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• NASA Invites Media to Discuss Science Priorities for Artemis III Moon Landing NASA · 4 Dec 2020 NASA is hosting a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Monday, Dec. 7, to discuss the release of a report defining the agency’s science priorities for the Artemis III mission, which will launch the first woman and next man...
• NASA Invites Media to Briefing on Next Test of SLS Rocket Core Stage NASA · 4 Dec 2020 NASA will host a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EST Thursday, Dec. 10, to discuss the next test in the Green Run testing series for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s core stage that will fly on the agency’s Artemis...
• Blue Origin continues work on BE-7 lunar lander engine SpaceNews · 4 Dec 2020 Blue Origin has achieved a new milestone in the development of the engine that will power the lunar lander it seeks to provide for NASA’s Artemis program.
• Photos: Upgraded Dragon cargo capsule rolls out to pad 39A Spaceflight Now · 4 Dec 2020 Ready for a flight to the International Space Station, SpaceX’s first upgraded Dragon cargo capsule rolled out to pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida this week in preparation for launch on top of a Falcon 9...
• NASA Expands Informal Learning Institutions Engaging Next Generation of Explorers NASA · 3 Dec 2020 NASA’s Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II) program has selected three additional informal education organizations to promote learning in STEM with the goal of inspiring the next generati...
• NASA Selects Heliophysics Missions of Opportunity for Space Science Research and Technology Demonstration NASA · 3 Dec 2020 NASA has selected two SmallSat missions – a study of Earth’s outer most atmosphere and a solar sail spaceflight test mission – to share a ride to space in 2025 with the agency’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Prob...
• NASA Selects Companies to Collect Lunar Resources for Artemis Demonstrations NASA · 3 Dec 2020 NASA has selected four companies to collect space resources and transfer ownership to the agency: Lunar Outpost of Golden, Colorado; Masten Space Systems of Mojave, California; ispace Europe of Luxembourg; and ispace Jap...
• White House asks Congress to remove Europa Clipper SLS requirement SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2020 The White House is asking Congress to remove language from an appropriations bill that would direct NASA to launch the Europa Clipper mission on the Space Launch System as a long-running dispute on how to launch the miss...
• Hubble captures fading of the Stingray Nebula [heic2020] ESA · 3 Dec 2020 Astronomers have caught a rare glimpse of a rapidly fading shroud of gas around an aging star. Archival data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveal that the nebula Hen 3-1357, nicknamed the Stingray nebula, has...
• NASA selects four companies for lunar sample purchases SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2020 NASA has made awards to four companies worth exactly $25,001 to obtain lunar samples, part of an effort by the agency to establish a precedent for ownership and use of space resources.
• Senate committee advances NASA CFO nomination SpaceNews · 2 Dec 2020 The Senate Commerce Committee voted Dec. 2 to advance the nomination of Greg Autry to be NASA’s chief financial officer, a position that he would likely fill for no more than several weeks.
• SOHO's pioneering 25 years in orbit ESA · 2 Dec 2020 The ESA-NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is celebrating its twenty-fifth launch anniversary.
• NASA Highlights New Findings, Upcoming Missions at Virtual AGU Meeting NASA · 1 Dec 2020 NASA and researchers from around the world will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), Dec. 1-17, held virtually this year.
• Students to Ask Questions to NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station NASA · 1 Dec 2020 Students from across the nation will have an opportunity this week to hear from NASA astronaut Victor Glover aboard the International Space Station.
• NASA Will Name Companies Selected to Collect Lunar Resources Under Artemis Program NASA · 1 Dec 2020 NASA will hold a media teleconference Thursday, Dec. 3, at 1 p.m. EST to announce the companies it has selected to collect lunar resources as part of the Artemis program.
• Blue Origin creates advisory board SpaceNews · 1 Dec 2020 Blue Origin is establishing a board of advisors, whose members include a former Air Force secretary and former NASA center directors, to guide the company on its long-term vision of space development.
• NASA weighing options for future planetary radar capabilities after Arecibo SpaceNews · 1 Dec 2020 With the Arecibo radio telescope set to be decommissioned, NASA is beginning to consider options for future planetary radar capabilities, including potential cooperation with the U.S. Space Force.
• Component failure in NASA’s deep-space crew capsule could take months to fix The Verge · 1 Dec 2020 Engineers are racing to fix a failed piece of equipment on NASA’s future deep-space crew capsule Orion ahead of its first flight to space. It may require months of work to replace and fix. Right now, engineers at NASA an...
• NASA Awards Contract for Flight and Integration Services NASA · 30 Nov 2020 NASA has selected Virgin Galactic LLC of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and Masten Space Systems Inc. of Mojave, California, to provide flight and integration services for payloads chosen by the agency’s Flight Opportunities pr...
• Canada developing lunar rover and science payloads SpaceNews · 28 Nov 2020 The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is moving ahead on efforts to develop lunar science payloads and a small rover that could fly to the moon on a NASA-sponsored lander mission.
• Virgin Orbit planning second LauncherOne mission for December SpaceNews · 27 Nov 2020 Virgin Orbit is preparing to perform a second flight of its LauncherOne small launch vehicle in the second half of December, carrying a set of NASA-sponsored cubesats.
• EGS, Jacobs begin vehicle integration for Artemis 1 launch NASASpaceflight · 27 Nov 2020 NASA Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) and prime test and operations contractor (TOSC) Jacobs started assembling the Artemis 1 vehicle on its Mobile Launcher this week in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy...
• New Hubble data explains missing dark matter [heic2019] ESA · 26 Nov 2020 New data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides further evidence for tidal disruption in the galaxy NGC 1052-DF4. This result explains a previous finding that this galaxy is missing most of its dark matter.
• SLS continuing engine upgrades, tech development to support launcher evolution NASASpaceflight · 25 Nov 2020 The Liquid Engines Office for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Program is planning a busy schedule of test campaigns next year in parallel with efforts to complete preparations for the vehicle’s first launch. Existing Ae...
• NASA TV Coverage Set for Next Space Station Resupply Mission with SpaceX NASA · 24 Nov 2020 NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting 11:39 a.m. EST Saturday, Dec. 5, for the launch of its 21st commercial resupply services (CRS-21) mission to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at t...
• NASA, US and European Partners Launch Mission to Monitor Global Ocean NASA · 21 Nov 2020 A joint U.S.-European satellite built to monitor global sea levels lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Saturday at 9:17 a.m. PST (12:17 p.m. EST)...
• SpaceX, NASA, ESA launch Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich mission NASASpaceflight · 21 Nov 2020 Fresh off their second crewed launch for NASA, SpaceX temporarily shifted focus on launches to the U.S. West Coast, where a Falcon 9 rocket launched the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich oceanography satellite in cooperation w...
• From the moon to the Earth: How the Biden administration might reshape NASA SpaceNews · 20 Nov 2020 While Joe Biden is a familiar figure in politics, after decades in the Senate and eight years as Barack Obama’s vice president, his views on space, and his plans for NASA, are far less clear.
• NASA reschedules final SLS Core Stage Green Run tests for December NASASpaceflight · 20 Nov 2020 NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Program rescheduled the final two tests that will culminate the Core Stage Green Run campaign for December after successfully repairing one of the liquid hydrogen (LH2) prevalves inside t...
• Photos: Four astronauts launch aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Spaceflight Now · 20 Nov 2020 These images show the liftoff of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft on top of a 215-foot-tall Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying four astronauts on an expedition to t...
• SpaceX’s NASA Falcon Heavy launch debut a step closer as interplanetary payload powers up Teslarati · 20 Nov 2020
• India’s Shukrayaan orbiter to study Venus for over four years, launches in 2024 SpaceNews · 19 Nov 2020 India’s space agency aims to launch its Venus orbiter Shukrayaan in late 2024, more than a year later than previously planned, an ISRO research scientist told a NASA-chartered planetary science planning committee Nov. 10...
• Hear Audio From NASA's Perseverance As It Travels Through Deep Space NASA · 18 Nov 2020
• Horn eyes space role in Biden administration SpaceNews · 18 Nov 2020 The outgoing chair of the House space subcommittee says she would be interested in taking a position in the incoming Biden administration involving space, including at NASA.
• NASA Hosts Virtual Event to Leverage STEM, Small Business Opportunities with Minority Colleges NASA · 17 Nov 2020 Media are invited to NASA’s 15th annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) Technology Infusion Road Tour, a virtual event Nov. 18 and 19.
• James Webb on track for October 2021 launch; final testing underway NASASpaceflight · 17 Nov 2020 In a virtual update, NASA and Northrop Grumman confirmed the James Webb Space Telescope remains on track for launch on 31 October 2021 atop an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana.
• Maxar taps MDA for robotic satellite servicing technologies SpaceNews · 17 Nov 2020 MDA signed multiple contracts with its former owner Maxar Technologies to provide hardware and software for the Space Infrastructure Dexterous Robot (SPIDER), a technology demonstration planned for NASA’s On‑orbit Servic...
• NASA Highlights Science, New Airlock on Next Space Station Resupply Mission NASA · 17 Nov 2020 NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Friday, Nov. 20, to discuss science investigations and a new privately funded airlock launching on SpaceX’s 21st commercial cargo resupply mission for the agency to the...
• NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 Astronauts Arrive at Space Station, NASA Leaders and Crew to Discuss Mission NASA · 16 Nov 2020 The SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience successfully docked to the International Space Station at 11 p.m. EST Monday, transporting NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Japan Aerospace Exploration...
• Thanks to SpaceX, NASA regains a capability it lost for a decade Ars Technica · 16 Nov 2020 SpaceX has now launched as many astronauts into space as the Mercury program.