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James Webb Space Telescope to unlock wonders of the Universe.
Theresa CrossMay 8th The James Webb Space Telescope will work to further uncover the mysteries of the Universe after it launches in 2021 from the Guiana Space Center aboard an Ariane 5 rocket
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Astronaut Bob Behnken will be one of two-person crew on Crew Dragon Demo-2 launch
Laurel KornfeldMay 6th When NASA’s Crew Dragon Demo-2 launches astronauts from American soil for the first time since 2011, astronaut Robert L. “Bob” Behnken will ride on the spacecraft as the mission’s joint operations commander.
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Yevgeny Mikrin, General Designer of Russian space program, dead at age 64
Sean CostelloMay 5th The Russian space community is mourning the tragic loss of their General Designer, with Roscosmos confirming today that Yevgeny Anatolyevich Mikrin died in hospital on May 5, 2020, at the age of 64.
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SpaceX completes final testing milestone before first crewed launch
Matt HaskellMay 3rd SpaceX successfully completed its 27th test of the Mark 3 Parachute for the Crew Dragon capsule, fulfilling the final testing requirement for NASA certification and review of the parachute system. The test comes following several successful milestones, including January’s in flight Abort test.
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NASA selects three companies to develop lunar landers
Cullen DesforgesMay 1st NASA announced on April 30, 2020 that it had selected three companies to develop lunar landers for its Artemis program.
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Booster B1051 in port following Starlink-6 flight
Theresa CrossApril 26th Booster B1051.4 returned to Port Canaveral on April 26, sailing into port slightly delayed relative to previous returns but looking good on the deck of the autonomous drone ship, Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY).
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Progress 75 resupply ship docks at International Space Station
Sean CostelloApril 25th At 1:12am EDT on April 25, 2020, the uncrewed Progress 75 Russian resupply ship successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS).
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30 years since the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope
Theresa CrossApril 24th Thirty years ago today, the Hubble Space Telescope took to the skies aboard STS-31 and Space Shuttle Discovery.
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New Horizons conducts parallax experiment; team searches for KBOs
Laurel KornfeldApril 24th More than five billion miles from Earth and over 14 years past launch, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is conducting an experiment measuring the distance to two nearby stars while mission scientists are using Earth-based telescopes to search for new Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) for the spacecraft to study.
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Successful launch, landing for SpaceX Starlink-6 mission
Theresa CrossApril 23rd SpaceX successfully launched their next 60 Starlink satellites, lifting off at 3:30pm (EDT) on April 22 from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex (LC-) 39A.
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SpaceX set to launch its seventh Starlink mission
Cullen DesforgesApril 21st SpaceX will launch 60 Starlink satellites from LC-39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, April 22, 2020.
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Kepler data reveals Earth-like planet in star’s habitable zone
Laurel KornfeldApril 21st Scientists who took a second look at data returned by NASA’s Kepler space telescope have discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting in the habitable zone of a red dwarf star.
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KSCVC to temporarily close due to COVID-19 concerns, launches currently set to continue
Sean CostelloMarch 14th On March 16, the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (KSCVC) will join the growing list of major central-Florida entertainment and amusement properties which have temporarily closed in consideration of the health risks associated with COVID-19, the novel coronavirus.
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ULA Atlas V launch of AEHF payload delayed, NET March 21, 2020
Theresa CrossMarch 10th The planned launch of the next United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket, set to loft the sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite built by Lockheed Martin, has been delayed to no earlier than (NET) March 21.
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Boeing CST-100 Starliner Testing Deficiencies Identified
Michael McCabeMarch 9th Details are emerging about exactly what and how testing was performed prior to Boeing launching their Starliner test capsule on December 20, 2019, a flight which resulted in a mixed outcome instead of what was supposed to be a resounding and highly anticipated success.
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SpaceX successfully launches CRS-20, recovers their 50th Falcon 9 Booster
Theresa CrossMarch 7th CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched Dragon Capsule C112 from Florida’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 11:50 pm (Eastern), Friday March 6 This is SpaceX’s 20th resupply mission to the International Space Station, under NASA’s Commercial Cargo Program.
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Northrop Grumman Successfully Completes Cold Static Test of Second Stage for OmegA Rocket
Patrick AttwellFebruary 28th Northrop Grumman has successfully completed a cold static test of the second stage of its OmegA rocket in Promontory, Utah, completing the full-duration (approx. 140 seconds) firing on the afternoon of February 27.
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Artemis I Orion spacecraft advancing through tests at Plum Brook Station
Michael ColeJanuary 31st SANDUSKY, OHIO -- Testing is fully underway on the Orion spacecraft for the upcoming Artemis I test flight mission at NASA's Plum Brook Station testing facility in Sandusky, Ohio. The Orion crew capsule, integrated with its European Service Module, is currently inside the facility's Space Environments Complex undergoing thermal vacuum tests in the largest thermal vacuum chamber in the world.
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SpaceX successfully launches fourth batch of Starlink satellites
Theresa CrossJanuary 29th CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX launched their fourth batch of approximately 60 satellites for the Starlink broadband network at 9:06am EDT, January 29, after carefully “evaluating extreme weather in the recovery area,” according to SpaceX.
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Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort’s successful completion clears way for crewed flights
Theresa CrossJanuary 19th SpaceX successfully completed yet another milestone under NASA's Commercial Crew Program to send astronauts to the International Space Station - the In Flight Abort Test.
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SuperDraco engines set to be tested during SpaceX in-flight abort
Theresa CrossJanuary 19th KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- With the in-flight Crew Dragon abort test set to launch in less than an hour, let's take a look into the incredibly powerful and spacecraft specific SuperDraco engine.
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SpaceX, NASA monitoring weather ahead of in-flight abort test.
Sean CostelloJanuary 19th CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. — As the sun rises and the shorelines of the Space Coast communities fill with eager spectators, SpaceX and NASA engineers have their attention focused on the early Sunday morning weather systems.
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SpaceX poised to take large step toward human space flight
Cullen DesforgesJanuary 17th SpaceX is ready to check off another box on the list of requirements that need to be completed before the company can send crewed missions to the International Space Station.
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NASA graduates its newest class of Astronauts
Sean CostelloJanuary 10th As NASA prepares to send astronauts to destinations far beyond Earth, a new breed of space flyers has joined the elite cadre of the agency's astronaut corps.
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New Year, new headquarters for Blue Origin
Laurel KornfeldJanuary 9th With Blue Origin opening its new headquarters, 2020 appears to be a year of further expansion for NewSpace.
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SpaceX starts 2020 with Starlink launch
Patrick AttwellJanuary 6th SpaceX's Starlink constellation just got a major boost.
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What’s in a name? Mars 2020 wouldn’t know, it doesn’t have one – yet
James RiceDecember 30th NASA's Mars 2020 rover is on the verge of traveling to the Red Planet and beginning its search for evidence of Martian life. But it's missing something very important.
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Launch of Shijian 20 lights up Chinese skies and exploration ambitions
SpaceFlight InsiderDecember 28th China has big plans for its space program. But before it can achieve them, it needed to make sure a key launch vehicle was up to the task. A recent mission suggests that it is.
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CRS-19 Dragon wet and waiting for next mission
January 7th
After spending nearly a month berthed to the International Space Station, a SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule left the Station and splashed down marking the successful completion of its mission. -
OPINION: 2019 – Numbers and Names
January 1st
Well that happened. 2019 was a roller-coaster of ups and downs that will have far-reaching consequences for future space exploration efforts. -
SpaceX prepares for first of many Starlink launches in 2020
December 31st
2020 looks to be a big year for space. The next twelve months could see the U.S. regain a long-lost capability and another rover should be sent on its way to the Red Planet. SpaceX is planning to kick off 2020 with the launch of the next batch of Starlink satellites. -
NASA Mars 2020 rover passes driving test
December 27th
Remember how stressful it was taking your first driver's test? Now imagine driving a car that's worth $2.5 billion. -
ULA gets the nod to launch GOES-T satellite
December 23rd
NASA has selected a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket to ferry the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-T to orbit. -
Starliner makes history in redefined ‘victory’
December 22nd
Boeing's Orbital Flight Test concluded today (Sunday Dec. 22) when the Starliner capsule touched down at White Sands Missile Range. Launched Friday, the mission saw the first U.S.-built crew-rated capsule land on soil rather than splashing down in the ocean. -
OFT: What went wrong?
December 21st
NASA and Boeing don't seem to know what exactly prevented the OFT Starliner from completing its primary mission objective. -
Gallery: ULA launches OFT-1 Starliner
December 20th
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GALLERY: SpaceX launches JCSAT-18 and Kacific-1
December 17th
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New Horizons science instrument detects slowing of solar wind
December 12th
NASA's New Horizons mission has caught 'wind' of the ragged edges of our Solar System. -
Aerojet Rocketdyne opens new solid rocket motor facility
December 6th
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.- Aerojet Rocketdyne announced that it is ready to begin winding carbon fiber cases for large solid rocket motors now that a new machine has been installed and commissioned at its Advanced Manufacturing Facility. -
Uncrewed Boeing OFT-1 mission now targeting Dec. 19 liftoff
December 3rd
United Launch Alliance has announced that Boeing's OFT-1 mission has slipped. -
Two centaur missions proposed to NASA’s Discovery program
November 22nd
NASA is considering two Discovery Program missions that would head to the deepest regions of our solar system to study far flung bodies that reside there. -
New Horizons’ second target is formally named Arrokoth
November 15th
The double-lobed Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) located one billion miles beyond Pluto and visited by the New Horizons spacecraft on January 1, 2019, has been officially named Arrokoth, which means sky in the Native American Powhatan/Algonquian language. -
NASA funds study of possible Pluto orbiter
November 4th
There's no doubt that NASA's New Horizons mission crushed it. This has emboldened the space agency to take their exploration of the far reaches of our solar system to the next level.
