th Day on Mars NASA · 12 Jan 2021 As the rover has continued to ascend Mount Sharp, it’s found distinctive benchlike rock formations.
• NASA, NOAA to Announce 2020 Global Temperatures, Climate Conditions NASA · 12 Jan 2021 Climate researchers from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will release their annual assessment of global temperatures and discuss the major climate trends of 2020 during a media telecon...
• NASA to upgrade space station solar arrays SpaceNews · 12 Jan 2021 NASA will start an upgrade this year of the solar arrays of the International Space Station to ensure the station has sufficient power to continue operating at least through the end of the decade.
• NASA, Government of Japan Formalize Gateway Partnership for Artemis Program NASA · 12 Jan 2021 NASA and the Government of Japan have finalized an agreement for the lunar Gateway, an orbiting outpost that commercial and international partners will build together.
• NASA Accelerates SLS Rocket Hot Fire Test, Invites Media to Pretest Briefing NASA · 11 Jan 2021 Following a test readiness review on Monday, NASA is now targeting Saturday, Jan. 16, for the final test in the Green Run testing series for the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will launch the age...
• NASA mission extension enables first flybys of Jupiter’s moons in 20 years Spaceflight Now · 11 Jan 2021 In a pair of mission extensions, NASA has cleared the way for more seismic observations on Mars with the robotic InSight lander and approved plans for the Juno spacecraft to alter its orbit and perform close flybys of Ju...
• SpaceX’s first Cargo Dragon 2 recovery delayed by Atlantic Ocean weather Teslarati · 11 Jan 2021 Update: The first undocking, orbital reentry, and splashdown of SpaceX’s upgraded Dragon 2 cargo spacecraft was aborted by NASA ground controllers minutes...
• NASA extends Juno, turning spacecraft into an Io, Europa, and Ganymede explorer Ars Technica · 11 Jan 2021 What's up with all those volcanoes on Io, anyway?
• NASA Highlights Astrophysics Missions at ‘Super Bowl of Astronomy’ NASA · 11 Jan 2021 Experts from across NASA will discuss topics ranging from black holes to exploding stars to planets beyond our solar system at the 237th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS).
• Cargo Dragon return delayed by poor weather Spaceflight Now · 11 Jan 2021 Poor weather in the offshore recovery zone east of Florida forced SpaceX and NASA to delay the departure of an upgraded Cargo Dragon spaceship from International Space Station Monday. The capsule is bringing home several...
• NASA selects four small astrophysics missions for study SpaceNews · 9 Jan 2021 NASA has selected four small astrophysics missions for further study, although the agency cautions that not all may ultimately be flown.