News Archive / Tagged: lunar Gateway
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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.
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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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NASA Administrator Bridenstine: ‘We’re not going to do flags and footprints again’
Derek RichardsonAugust 30th, 2018In the first-ever televised NASA Advisory Council meeting, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine described the United States' latest effort to return to the Moon as one about sustainability.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne demonstrates electric propulsion capabilities for future deep space missions
Derek RichardsonAugust 29th, 2018An early systems integration test was performed by Aerojet Rocketdyne for NASA’s Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) program, which includes technology that could be used on NASA’s proposed lunar orbiting outpost in the early 2020s, the company said.
