News Archive / Tagged: Lead Stories

• Delta IV Medium ends 17-Year run with 100% success

  Jim SiegelAugust 25th, 2019

  ULA's Delta IV Medium rocket, which made its debut flight in 2002, finished its 17-year career by propelling a GPS III satellite into medium Earth orbit.

• AEHF 5 lights up the sky atop ULA Atlas V 551

  Patrick AttwellAugust 8th, 2019

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- United Launch Alliance completed its third flight of the year on Thursday, Aug. 8. The flight got off the pad and soared into the early morning sky a little later than planned.

• Cameras on Mars 2020 rover confirmed to have perfect vision

  Laurel KornfeldAugust 7th, 2019

  Tests conducted on several of the cameras that have been installed on the Mars 2020 rover have confirmed that they have perfect, 20/20 This is one of the more critical aspects of the mission as it will help guide the vision.

• SpaceX breaks AMOS jinx with flight of AMOS-17

  Patrick AttwellAugust 6th, 2019

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It can be said that SpaceX hasn’t had the best of luck when it comes to AMOS payloads. That unlucky streak was broken today with the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket and its passenger, the AMOS-17 spacecraft.

• NG-11 Cygnus released to begin multi-month post-ISS mission

  Derek RichardsonAugust 6th, 2019

  Northrop Grumman’s NG-11 Cygnus departed the ISS after a 109-day stay aboard the outpost to begin a multi-month free-flying secondary mission.

• NASA teaming up with commercial companies for return to the Moon

  Laurel KornfeldAugust 5th, 2019

  To achieve the goal of returning humans to the Moon by 2024, NASA announced it is teaming up with commercial companies to develop new technologies for landing on and taking off from the lunar surface.

• NASA releases report on weather satellite failure

  Laurel KornfeldAugust 2nd, 2019

  A NASA board assigned to investigate the April 2018 failure of an infrared-detecting instrument on board a next-generation weather satellite has released its report. The malfunction has been attributed to a pipe blockage that prevented the flow of needed coolant.

• 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.

• Progress MS-12 makes fast-track flight to ISS

  Derek RichardsonJuly 31st, 2019

  Two orbits after launching from Kazakhstan, Russia’s Progress MS-12 cargo spacecraft rendezvoused and docked with the International Space Station.

• Here’s looking at Euclid: NASA provides crucial parts for ESA dark energy mission

  Jim SharkeyJuly 31st, 2019

  Dark energy and dark matter are two of the biggest mysteries facing modern astronomy. Scheduled to launch in 2022, the European Space Agency's Euclid spacecraft has been designed investigate these invisible phenomena that scientist think make up a majority of our universe. A team of NASA engineers recently delivered crucial components for one on the spacecraft's science instruments.

• CRS-18 Dragon arrives at ISS with new docking adapter

  Derek RichardsonJuly 27th, 2019

  Days after threading the needle with weather to launch, SpaceX’s CRS-18 Dragon spacecraft rendezvoused and berthed with the International Space Station.

• CRS-18 Falcon and Dragon brave storms to begin 18th ISS flight

  Cullen DesforgesJuly 25th, 2019

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Expedition 60 crew on board the International Space Station can expect to get some fresh supplies, needed hardware and - slime - in the next few days. This odd payload mix was sent on its way thanks to two venerable pieces of space hardware which were brought to bear by the NewSpace titan - SpaceX.

• SpaceX’s 18th CRS mission delayed due to bad weather

  Cullen DesforgesJuly 24th, 2019

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- SpaceX’s eighteenth flight to the International Space Station, CRS-18, which was originally scheduled to fly tonight has been delayed due to weather violations caused by Invest 94L as it made its way over the Florida peninsula.

• Christopher Kraft leaves behind powerful legacy with passing

  Steve HammerJuly 22nd, 2019

  JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Texas -- Although his name isn't as well-known as Alan Shepard, John Glenn or Neil Armstrong, without the efforts of Christopher C. Kraft, NASA would likely never have left orbit let alone sent men to the Moon. Kraft passed away on Monday, July 22 at the age of 95.

• ISRO joins exclusive club with launch of Chandrayaan-2 mission

  Jason RhianJuly 22nd, 2019

  A GSLV Mk III rocket lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre SLP today, carrying the Chandrayaan-2. It places the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) into the 'big leagues' of space flight organizations.