News Archive / Tagged: Jim Bridenstine

• Former Senator Bill Nelson nominated to lead NASA

  Press ReleaseMarch 22nd, 2021

  President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Bill Nelson to serve as National Aeronautics and Space Administration administrator.

• OFT: What went wrong?

  Jim SiegelDecember 21st, 2019

  NASA and Boeing don't seem to know what exactly prevented the OFT Starliner from completing its primary mission objective.

• Boeing Blunder! Starliner timing failure prevents ISS rendezvous

  SpaceFlight InsiderDecember 20th, 2019

  "Unplanned but stable." That's how Boeing referred to the first flight of its Starliner "space taxi." In layman's terms, the spacecraft was placed in the wrong orbit and won't be going to the International Space Station.

• NASA completes SLS core stage in preparation for Artemis 1 mission

  Curt GodwinDecember 10th, 2019

  Boeing completes milestone in 15-year-long effort to reignite crewed deep space missions.

• OPINION: NASA administrator enters decades-long Pluto debate

  Laurel KornfeldAugust 28th, 2019

  A comment by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine affirming he still considers Pluto to be a planet has drawn criticism from some media outlets that may be motivated more by politics than science. It is also a potential game changer in the decades-long planet debate.

• Bridenstine selects new director of Goddard Space Flight Center

  Joe LatrellAugust 1st, 2019

  Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has been assigned a new acting director by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine as the previous head of the Center has opted to move on.

• VP Pence reinforces lunar convictions at Apollo 11 celebration

  Cullen DesforgesJuly 21st, 2019

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Vice President Mike Pence paid a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, July 19 at the center’s Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building. His appearance came at a time when the agency both remembered past achievements and worked toward restoring along-lost capability.

• Bridenstine: Artemis mission could send first woman to the Moon

  Michael ColeJune 11th, 2019

  GLENN RESEARCH CENTER, Ohio -- NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine paid a visit to the agency's Glenn Research Center on Monday, June 10.  During his visit Bridenstine noted how the agency's latest lunar initiative - could make history with the first woman walking on the Moon.

• NASA chief outlines 2-phase plan for Moon exploration

  Derek RichardsonApril 10th, 2019

  During the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine outlined more of NASA’s Moon by 2024 plan.

• NASA head answers agency questions about ‘Moon by 2024’ goal

  Derek RichardsonApril 2nd, 2019

  NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told the agency what it'll take to accomplish the Trump administration's goal of returning humans to the Moon by 2024.

• Vice president: US astronauts on Moon within 5 years

  Derek RichardsonMarch 26th, 2019

  Vice President Pence lit a fire under the feet of all involved in returning astronauts to the Moon, telling NASA to do so by 2024 by "any means necessary."

• NASA Administrator reveals new commercial plan to explore the Moon

  Jason RhianNovember 29th, 2018

  NASA is working with commercial partners in an effort to produce a lunar transport "market," one designed to further enable scientific exploration of the Moon.

• Antares not the only thing grounded by recent nor’easter

  Jason RhianNovember 19th, 2018

  The planned Nov. 15 flight of the NG-10 mission to the ISS was delayed two days while NASA waited for a powerful storm to pass. The mission wasn't the only thing held back by bad weather however.

• Orion’s European Service Module makes its debut at Kennedy Space Center

  Joe LatrellOctober 27th, 2018

  NASA's Exploration Mission 1 is just over the horizon, but it wouldn't be able to fly to the Moon without a critical component developed from a surprising source.

• NASA Administrator Bridenstine says NASA Glenn critical for return to Moon

  Michael ColeSeptember 22nd, 2018

  CLEVELAND, Ohio — NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine paid a visit to the space agency's Glenn Research Center earlier this week, as well as its associated testing facility, Plum Brook Station in nearby Sandusky.