News Archive / Tagged: NASA
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NASA seeking commercial proposals for lunar sample collection
Theresa CrossSeptember 16th, 2020Over the next four years, NASA will pay for private companies to harvest rocks and soil from the moon, as the agency takes the initial steps to field sustainable lunar exploration.
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Northrop Grumman continues to advance NASA’s Artemis program
Matt HaskellSeptember 3rd, 2020Aerospace giant Northrop Grumman continues to meet milestones in preparation for NASA’s Artemis program, as it completes a successful booster test fire for Artemis IV, and delivers the final abort motor for Artemis II
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Orion spacecraft passes final milestone for first Artemis launch
Cullen DesforgesSeptember 2nd, 2020On September 1, NASA announced that the flight-ready Orion Crew capsule had completed a significant milestone in preparation for its voyage on the first launch of the Artemis Program, Artemis 1.
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Demo-2 Crew Dragon splashes down after 2-month mission
Derek RichardsonAugust 2nd, 2020After two months aboard the International Space Station, Dragonship Endeavour with its two-person astronaut crew is back on Earth, having splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.
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Spacewalkers set the stage for future ISS additions
Derek RichardsonJuly 21st, 2020NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken completed their fourth spacewalk in less than a month to upgrade the International Space Station, setting the stage for future additions to the 20-year-old outpost.
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Locked and Loaded: Artemis I’s muscle delivered to KSC
SpaceFlight InsiderJune 16th, 2020NASA, still riding high on regaining the ability to launch astronauts to low-Earth-orbit is now preparing to turn the dial up to eleven. LEO is nice and all - but flying to the Moon is way better. The agency is pulling this pieces to achieve just that.
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Crew Dragon Endeavour docks with International Space Station
Derek RichardsonMay 31st, 2020Less than 19 hours after soaring into orbit from Florida, SpaceX’s Demo-2 Crew Dragon mission with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken has reached the International Space Station.
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Historic Launch Day for SpaceX, NASA: Demo-2 In Images
Sean CostelloMay 30th, 2020For a day which began with a forecast offering 50% odds of violating launch weather rules, it seemed to proceed fairly well.
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Weather not favoring backup Demo-2 launch dates
Patrick AttwellMay 28th, 2020Yesterday’s attempt to launch NASA’s and SpaceX’s Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station was plagued by weather issues that ultimately caused the attempt to be scrubbed. There remains the potential for weather complicate Saturday’s and Sunday’s launch attempts.
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CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen speaks on Crew Dragon, Demo-2
Sean CostelloMay 27th, 2020On the morning of SpaceX’s scheduled Demo-2 launch, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen shared his thoughts about the final test flight of Crew Dragon, and what it means to him.
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Demo-2 Launch Readiness Review complete, weather systems presenting as a ‘strange brew’
Cullen DesforgesMay 25th, 2020NASA and SpaceX today completed the Launch Readiness Review for Demo-2, the next step in marching towards a May 27, 2020 planned launch date.
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Flight plans released for SpaceX’s Demo-2 crewed mission
Cullen DesforgesMay 14th, 2020During a recent joint NASA / SpaceX Demo-2 mission press conference, a clear picture was painted as to what launch day activities and the ensuing flight of Crew Dragon will look like.
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NG-13 Cygnus departs ISS for extended mission
Derek RichardsonMay 11th, 2020After 83 days attached to the International Space Station, the three-person Expedition 63 crew today bid farewell to the NG-13 Cygnus cargo ship after it supplied the outpost with some 3,400 kilograms of supplies and equipment.
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NASA selects three companies to develop lunar landers
Cullen DesforgesMay 1st, 2020NASA announced on April 30, 2020 that it had selected three companies to develop lunar landers for its Artemis program.
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Progress 75 resupply ship docks at International Space Station
Sean CostelloApril 25th, 2020At 1:12am EDT on April 25, 2020, the uncrewed Progress 75 Russian resupply ship successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS).
