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- NASA Awards Launch Services Contract to Blue Origin for New Glenn Launch Services NASA · 16 Dec 2020 NASA has awarded a NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract to Blue Origin and their New Glenn launch service in accordance with the contract’s on-ramp provision.
- NASA Awards Contract for Research and Education Support Services NASA · 16 Dec 2020 NASA has awarded the NASA Research and Education Support Services-II (NRESS-II) contract to Agile Decision Sciences LLC of Huntsville, Alabama.
- NASA, USDA Sign Agreement to Improve Agricultural, Earth Science Research NASA · 16 Dec 2020 NASA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at strengthening their longstanding partnership on space-based assets benefitting life on Earth.
- 3 Things We've Learned From NASA's Mars InSight NASA · 16 Dec 2020 Scientists are finding new mysteries since the geophysics mission landed two years ago.
- Canada to become second nation ever to send people to the Moon NASASpaceflight · 16 Dec 2020 To date, only Americans have travelled to the Moon. On Artemis 2, that will change when the Canadian Space Agency sends one of its four astronauts on the first-ever crewed flight of NASA’s Orion capsule and the Space Lau...
- NASA, Canadian Space Agency Formalize Gateway Partnership for Artemis Program NASA · 16 Dec 2020 NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) finalized an agreement between the United States and Canada to collaborate on the Gateway, an outpost orbiting the Moon that will provide vital support for a sustainable, long-ter...
- NASA postpones review of near Earth asteroid detection mission SpaceNews · 16 Dec 2020 NASA has delayed moving a proposed mission to search for near Earth objects into its next phase of development because of uncertainty about the budget that will be available for it.
- NASA Awards Contract for Global Hawk Skyrange Program NASA · 15 Dec 2020 NASA has selected Northrup Grumman Systems Corp. (NGSC) of San Diego to provide demonstration engineering, manufacturing, and technical support for the Global Hawk Skyrange program at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Resear...
- NASA Names W. Russ DeLoach as Chief of Safety and Mission Assurance NASA · 15 Dec 2020 NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has selected W. Russ DeLoach to be the agency’s next chief of safety and mission assurance (SMA).
- NASA Releases Best Practices Handbook to Help Improve Space Safety NASA · 15 Dec 2020 NASA has released the first iteration of its Spacecraft Conjunction Assessment and Collision Avoidance Best Practices Handbook to share information on best practices for coordinating in-orbit activity in a safe and respo...
- Spinoff Highlights NASA Technology Paying Dividends in US Economy NASA · 15 Dec 2020 Whether upgrading air traffic control software or honing the food safety practices that keep our dinner tables safe, NASA has worked for more than six decades to ensure its innovations benefit people on Earth.
- Spinoff Highlights NASA Technology Paying Dividends in the US Economy NASA · 15 Dec 2020 Whether upgrading air traffic control software or honing the food safety practices that keep our dinner tables safe, NASA has worked for more than six decades to ensure its innovations benefit people on Earth.
- NASA Astrophysics Division embraces cubesats and smallsats SpaceNews · 15 Dec 2020
- NASA Awards Contract for Project and Engineering Support Services NASA · 14 Dec 2020 NASA has selected Millennium Engineering and Integration Services LLC of Arlington, Virginia, for a contract providing support for flight and mission projects, including all advanced engineering capabilities needed to su...
- From JPL's Mailroom to Mars and Beyond NASA · 14 Dec 2020 Bill Allen has thrived as the mechanical systems design lead for three Mars rover missions, but he got his start as a teenager sorting letters for the NASA center.
- NASA, ESA Choose Astronauts for SpaceX Crew-3 Mission to Space Station NASA · 14 Dec 2020 NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) have selected three astronauts to serve as crew members for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station, which is expected to launch in the fall of 2021.
- NASA assigns astronauts for third SpaceX commercial crew mission SpaceNews · 14 Dec 2020 NASA has selected three astronauts for a future SpaceX commercial crew mission to the International Space Station as it leaves open the possibility of exchanging seats with Russia.
- Three companies win NASA small launch contracts SpaceNews · 12 Dec 2020 Three small launch vehicle developers won a combined $16.7 million in NASA contracts as part of an effort to support the development of new launch vehicles.
- NASA Awards Venture Class Launch Services Demonstration 2 Contract NASA · 11 Dec 2020 NASA’s Launch Services Program (LSP) has awarded multiple Venture Class Launch Services Demonstration 2 (VCLS Demo 2) contracts to launch small satellites (SmallSats) to space, including CubeSats, microsats or nanosatell...
- SLS, Stennis working on colder LOX for next Green Run WDR attempt NASASpaceflight · 11 Dec 2020 Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage Green Run team members are working on new procedures to supply liquid oxygen (LOX) to the vehicle at lower temperatures in the next Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) attempt. The first attemp...
- NASA to Provide Spanish-Language Coverage, Livestream of Solar Eclipse NASA · 10 Dec 2020 NASA will provide live coverage Monday, Dec. 14, of a solar eclipse that will pass over South America, treating parts of Chile and Argentina to views of a total eclipse of the Sun.
- NASA, US, European Partner Satellite Returns First Sea Level Measurements NASA · 10 Dec 2020 Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, a joint U.S.-European satellite built to measure global sea surface height, has sent back its first measurements of sea level.
- Latest SLS core stage test issues leave little margin in schedule for first launch SpaceNews · 10 Dec 2020 The latest in a series of delays in a test campaign for the core stage of the Space Launch System now leaves “very little margin” in the schedule for its launch next November, NASA managers said Dec. 10.
- NASA Exploration Mission Integral to 2020 National Space Policy NASA · 9 Dec 2020 Today, President Donald J. Trump issued the National Space Policy.
- NASA Names Artemis Team of Astronauts Eligible for Early Moon Missions NASA · 9 Dec 2020 NASA has selected 18 astronauts from its corps to form the Artemis Team and help pave the way for the next astronaut missions on and around the Moon as part of the Artemis program.
- NASA names 18 astronauts for Artemis moon missions Spaceflight Now · 9 Dec 2020 Eighteen astronauts have been selected — nine men and nine women — to begin training for upcoming Artemis missions to the moon, NASA announced Wednesday. The list includes the as-yet-unnamed next man and first woman who...
- NASA selects cadre of astronauts for Artemis missions SpaceNews · 9 Dec 2020 NASA has selected a team of astronauts who will be eligible for future Artemis missions to the moon even as the prospects of a 2024 crewed landing continue to dim.
- NASA Awards Prizes to Six Startup Companies in Entrepreneur’s Challenge NASA · 8 Dec 2020 NASA’s Science Mission Directorate has awarded prize funding of $100,000 each to six entrepreneurial startup companies under its pilot Entrepreneur’s Challenge program for concepts ranging from machine learning to enable...
- SLS Green Run WDR scrubbed, provides initial Core Stage tanking data NASASpaceflight · 8 Dec 2020 The first attempt to conduct a Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage was scrubbed on Monday, December 7 near the beginning of the operation.
- 5 Hidden Gems Are Riding Aboard NASA's Perseverance Rover NASA · 8 Dec 2020 The symbols, mottos, and small objects added to the agency's newest Mars rover serve a variety of purposes, from functional to decorative.
- Report outlines science goals of first Artemis human lunar landing mission SpaceNews · 8 Dec 2020 A report released by NASA Dec. 7 outlined the science that the first crewed Artemis mission to the lunar surface could accomplish, but also some of the conflicts between science goals and the mission’s technical capabili...
- Arkansas Students to Speak with NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station NASA · 8 Dec 2020 Students from Arkansas will have an opportunity this week to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
- NASA Defines Science Priorities for First Crewed Artemis Landing on Moon NASA · 7 Dec 2020 NASA has identified the agency’s science priorities for the Artemis III mission, which will launch the first woman and next man to the Moon in 2024.
- SLS Core Stage tanking test is first Green Run moment of truth for NASA NASASpaceflight · 6 Dec 2020 Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage prime contractor Boeing plans to conduct a critical propellant loading and countdown demonstration test December 7 with the Artemis 1 flight article in the B-2 Test Stand at NASA’s St...
- SpaceX launches first in new line of upgraded space station cargo ships Spaceflight Now · 6 Dec 2020 An upgraded version of SpaceX’s Dragon cargo freighter launched Sunday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, loaded with 3.2 tons of supplies and experiments in the first of at least nine resupply flights to the Inte...
- NASA Science, New Airlock Heads to Space Station on SpaceX Cargo Spacecraft NASA · 6 Dec 2020 The latest SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with more than 6,400 pounds of science investigations, a new airlock, and other cargo after launching at 11:17 a.m. EST Sunday...
- SLS cryogenic tanking test preps begin this weekend Spaceflight Now · 5 Dec 2020 Final preparations began this weekend at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to load super-cold liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen into the massive core stage of the Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket for the fi...
- NASA considering commercial Mars data relay satellites SpaceNews · 5 Dec 2020 A constellation of commercial satellites could serve as a communications relay system for future NASA missions, such as an orbiter later this decade to search for subsurface ice there.
- NASA is about to have double Dragons at its space station Ars Technica · 4 Dec 2020 Also, NASA has agreed to fly on a Falcon 9 that has already been used three times.
- New Artemis 1 schedule uncertainty as NASA EGS ready to continue SLS Booster stacking NASASpaceflight · 4 Dec 2020 The NASA Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) program at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida is prepared to continue integration of the vehicle for the Artemis 1 lunar mission, but space agency and contractor management fo...