News Archive / Tagged: Lead Stories

• ‘Wentian’ science module launched to Chinese space station

  Derek RichardsonJuly 24th, 2022

  A new laboratory cabin module called Wentian was launched by China to add to the country’s fledgling Tiangong space station.

• Cosmonaut to fly aboard SpaceX Crew-5 Dragon in September

  Theresa CrossJuly 22nd, 2022

  SpaceX is targeting late September for the Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station, which will see the first Russian cosmonaut fly aboard Dragon.

• SpaceX selected to launch Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

  Cullen DesforgesJuly 22nd, 2022

  NASA has selected SpaceX to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket in October of 2026.

• Artemis 1 SLS mission gets preliminary launch date

  Derek RichardsonJuly 20th, 2022

  NASA has preliminarily selected Aug. 29, 2022, for the Artemis 1 test flight of the Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft.

• SpaceX ties annual launch record with latest Starlink mission

  Theresa CrossJuly 17th, 2022

  SpaceX launched its 31st Falcon 9 rocket of 2022, tying its annual flight record set just last year -- and it's only July.

• Astronaut-cosmonaut crew seat exchange deal finalized

  Derek RichardsonJuly 15th, 2022

  A crew seat exchange deal has been formalized by NASA and Roscosmos and should see a Russian cosmonaut fly in Crew Dragon in September.

• Dmitry Rogozin ‘dismissed’ as head of Russian space agency

  Derek RichardsonJuly 15th, 2022

  The often antagonistic leader of the Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, has been removed from his position and will be replaced.

• SpaceX CRS-25 Dragon launches with fresh space station supplies

  Theresa CrossJuly 14th, 2022

  SpaceX launched its 25th resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA when its Falcon 9 rocket lofted the CRS-25 Dragon capsule into orbit.

• James Webb Space Telescope shows universe in unprecedented detail

  Theresa CrossJuly 12th, 2022

  Witness the imaging power of this fully calibrated and operational James Webb Space Telescope! NASA releases the observatory's first science photos.

• First Webb telescope image gets presidential treatment

  Derek RichardsonJuly 11th, 2022

  President Joe Biden got the honor of revealing the first full-color image from the James Webb Space Telescope during an event at the White House.

• 53 more Starlink satellites launched by SpaceX Falcon 9

  Theresa CrossJuly 7th, 2022

  SpaceX launched its 48th dedicated Starlink mission to orbit, adding 53 satellites to the company’s ever-growing internet constellation.

• Gallery: Space Launch System returns to VAB for Artemis 1 preps

  Derek RichardsonJuly 6th, 2022

  After a successful wet dress rehearsal, NASA rolled the massive Space Launch System rocket back to the Vehicle Assembly Building to prepare for Artemis 1.

• UPDATE: Contact with CAPSTONE re-established

  Derek RichardsonJuly 5th, 2022

  NASA’s CAPSTONE spacecraft, designed to pave the way for the Artemis program’s Lunar Gateway outpost, has “experienced communications issues.”

• Atlas V rocket sends two payloads to orbit for Space Force

  Theresa CrossJuly 2nd, 2022

  United Launch Alliance orbited two satellites atop an Atlas V 541 rocket for the United States Space Force and Department of Defense.

• SpaceX launches SES-22 communications satellite

  Theresa CrossJune 30th, 2022

  At 5:04 p.m. EDT (21:04 UTC) June 29, 2022, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the SES-22 C-band communications satellite.