News Archive / Tagged: Lead Stories

• New Russian Prichal node module heading to space station

  Derek RichardsonNovember 24th, 2021

  The last planned Russian International Space Station module has launched toward the outpost for a scheduled docking in two days.

• SpaceX launches NASA’s DART asteroid-impact spacecraft

  Theresa CrossNovember 24th, 2021

  SpaceX launched NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test, DART, spacecraft on a first-of-its-kind mission designed to test a planetary defense technique.

• An ‘incident’ with the James Webb Space Telescope delays launch

  Theresa CrossNovember 23rd, 2021

  The James Webb Space Telescope has incurred another delay and is now set to launch from French Guiana no earlier than Dec. 22, 2021.

• NASA set to launch DART on a mission to crash into an asteroid

  Theresa CrossNovember 22nd, 2021

  NASA is set to launch a spacecraft specifically designed to crash into an asteroid to demonstrate a planetary defense technique.

• SpaceX launches 53 Starlink satellites into orbit from Florida

  Theresa CrossNovember 13th, 2021

  SpaceX launched its latest batch of Starlink internet satellites, the first dedicated launch for the constellation from Florida since May.

• Crew-3 Dragon astronauts arrive at International Space Station

  Derek RichardsonNovember 11th, 2021

  A day after launching out of Florida, four astronauts arrived at the International Space Station in the SpaceX Crew-3 Dragon for a six-month stay aboard the orbiting outpost.

• Crew-3 Dragon astronauts finally on their way to space station

  Theresa CrossNovember 10th, 2021

  After a delay of nearly two weeks, four astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station following the launch of the SpaceX Crew-3 Dragon mission atop a Falcon 9 rocket.

• NASA human Moon landing now no earlier than 2025

  Derek RichardsonNovember 9th, 2021

  In a media teleconference, NASA officials updated the agency’s projected timeline for the early phase of its Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the Moon.

• Crew-2 Dragon astronauts return to Earth after 199 days

  Derek RichardsonNovember 9th, 2021

  After nearly 200 days in space, four multinational astronauts returned to Earth in SpaceX’s Crew-2 Dragon, splashing down just off the coast of Pensacola, Florida.

• Crew-3 Dragon to launch history’s 600th person to fly in space

  Theresa CrossNovember 8th, 2021

  When SpaceX’s Crew-3 Dragon mission launches, it’ll carry with it the 600th person to reach space since human spaceflight began in 1961.

• Blue Origin lunar lander lawsuit dismissed by federal judge

  Derek RichardsonNovember 4th, 2021

  A United States Court of Federal Claims judge dismissed a lawsuit by Blue Origin versus NASA over the agency’s decision to award the Human Landing System contract solely to SpaceX.

• Ice drill being sent to the Moon late next year

  Derek RichardsonNovember 3rd, 2021

  As work continues on the human-side of hardware development for NASA’s Artemis program, the agency is hard at work planning robotic precursor missions to the areas astronauts are expected to explore in just a few short years.

• ‘Minor medical issue’ delays Crew-3 launch

  Derek RichardsonNovember 1st, 2021

  NASA is delaying the launch of Crew-3 to the International Space Station because of a minor medical issue involving one of the mission's four crew members.

• Crew-3 Dragon mission to space station delayed

  Derek RichardsonOctober 30th, 2021

  NASA and SpaceX have postponed the launch of the Crew-3 Dragon International Space Station crew rotation mission because of weather in the Falcon 9’s ascent corridor.

• Crew-3 Dragon space station mission set for Halloween launch

  Theresa CrossOctober 29th, 2021

  NASA and SpaceX are gearing up to fly Crew Dragon's third operational crew rotation flight, Crew-3, to the International Space Station.