News Archive / Tagged: NASA

• NG-11 Cygnus begins 3-month ISS stay

  Derek RichardsonApril 19th, 2019

  Two days after launch, Northrop Grumman’s NG-11 Cygnus cargo freighter rendezvoused and was berthed to the International Space Station's Unity module.

• Gallery: S.S. Roger Chaffee lifts off on flight to ISS

  Jason RhianApril 17th, 2019

  Taking to the skies at the very opening of a five-minute long launch window, Northrop Grumman Corporation's S.S. Roger Chaffee Cygnus cargo freighter leaped into the skies from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad-0A. The mission got underway at 4:46 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 17, 2019.

• Science and supplies soar to ISS on NG-11 Cygnus mission

  Lloyd CampbellApril 17th, 2019

  Northrop Grumman sent its final shipment to the International Space Station under the first Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.

• Science, supplies and a robot set to launch to ISS on Antares

  Lloyd CampbellApril 16th, 2019

  Northrop Grumman's NG-11 Cygnus mission is the next flight on the runway to ferry supplies to the International Space Station.

• SpaceX racks up another win with latest NASA contract

  Jason RhianApril 15th, 2019

  SpaceX has landed the contract to launch a historic mission for NASA, marking the latest chapter in what is turning out to be a banner year for the company.

• NASA seeks input for lunar spaceship

  Curt GodwinApril 15th, 2019

  When the vice president directed NASA to return humans to the Moon within five years, a once long-term task began to take on some near-term importance.

• Lockheed Martin unveils Orion-based Moon lander concept

  Heather SmithApril 11th, 2019

  Lockheed Martin unveiled designs for a lunar lander that could be built quickly to meet the vice president's challenge to return humans to the Moon by 2024.

• Astronomical history! First image of black hole captured

  Jason RhianApril 10th, 2019

  Black holes were known to exist but, until recently, no images of them had ever been captured. An international network of radio telescopes has changed all that.

• NASA chief outlines 2-phase plan for Moon exploration

  Derek RichardsonApril 10th, 2019

  During the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine outlined more of NASA’s Moon by 2024 plan.

• Astronauts route power cables during 3rd spacewalk of 2019

  Derek RichardsonApril 9th, 2019

  During a 6.5-hour spacewalk, two International Space Station astronauts finished battery work and routed cables across the outpost.

• Gallery: 2 shuttle astronauts added to Hall of Fame

  Derek RichardsonApril 7th, 2019

  Two veteran Space Shuttle astronauts were added to the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, joining the nearly 100 already inducted.

• Curiosity update: Methane spike confirmed and Martian eclipses observed

  Jim SharkeyApril 7th, 2019

  A methane spike detected by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover in 2013 has been confirmed by researchers reanalyzing data captured by the Mars Express orbiter.

• Boeing’s first crewed test flight gains extension

  Jason RhianApril 5th, 2019

  Missions are often altered as they are readied for flight. The first crewed launch for Boeing's CST-100 "Starliner" spacecraft appears to be no exception.

• Prototype high-gain antenna being tested for Europa Clipper

  Laurel KornfeldApril 3rd, 2019

  A prototype high-gain antenna that will transmit data for NASA's Europa Clipper mission is being tested at an indoor electromagnetic testing facility.

• NASA head answers agency questions about ‘Moon by 2024’ goal

  Derek RichardsonApril 2nd, 2019

  NASA 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.