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New Horizons spacecraft is now 50 AU from the Sun
Laurel KornfeldApril 22nd NASA's New Horizons spacecraft achieved a major milestone on Saturday, April 17, when it reached a distance of 50 AU from the Sun.
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Amazon buys Atlas V rockets to orbit its Kuiper constellation
Cullen DesforgesApril 21st On Monday, April 19, Amazon announced that it purchased nine Atlas V rocket flights from United Launch Alliance for the orbital insertion of its Kuiper satellites.
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SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon mission postponed by a day
Derek RichardsonApril 21st SpaceX and NASA have delayed the Crew-2 Dragon mission’s launch to the International Space Station by a day because of weather concerns.
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SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon ‘go’ for launch April 22
Theresa CrossApril 20th In just a couple days, the second operational Crew Dragon mission, Crew-2, is set to fly atop a Falcon 9 rocket from historic Launch Complex 39A.
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‘Wright brothers moment’: Ingenuity takes flight on Mars
Cullen DesforgesApril 19th With NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, history has been made as humankind made the next great stride in powered flight; the first flight on another planet.
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NASA entrusts SpaceX, Starship with Artemis Moon landings
Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 17th NASA selected SpaceX to develop its Lunar Starship to be the first lander to return humans to the Moon since the Apollo program ended nearly 50 years ago.
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Soyuz MS-17 crew returns to Earth after 6 months aboard ISS
Derek RichardsonApril 17th Three International Space Station Expedition 64 crew members returned to Earth after spending 185 days aboard the orbiting outpost.
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Science journalist outlines challenges of settling the Moon and Mars
Laurel KornfeldApril 16th Human settlement of the Moon and Mars will require overcoming numerous challenges, including living in low gravity and protecting people from radiation.
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Astrobotic selects Falcon Heavy to Launch VIPER Moon rover
Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 15th Astrobotic announced it has selected SpaceX's Falcon Heavy to launch its Griffin medium-class lander to the Moon in 2023, carrying NASA's VIPER lunar rover.
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Starship SN15 completes cryo proofing; static fire coming soon
Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 14th SpaceX is already well underway with testing of its first majorly-upgraded version of Starship, known as Starship SN15.
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Blue Origin successfully launches New Shepard mission NS-15
Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 14th Blue Origin launched and landed both components of its reusable suborbital rocket and capsule system "New Shepard" today, April 14, 2021.
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Software issue delays Ingenuity Mars helicopter’s first flight
Cullen DesforgesApril 14th History will have to wait a little longer as the first flight of the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars has been delayed by at least a week.
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Amazon buys Atlas V rockets to orbit its Kuiper constellation
Cullen DesforgesApril 21st On Monday, April 19, Amazon announced that it purchased nine Atlas V rocket flights from United Launch Alliance for the orbital insertion of its Kuiper satellites.
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SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon mission postponed by a day
Derek RichardsonApril 21st SpaceX and NASA have delayed the Crew-2 Dragon mission’s launch to the International Space Station by a day because of weather concerns.
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SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon ‘go’ for launch April 22
Theresa CrossApril 20th In just a couple days, the second operational Crew Dragon mission, Crew-2, is set to fly atop a Falcon 9 rocket from historic Launch Complex 39A.
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‘Wright brothers moment’: Ingenuity takes flight on Mars
Cullen DesforgesApril 19th With NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, history has been made as humankind made the next great stride in powered flight; the first flight on another planet.
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NASA entrusts SpaceX, Starship with Artemis Moon landings
Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 17th NASA selected SpaceX to develop its Lunar Starship to be the first lander to return humans to the Moon since the Apollo program ended nearly 50 years ago.
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Soyuz MS-17 crew returns to Earth after 6 months aboard ISS
Derek RichardsonApril 17th Three International Space Station Expedition 64 crew members returned to Earth after spending 185 days aboard the orbiting outpost.
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Astrobotic selects Falcon Heavy to Launch VIPER Moon rover
Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 15th Astrobotic announced it has selected SpaceX's Falcon Heavy to launch its Griffin medium-class lander to the Moon in 2023, carrying NASA's VIPER lunar rover.
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Starship SN15 completes cryo proofing; static fire coming soon
Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 14th SpaceX is already well underway with testing of its first majorly-upgraded version of Starship, known as Starship SN15.
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Blue Origin successfully launches New Shepard mission NS-15
Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 14th Blue Origin launched and landed both components of its reusable suborbital rocket and capsule system "New Shepard" today, April 14, 2021.
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Software issue delays Ingenuity Mars helicopter’s first flight
Cullen DesforgesApril 14th History will have to wait a little longer as the first flight of the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars has been delayed by at least a week.
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Crew-2 Dragon mission undergoing final preparations
Theresa CrossApril 13th SpaceX and NASA are entering final preparations for the second long-duration crew rotation to the International Space Station: the Crew-2 Dragon mission.
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Soyuz MS-18 reaches International Space Station after 2 orbits
Derek RichardsonApril 9th The Soyuz MS-18 crew took the express lane to the International Space Station, reaching the outpost less the four hours after leaving Earth.
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Cosmonauts still troubleshooting slight air leak aboard ISS
Derek RichardsonApril 8th Russian cosmonauts are still working to plug a slight air leak aboard the International Space Station, which was first noticed in 2019 and located in 2020.
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk offers details on Starship SN11 explosion
Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 7th SpaceX Starship SN11 met a fiery demise last week, like the three iterations before it. Recently, Elon Musk tweeted details on why the prototype exploded.
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NASA conducts Orion water drop tests ahead of Artemis 2
Matt HaskellApril 7th NASA made a considerable splash Tuesday afternoon by dropping its Orion crew module into a pool of water at its research facility in Langley, Virginia.
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Crew-1 Dragon astronauts take spacecraft for a spin around ISS
Derek RichardsonApril 5th In one of the final major activities of the Crew-1 mission, its astronaut riders suited up to relocate docking ports to clear the way for the Crew-2 Dragon.
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New Horizons spacecraft is now 50 AU from the Sun
April 22nd
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft achieved a major milestone on Saturday, April 17, when it reached a distance of 50 AU from the Sun. -
Amazon buys Atlas V rockets to orbit its Kuiper constellation
April 21st
On Monday, April 19, Amazon announced that it purchased nine Atlas V rocket flights from United Launch Alliance for the orbital insertion of its Kuiper satellites. -
Science journalist outlines challenges of settling the Moon and Mars
April 16th
Human settlement of the Moon and Mars will require overcoming numerous challenges, including living in low gravity and protecting people from radiation. -
Wings of exploration: reflecting on the 40th anniversary of the space shuttle
April 12th
The launch of the space shuttle on April 12, 1981, proved to be a history-making event. For many, that day stemmed careers, dreams and imaginations alike. -
Final Delta II added to Kennedy Space Center’s rocket garden
March 31st
The newly-stacked United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket stands proud at its final home at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. -
NASA exploring options for navigating on the Moon
March 31st
NASA is currently exploring a number of solutions for navigating and communicating on the Moon's surface for the Artemis program. -
New artwork released for SpaceX’s Dragon XL spacecraft
March 27th
NASA recently released new concept art for SpaceX’s Dragon XL cargo ship, which is being designed to service the space agency’s Lunar Gateway. -
Gallery: See NASA’s fully-stacked SLS solid rocket boosters
March 24th
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Mars and Titan: Two very different potentially habitable worlds
March 23rd
Mars and Saturn’s moon Titan are at the forefront of the search for habitable solar system worlds, but they are very different from one another in terms of the presence of liquid, temperature variations, and the presence of organic compounds, planetary scientist Vincent Chevrier of the University of Arkansas noted in a March 12 online […] -
SpaceX launch cadence sees two Falcon 9 boosters in port for first time
March 20th
SpaceX reached another significant ‘high cadence capability’ milestone this week, when two of their Falcon 9 first stage boosters were seen to be present and in the initial steps of post-flight processing at the Port Canaveral dock. -
Hubble Space Telescope discoveries highlighted by astronomer
March 14th
During its 31 years of activity, the Hubble Space Telescope has been "one of the most successful scientific experiments in history," used to research numerous fields of astronomy ranging from cosmology and the expansion of the universe to the characterization of exoplanets, said astronomer Tom Brown of the Space Telescope Science Institute in a March 2 online presentation. -
Cause of missed Falcon 9 landing announced; Starlink 17 expected to fly Thursday
March 2nd
SpaceX has announced their intention to launch the next batch of 60 Starlink satellites on March 4, 2021 – possibly as early as at 3:24 a.m. EST. -
SpaceX Starship SN10 high-altitude test flight slips to March 3
March 1st
The high-altitude test flight of Starship SN10 has slipped again, as is common with SpaceX's highly experimental test program. -
OPINION: In spaceflight testing, what defines a failure?
February 27th
Recently, several companies have made great strides in the realm of advanced spaceflight testing, despite public perception some would label a failure. -
Spaceborne Computer-2 to speed “time-to-insight” for ISS studies
February 26th
Many different research investigations off Earth will be supported by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise’s pathfinding Spaceborne Computer-2, or SBC-2, to perform data processing and analytics.
