News Archive / Tagged: Lead Stories
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GTO rideshare mission set to be SpaceX’s 2nd launch of 2019
Curt GodwinFebruary 19th, 2019SpaceX is about to send the PSN 6 satellite and several rideshare payloads to geostationary transfer orbit, including a lunar lander poised to make history.
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What did Opportunity’s ‘last words’ actually mean?
Jason RhianFebruary 17th, 2019"My battery is low and it's getting dark." This supposedly was the last message sent back to mission controllers on Earth by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. But is this actually what she "said?"
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NASA planning to buy 2 more seats aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft
Derek RichardsonFebruary 16th, 2019NASA is looking to ensure uninterrupted access to the International Space Station while two commercial spacecraft finish development.
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NASA wants speedy development of commercial lunar landers
Derek RichardsonFebruary 15th, 2019NASA emphasized speed and openness in an industry forum for the development of commercial lunar landers to get cargo and humans to the Moon’s surface.
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Farewell Opportunity: NASA ends efforts to contact silent Mars rover
Jim SharkeyFebruary 13th, 2019NASA said efforts to regain communications with the Opportunity Mars rover have ended, concluding one of the agency's most successful missions.
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Astronaut Mark Kelly announces bid for U.S. Senate
Jason RhianFebruary 12th, 2019Four-time Space Shuttle veteran Mark Kelly let the world know on Twitter that he is going to try to join the U.S. Senate.
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Iridium NEXT constellation upgrade completed
Cullen DesforgesFebruary 12th, 2019Iridium Communications announced last week in a press conference that it had finished its 10-year satellite upgrade project known as Iridium NEXT.
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Virgin Galactic has two freshly-minted astronauts
Jason RhianFebruary 11th, 2019The private space industry chalked up yet another win with the announcement that a recent SpaceShipTwo test flight earned two pilots their astronaut wings.
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NASA seeking proposals for human-rated lunar lander systems
Derek RichardsonFebruary 9th, 2019With SLS and Orion in the latter stages of development, NASA wants to work with industry to develop a human-rated lunar lander by the mid-to-late 2020s.
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NG-10 Cygnus departs ISS to perform secondary mission
Derek RichardsonFebruary 8th, 2019Northrop Grumman’s NG-10 Cygnus spacecraft has departed the International Space Station after three months at the orbiting complex.
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Raptor fired at power level needed for Starship, Super Heavy
Derek RichardsonFebruary 7th, 2019SpaceX's first Raptor flight engine performed another test, increasing its thrust and chamber pressure to levels required for Starship and Super Heavy.
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NASA confirms NET March 2 for 1st Crew Dragon flight
Derek RichardsonFebruary 6th, 2019NASA announced Wednesday that SpaceX is targeting no earlier than March 2, 2019, for the first flight of the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft.
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Dome-shaped shield provides protection to InSight seismometer
Laurel KornfeldFebruary 6th, 2019The seismometer on NASA's Mars InSight mission was provided with a dome-shaped shield for protection from the planet's extreme temperature variations.
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Ariane 5 deploys 2 communications satellites
Lloyd CampbellFebruary 5th, 2019In the first of a dozen or so missions for Arianespace in 2019, an Ariane 5 rocket sent two communication satellites into a geostationary transfer orbit.
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Update: Raptor roars on SpaceX’s Texas test stand
Derek RichardsonFebruary 4th, 2019SpaceX’s Raptor engine was briefly fired on a test stand days after company CEO and Founder Elon Musk revealed photos of the engine on Twitter.
