News Archive / Missions

• Lunar Gateway HALO module taking shape in Italy

  Derek RichardsonOctober 26th, 2022

  Structural welding is ongoing for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost module for the Lunar Gateway with the docking section ring formed.

• Progress spacecraft departs ISS, another set to launch soon

  Derek RichardsonOctober 25th, 2022

  Russia’s Progress MS-19 resupply spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station to make way for a new freighter, set to arrive later this week.

• NASA orders three more Orion spacecraft for Artemis missions

  Derek RichardsonOctober 21st, 2022

  As NASA prepares to launch the uncrewed Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft to the Moon, the agency has ordered three additional spacecraft from Lockheed Martin.

• Crew-4 astronauts return to Earth after six-month spaceflight

  Derek RichardsonOctober 14th, 2022

  Crew Dragon Freedom has returned to Earth with four astronauts after nearly six months at the International Space Station.

• Fly me to the Moon: Dennis Tito books Starship lunar flight

  Cullen DesforgesOctober 13th, 2022

  SpaceX has announced the first two crewmembers for a second commercial mission around the Moon using its Starship rocket system.

• Experience delivers: Moving SLS with the crawler-transporter

  Theresa CrossOctober 12th, 2022

  Meet Bob Myers, one of NASA’s crawler drivers that transport rockets to and from the Vehicle Assembly Building and Launch Complex 39B.

• CAPSTONE spacecraft regains attitude control

  Cullen DesforgesOctober 12th, 2022

  Following a month troubleshooting a spin anomaly, NASA’s CAPSTONE spacecraft has been returned to normal operations as it continues toward the Moon.

• NASA’s DART asteroid collision mission a smashing success!

  Derek RichardsonOctober 11th, 2022

  Two weeks after a NASA spacecraft purposely collided with an asteroid, the agency confirmed the impact changed its orbit much greater than initially expected.

• Crew-5 Dragon launches astronauts, cosmonaut to Space Station

  Theresa CrossOctober 5th, 2022

  Three astronauts and one cosmonaut are bound for the International Space Station after launching atop a Falcon 9 rocket as part of the Crew-5 mission.

• Atlas V launches two SES communications satellites

  Theresa CrossOctober 4th, 2022

  A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket soared skyward to send two communications satellites into space for Luxembourg-based SES.

• SpaceX, NASA looking at potential to reboost Hubble telescope

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 29th, 2022

  NASA has signed a contract with SpaceX to study the possibility of reboosting the Hubble Space Telescope into a higher orbit using Crew Dragon.

• IMPACT: NASA DART mission successfully collides with asteroid

  Sean CostelloSeptember 26th, 2022

  For the first time, a NASA spacecraft was purposefully slammed into an asteroid in order to change the small body’s orbital period.

• Artemis 1 SLS to shelter from Hurricane Ian in assembly building

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 26th, 2022

  NASA has opted to return the Artemis 1 Space Launch System rocket to the Vehicle Assembly Building to shelter from the potential effects of Hurricane Ian.

• Artemis 1 roll back decision to come Monday

  Sean CostelloSeptember 25th, 2022

  NASA officials announced Sunday evening that no decision had been reached as to whether the SLS rocket will need to head back to the safety of the Vehicle Assembly Building.

• NASA targets Tuesday to fly Artemis 1, despite weather outlook

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 23rd, 2022

  While keeping an eye on the weather, NASA has opted to proceed with a Sept. 27 launch attempt for Artemis 1 following the completion of a tanking test.

• Russian-American Soyuz MS-22 crew arrives at Space Station

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 21st, 2022

  Three new crew members arrived at the International Space Station following their launch in Soyuz MS-22 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

• NASA plans Artemis 1 SLS tanking test on Wednesday

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 19th, 2022

  Following repair work on a hydrogen quick disconnect seal for the Artemis 1 SLS rocket, NASA looks to perform a cryogenic loading test on the vehicle.

• Scientists propose Ceres sample return mission

  Laurel KornfeldSeptember 14th, 2022

  Planetary scientists have recommended NASA send a sample return mission to Ceres, the only dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

• UPDATE: Artemis 1 likely not launching until October

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 3rd, 2022

  After hours of troubleshooting a hydrogen leak, NASA called off its second attempt to get the Artemis 1 Space Launch System rocket off the ground.

• NASA calls off first attempt at launching its mega Moon rocket

  Derek RichardsonAugust 29th, 2022

  The first attempt at flying NASA's Artemis 1 Space Launch System rocket was called off because of a problem with one of the core stage’s engines.