News Archive / Tagged: The Range

• Petition asks NASA to name Lunar Gateway after Michael Collins

  Theresa CrossMay 6th, 2021

  There 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.

• Light this candle! The 60th anniversary of the first American in space

  Matt HaskellMay 5th, 2021

  Sixty years ago today, on May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard rocketed to space in his Mercury capsule to become the first American and the second human in space.

• New Horizons spacecraft is now 50 AU from the Sun

  Laurel KornfeldApril 22nd, 2021

  NASA's New Horizons spacecraft achieved a major milestone on Saturday, April 17, when it reached a distance of 50 AU from the Sun.

• Amazon buys Atlas V rockets to orbit its Kuiper constellation

  Cullen DesforgesApril 21st, 2021

  On Monday, April 19, Amazon announced that it purchased nine Atlas V rocket flights from United Launch Alliance for the orbital insertion of its Kuiper satellites.

• Science journalist outlines challenges of settling the Moon and Mars

  Laurel KornfeldApril 16th, 2021

  Human settlement of the Moon and Mars will require overcoming numerous challenges, including living in low gravity and protecting people from radiation.

• Wings of exploration: reflecting on the 40th anniversary of the space shuttle

  Matt HaskellApril 12th, 2021

  The launch of the space shuttle on April 12, 1981, proved to be a history-making event. For many, that day stemmed careers, dreams and imaginations alike.

• Final Delta II added to Kennedy Space Center’s rocket garden

  Cullen DesforgesMarch 31st, 2021

  The newly-stacked United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket stands proud at its final home at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.

• NASA exploring options for navigating on the Moon

  Theresa CrossMarch 31st, 2021

  NASA is currently exploring a number of solutions for navigating and communicating on the Moon's surface for the Artemis program.

• New artwork released for SpaceX’s Dragon XL spacecraft

  Derek RichardsonMarch 27th, 2021

  NASA recently released new concept art for SpaceX’s Dragon XL cargo ship, which is being designed to service the space agency’s Lunar Gateway.

• Gallery: See NASA’s fully-stacked SLS solid rocket boosters

  Theresa CrossMarch 24th, 2021

  NASA reported in early March 2021 the stacking is complete for the Space Launch System twin solid rocket boosters for the Artemis 1 mission.

• Mars and Titan: Two very different potentially habitable worlds

  Laurel KornfeldMarch 23rd, 2021

  Mars and Saturn’s moon Titan are at the forefront of the search for habitable solar system worlds, but they are very different from one another in terms of the presence of liquid, temperature variations, and the presence of organic compounds, planetary scientist Vincent Chevrier of the University of Arkansas noted in a March 12 online […]

• SpaceX launch cadence sees two Falcon 9 boosters in port for first time

  Theresa CrossMarch 20th, 2021

  SpaceX reached another significant ‘high cadence capability’ milestone this week, when two of their Falcon 9 first stage boosters were seen to be present and in the initial steps of post-flight processing at the Port Canaveral dock.

• Hubble Space Telescope discoveries highlighted by astronomer

  Laurel KornfeldMarch 14th, 2021

  During its 31 years of activity, the Hubble Space Telescope has been "one of the most successful scientific experiments in history," used to research numerous fields of astronomy ranging from cosmology and the expansion of the universe to the characterization of exoplanets, said astronomer Tom Brown of the Space Telescope Science Institute in a March 2 online presentation.

• Cause of missed Falcon 9 landing announced; Starlink 17 expected to fly Thursday

  Theresa CrossMarch 2nd, 2021

  SpaceX has announced their intention to launch the next batch of 60 Starlink satellites on March 4, 2021 – possibly as early as at 3:24 a.m. EST.

• SpaceX Starship SN10 high-altitude test flight slips to March 3

  Nicholas D'AlessandroMarch 1st, 2021

  The high-altitude test flight of Starship SN10 has slipped again, as is common with SpaceX's highly experimental test program.