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• Insulation applied to final SRB segment for Artemis 2 mission

  Collin SkocikJune 1st, 2019

  NASA’s return to the Moon has taken another step forward with technicians applying insulation to the final booster segment for the second flight of the SLS.

• Anomaly occurs during OmegA first stage static fire test

  Derek RichardsonMay 30th, 2019

  During the first static fire test for Northrop Grumman's OmegA first stage, debris could be seen coming away from the nozzle section of the booster.

• Stacking underway for next Atlas V launch

  Derek RichardsonMay 28th, 2019

  United Launch Alliance has begun assembling the Atlas V rocket that will be used to orbit the U.S. Air Force’s next advanced communications satellite.

• SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites

  Derek RichardsonMay 24th, 2019

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX made history again by launching the first 60 satellites of its Starlink satellite internet mega constellation.

• Lunar Gateway contract adds ‘power’ to Artemis program

  Derek RichardsonMay 23rd, 2019

  NASA awarded Maxar Technologies a contract for the first piece of the Lunar Gateway, which is designed to be a staging point for Moon-bound astronauts.

• India’s PSLV places RISAT-2B into orbit

  Derek RichardsonMay 22nd, 2019

  Launching its third rocket of 2019, the India Space Research Organisation (ISRO) sent the RISAT-2B spacecraft into low Earth orbit on May 22, which should provide Earth-imagining services to

• Want to send you name to Mars? Now’s your chance

  Jason RhianMay 22nd, 2019

  NASA is inviting individuals to submit their names to be etched onto a chip that will fly aboard its next Mars rover, slated to launch in 2020.

• Vulcan clears final review, could fly as early as 2021

  Jason RhianMay 22nd, 2019

  United Launch Alliance, along with the United States Air Force, has cleared the company's new Vulcan rocket to continue its journey toward flight.

• Companies selected to study lunar landers for Artemis program

  Derek RichardsonMay 17th, 2019

  In order to land astronauts on the Moon by 2024 under the Artemis program, NASA needs to get a jump start on the development of crew-rated lunar landers.

• Starlink launch scrubbed again

  Derek RichardsonMay 16th, 2019

  For the second day in a row, SpaceX has called off the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket with the first 60 Starlink satellites.

• High winds force scrub of 1st SpaceX Starlink mission

  Derek RichardsonMay 15th, 2019

  SpaceX's first batch of Starlink satellites need to wait another 24 hours before taking flight due to "excess upper level winds."

• NASA, Northrop Grumman finish testing cislunar habitat mockup

  Sean CostelloMay 15th, 2019

  NASA astronauts at the Johnson Space Center recently completed testing and evaluation of Northrop Grumman's Earth-based full-scale cislunar habitat mockup.

• SpaceX targeting May 15 to launch 60 Starlink satellites

  Derek RichardsonMay 14th, 2019

  A week after confirming it was ready to launch “dozens” of Starlink satellites, SpaceX test fired the Falcon 9 it plans to use for the Starlink-1 mission.

• NASA budget request amended, Moon program named Artemis

  Derek RichardsonMay 14th, 2019

  In a late-afternoon tweet, President Donald Trump announced NASA’s amended budget request for its Moon program would include an additional $1.6 billion.

• Blue Origin upgrading NASA test stand

  Patrick AttwellMay 13th, 2019

  Blue Origin and NASA announced an agreement that would allow the company to test two of its new rocket engines in Alabama.

• Work begins on new Aerojet Rocketdyne facility

  Cullen DesforgesMay 10th, 2019

  On April 25, Aerojet Rocketdyne broke ground on a 17,000-square-foot engineering, manufacturing and development facility for its solid rocket motors.

• ‘Blue Moon’: Jeff Bezos reveals lunar lander

  Lloyd CampbellMay 9th, 2019

  Blue Origin unveiled its "Blue Moon" lander, which has been in development for three years and could help NASA return humans to the lunar surface by 2024.

• R3D2 satellite demonstrates ‘rapid’ spacecraft development

  Laurel KornfeldMay 8th, 2019

  Northrop Grumman successfully launched the small R3D2 defense satellite for the U.S. government developed over a period of just 20 months.

• SpaceX to launch Starlink satellites as early as next week

  Derek RichardsonMay 8th, 2019

  At a conference in Washington D.C., a SpaceX executive said the first dedicated launch of Starlink satellites is scheduled to fly as early as May 15.

• 6th Electron rocket launched from New Zealand

  Derek RichardsonMay 5th, 2019

  “That’s a Funny Looking Cactus.” In fact, it’s no cactus at all, rather an Electron rocket sending payloads into orbit for the U.S. Air Force.