News Archive / Tagged: lunar Gateway
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President requests $7.5B for NASA’s Artemis program in 2023
Derek RichardsonMarch 28th, 2022President Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget requests nearly an additional billion dollars over 2022’s enacted amount for NASA's Artemis lunar program.
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Boeing tests all-composite cryogenic propellant tank
Theresa CrossFebruary 23rd, 2022At the end of 2021, Boeing completed a series of tests on a “large, fully-composite, linerless cryogenic tank” at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville Alabama.
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Lunar Gateway habitation module contract finalized
Theresa CrossJuly 16th, 2021NASA and Northrop Grumman have finalized a contract for the living quarters of the Moon-orbiting Lunar Gateway for the Artemis program, the Habitation and Logistics Outpost.
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NASA’s CAPSTONE lunar mission to fly later this year
Theresa CrossMay 13th, 2021Later this year, NASA plans to launch a CubeSat to test a special orbit around the Moon to verify its characteristics in advance of sending the Lunar Gateway there as early as 2024.
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Petition asks NASA to name Lunar Gateway after Michael Collins
Theresa CrossMay 6th, 2021There is a Change.org petition to rename NASA’s Lunar Gateway after former Apollo astronaut Michael Collins, who died April 28, 2021, at age 90.
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New artwork released for SpaceX’s Dragon XL spacecraft
Derek RichardsonMarch 27th, 2021NASA recently released new concept art for SpaceX’s Dragon XL cargo ship, which is being designed to service the space agency’s Lunar Gateway.
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NG-11 Cygnus released to begin multi-month post-ISS mission
Derek RichardsonAugust 6th, 2019Northrop 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.
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Video: SpaceFlight Insider’s Space Bulletin for May 25, 2019
Derek RichardsonMay 25th, 2019This week, SpaceX launched its first Starlink internet satellites and NASA awarded a contract to build the first piece of the agency’s Lunar Gateway.
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Lunar Gateway contract adds ‘power’ to Artemis program
Derek RichardsonMay 23rd, 2019NASA awarded Maxar Technologies a contract for the first piece of the Lunar Gateway, which is designed to be a staging point for Moon-bound astronauts.
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NASA, Northrop Grumman finish testing cislunar habitat mockup
Sean CostelloMay 15th, 2019NASA astronauts at the Johnson Space Center recently completed testing and evaluation of Northrop Grumman's Earth-based full-scale cislunar habitat mockup.
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Video: SpaceFlight Insider’s Space Bulletin for May 11, 2019
Derek RichardsonMay 11th, 2019This week, Blue Origin unveiled its Blue Moon lander while SpaceX’s CRS-17 Dragon arrived at the International Space Station.
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NASA head answers agency questions about ‘Moon by 2024’ goal
Derek RichardsonApril 2nd, 2019NASA 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.
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Vice president: US astronauts on Moon within 5 years
Derek RichardsonMarch 26th, 2019Vice 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."
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NASA budget request maintains Moon push, cuts other programs
Derek RichardsonMarch 12th, 2019In President Trump's 2020 budget request, some NASA programs face serious cuts while the agency’s lunar exploration efforts are poised to receive a boost.
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Canada joins NASA’s Lunar Gateway project
Derek RichardsonMarch 1st, 2019Having partnered with the U.S. in its space ambitions for decades, Canada committed to continue that relationship by joining NASA's Lunar Gateway project.