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‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’ returns with its first Falcon 9 catch
Theresa CrossAugust 31st SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas made its way into Port Canaveral, Florida, after catching its first Falcon 9 stage just a couple days ago.
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CRS-23 Dragon delivers ice cream for astronaut’s 50th birthday
Derek RichardsonAugust 30th A day after leaving Florida atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the CRS-23 Dragon resupply spacecraft docked to the International Space Station.
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SpaceX CRS-23 cargo Dragon launches toward space station
Theresa CrossAugust 29th After a one-day delay due to weather, SpaceX launched its CRS-23 Dragon resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station during the early-morning hours of Sunday.
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Vulcan booster rolled to Florida pad for fueling tests
Theresa CrossAugust 27th A test article for United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket was rolled out to the company’s Cape Canaveral Launch pad in advance of cryogenic testing.
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SpaceX CRS-23 Dragon set to send fresh science to space station
Theresa CrossAugust 26th SpaceX is set to send its 23rd Commercial Resupply Services mission, CRS-23, to the International Space Station on behalf of NASA.
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New Shepard rocket launches to test new space technologies
Theresa CrossAugust 26th Blue Origin’s suborbital New Shepard rocket flew its 17th mission, which was dedicated to testing payloads related to the future of space travel and lunar surface missions.
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Ingenuity makes 12th flight from the Martian surface
Matt HaskellAugust 23rd In yet another milestone, the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity made its 12th flight from the Red Planet’s surface on Aug. 16.
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Soyuz rocket launches 9th batch of OneWeb satellites
Theresa CrossAugust 23rd A Russian Soyuz rocket launched the ninth mission for the OneWeb internet constellation, which now numbers 288 satellites.
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NASA seeks volunteers for Mars simulation
Laurel KornfeldAugust 18th NASA is seeking a crew of four volunteers for a year-long Mars simulation starting in the fall of 2022, one of several year-long simulations of life on the Red Planet organized by the agency's Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog.
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Blue Origin suing NASA over Moon lander contract
Theresa CrossAugust 17th Blue Origin has taken legal action against NASA in Federal court over the agency’s decision to award SpaceX a sole contract to build the agency’s Human Landing System as part of the Artemis program.
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SpaceX’s Starship Ship 20 to be re-stacked as early as tomorrow
Cullen DesforgesAugust 17th Starship Ship 20 has been returned to the orbital launch site for additional testing as the Booster 3 pathfinder begins the process of being scrapped.
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Boeing’s OFT-2 Starliner mission will not launch in August
Cullen DesforgesAugust 14th Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft for the second uncrewed Orbital Flight Test requires “deeper-level troubleshooting” on its propulsion system and will be returned to its processing facility.
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New Shepard rocket launches to test new space technologies
Theresa CrossAugust 26th Blue Origin’s suborbital New Shepard rocket flew its 17th mission, which was dedicated to testing payloads related to the future of space travel and lunar surface missions.
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Ingenuity makes 12th flight from the Martian surface
Matt HaskellAugust 23rd In yet another milestone, the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity made its 12th flight from the Red Planet’s surface on Aug. 16.
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Soyuz rocket launches 9th batch of OneWeb satellites
Theresa CrossAugust 23rd A Russian Soyuz rocket launched the ninth mission for the OneWeb internet constellation, which now numbers 288 satellites.
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Blue Origin suing NASA over Moon lander contract
Theresa CrossAugust 17th Blue Origin has taken legal action against NASA in Federal court over the agency’s decision to award SpaceX a sole contract to build the agency’s Human Landing System as part of the Artemis program.
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SpaceX’s Starship Ship 20 to be re-stacked as early as tomorrow
Cullen DesforgesAugust 17th Starship Ship 20 has been returned to the orbital launch site for additional testing as the Booster 3 pathfinder begins the process of being scrapped.
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Boeing’s OFT-2 Starliner mission will not launch in August
Cullen DesforgesAugust 14th Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft for the second uncrewed Orbital Flight Test requires “deeper-level troubleshooting” on its propulsion system and will be returned to its processing facility.
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GALLERY: Cygnus spacecraft soars spaceward toward the ISS
Derek RichardsonAugust 12th On Aug. 10, 2021, Northrop Grumman launched its NG-16 Cygnus spacecraft atop the company’s Antares rocket into Virginia’s perfectly blue skies.
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NG-16 Cygnus arrives at International Space Station
Derek RichardsonAugust 12th Two days after launching from Virginia, Northrop Grumman’s NG-16 Cygnus cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station for a three-month stay.
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Blue skies welcome NG-16 Cygnus cargo ship, now en route to ISS
Theresa CrossAugust 10th Northrop Grumman’s NG-16 Cygnus spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station following a successful launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.
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SpaceX’s Starship fully-stacked briefly for fit checks
Cullen DesforgesAugust 9th Progress has been expedited by an order of magnitude as a fully-stacked Starship launch system made its historic debut last week in Boca Chica, Texas.
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NG-16 Cygnus to launch supplies to International Space Station
Theresa CrossAugust 9th Northrop Grumman and NASA are set to fly the 16th contracted Cygnus commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station.
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Starship Booster 4, Ship 20 arrive at SpaceX Texas launch site
Theresa CrossAugust 5th Work on the first orbital Starship rocket is proceeding at breakneck speed at SpaceX’s South Texas rocket facility, Starbase, as Booster 4 and Ship 20 are both at the launch site.
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UPDATE: Propulsion system issue delays OFT-2 Starliner launch
Derek RichardsonAugust 3rd Several hours before the planned launch of Boeing’s uncrewed OFT-2 Starliner spacecraft, the company called off the flight.
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With 29 Raptor engines in place, Booster 4 pre-flight work is continuing at Starbase
Cullen DesforgesAugust 2nd In the overnight hours of Aug. 2, all 29 Raptor engines were installed on SpaceX's Starship Booster 4 at a blistering pace as it sat stacked in the high bay.
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Nauka drama: Module thrusters fire errantly while docked to ISS
Derek RichardsonJuly 29th Just hours after safely docking with the International Space Station, the Nauka module's thrusters began firing unexpectedly, causing the outpost to lose attitude control.
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Long-delayed Nauka science module finally reaches space station
Derek RichardsonJuly 29th The Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module Nauka, delayed by nearly 15 years, has finally docked with the International Space Station.
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Titan sample return mission being explored by NASA engineers
May 30th
Funded by a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program grant, scientists are exploring a possible mission to return samples from Saturn's moon Titan. -
NASA’s CAPSTONE lunar mission to fly later this year
May 13th
Later this year, NASA plans to launch a CubeSat to test a special orbit around the Moon to verify its characteristics in advance of sending the Lunar Gateway there as early as 2024. -
Exoplanets and their characterization the focus of STScl workshop
May 11th
The various methods used over the last 25 years to discover exoplanets and the science of categorizing the many types of exoplanets that have been found was the focus of an April 19 workshop for science writers sponsored by the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). -
Petition asks NASA to name Lunar Gateway after Michael Collins
May 6th
There is a Change.org petition to rename NASA’s Lunar Gateway after former Apollo astronaut Michael Collins, who died April 28, 2021, at age 90. -
Light this candle! The 60th anniversary of the first American in space
May 5th
Sixty years ago today, on May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard rocketed to space in his Mercury capsule to become the first American and the second human in space. -
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.
