Tag: Artemis
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Elon Musk offers update on SpaceX’s Starship mega-rocket
File photo of SpaceX founder, CEO and chief engineer Elon Musk. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani SpaceX founder Elon Musk detailed progress on the company’s next-generation Starship program Monday, saying the huge rocket could “probably” attempt its first launch into Earth orbit next year, and adding that the Starship will fly hundreds of missions before SpaceX puts…
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Boca work continues as SpaceX marks anniversary of Starhopper’s final flight
One year after Starhopper’s final flight, SpaceX’s Starship launch site in Texas continues to evolve to facilitate prototype development and testing. Starhopper was the first SpaceX vehicle to use its new launch facility in Boca Chica — located east of Boca Chica Village and near the beach on the Gulf of Mexico — and served…
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Boca work continues as SpaceX marks anniversary of Starhopper’s final flight
One year after Starhopper’s final flight, SpaceX’s Starship launch site in Texas continues to evolve to facilitate prototype development and testing. Starhopper was the first SpaceX vehicle to use its new launch facility in Boca Chica — located east of Boca Chica Village and near the beach on the Gulf of Mexico — and served…
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Penultimate piece of NASA’s first SLS rocket arrives at Kennedy Space Center
The Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter for the first Space Launch System test flight was offloaded from NASA’s Pegasus barge July 30 and transferred into the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: TOSC/Tracy Yates One of the final pieces for the first test flight of NASA’s huge Space Launch System heavy-lift…
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Northrop Grumman outlines HALO plans for Gateway’s central module
With the first two major elements of NASA’s Lunar Gateway under contract and development, Northrop Grumman has outlined their plans for the overall Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module, which will serve as the primary habitation and nexus for the lunar station. HALO will now launch in a fully integrated configuration with Maxar’s Power and…
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NASA chief still hopeful to get more money for moon landing effort
File photo of NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls House lawmakers this week proposed to fund NASA’s human-rated lunar lander development program at less than one-fifth of the level the Trump administration wanted, but NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said Wednesday the House budget bill is just the “opening salvo” in an appropriations process that…
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NASA, Northrop Grumman plan for 12 additional SLS Solid Rocket Boosters
NASA has initialized plans via a letter contract with Northrop Grumman for 12 additional Solid Rocket Boosters, or SRBs, for the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket — a pending contract with a potential value of $49.5 million USD. In the letter contract, the agency will “provide initial funding and authorization” to Northrop Grumman to…
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SLS booster segments arrive in Florida, but stacking on hold until core stage test
The 10 booster segments for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System travel across a bridge between Titusville, Florida, and the Kennedy Space Center on Monday, June 15. Credit: Northrop Grumman Fueled segments of the solid rocket boosters that will lift off on the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System have arrived at…
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NASA’s new head of human spaceflight says SpaceX’s Dragon is in good shape
NASA’s Kathy Lueders beams with joy as the hatches are opened between SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule and the International Space Station on May 31. (NASA Photo / Joel Kowsky) NASA’s newly named associate administrator for human exploration and operations, Kathy Lueders, says that SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule “has been doing great” at the International Space…
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New NASA spaceflight chief makes no guarantees about 2024 moon landing goal
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Kathy Lueders was named associate administrator of NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate earlier this month. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett Kathy Lueders, NASA’s newly appointed head of human spaceflight operations, said Thursday that without a crystal ball, she could not give a yes-or-no answer when asked whether she…