News Archive / Tagged: NASA

• New mission given the go-ahead to search for beginning of universe and possibly life

  Laurel KornfeldFebruary 17th, 2019

  A new space probe designed to observe hundreds of millions of galaxies to gain a better grasp on how the universe evolved has just been given the greenlight. This new spacecraft is also being developed to search for water and organics, the elements necessary for life as we know it.

• What did Opportunity’s ‘last words’ actually mean?

  Jason RhianFebruary 17th, 2019

  "My battery is low and it's getting dark." This supposedly was the last message sent back to mission controllers on Earth by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. But is this actually what she "said?"

• NASA planning to buy 2 more seats aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 16th, 2019

  NASA is looking to ensure uninterrupted access to the International Space Station while two commercial spacecraft finish development.

• NASA wants speedy development of commercial lunar landers

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 15th, 2019

  NASA emphasized speed and openness in an industry forum for the development of commercial lunar landers to get cargo and humans to the Moon’s surface.

• MAVEN spacecraft to be moved to a lower Mars orbit

  Laurel KornfeldFebruary 14th, 2019

  NASA's MAVEN orbiter is being prepared to act as a communications relay with the Mars 2020 rover, which is set to launch in 2020 and land in February 2021.

• RS-25 engine goes through another test

  Jason RhianFebruary 13th, 2019

  One of the leftover rocket engines used during the Space Shuttle program was tested again Feb. 13, 2019, at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

• Farewell Opportunity: NASA ends efforts to contact silent Mars rover

  Jim SharkeyFebruary 13th, 2019

  NASA said efforts to regain communications with the Opportunity Mars rover have ended, concluding one of the agency's most successful missions.

• Astronaut Mark Kelly announces bid for U.S. Senate

  Jason RhianFebruary 12th, 2019

  Four-time Space Shuttle veteran Mark Kelly let the world know on Twitter that he is going to try to join the U.S. Senate.

• New Horizons’ departure images shed new light on Ultima Thule’s shape

  Laurel KornfeldFebruary 11th, 2019

  A new set of New Horizons flyby images taken on New Year's Day 2019 reveals Ultima Thule is shaped more like a flat object.

• Last Kepler images capture numerous planetary systems

  Laurel KornfeldFebruary 10th, 2019

  Numerous planetary systems are visible in the final images taken by NASA's Kepler telescope on Sept. 25, 2018, just before it ran out of fuel.

• NASA seeking proposals for human-rated lunar lander systems

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 9th, 2019

  With 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.

• NG-10 Cygnus departs ISS to perform secondary mission

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 8th, 2019

  Northrop Grumman’s NG-10 Cygnus spacecraft has departed the International Space Station after three months at the orbiting complex.

• NASA remembers its fallen astronauts in annual ceremony

  Mike HowardFebruary 7th, 2019

  Today, NASA paused to reflect and remember those that gave the ultimate sacrifice in pursuit of space exploration in its annual Day of Remembrance ceremony.

• MarCO CubeSats no longer communicating with Earth

  Laurel KornfeldFebruary 7th, 2019

  Twin tiny satellites launched with NASA's Mars InSight lander have been out of touch with mission controllers on Earth for slightly over a month.

• NASA confirms NET March 2 for 1st Crew Dragon flight

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 6th, 2019

  NASA announced Wednesday that SpaceX is targeting no earlier than March 2, 2019, for the first flight of the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft.