Tag: Human Spaceflight
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Spacewalkers accomplish another round of space station battery swap outs
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) after end of spacewalk. Astronauts Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy are again working outside the International Space Station on a spacewalk today to begin the final phase of a multi-year upgrade of the research outpost’s solar array batteries. WATCH LIVE:…
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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 developing plans to fly astronauts on suborbital rockets
File photo of a New Shepard launch. Credit: Blue Origin NASA says it is interested in flying astronauts and scientists on commercial suborbital vehicles, like those being tested by Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin, to provide additional training and research opportunities augmenting missions to the orbiting International Space Station. The space agency announced this week…
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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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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…
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NASA’s space station program manager retiring from agency
Kirk Shireman, NASA’s program manager for the International Space Station, smiles during a post-launch news conference after the liftoff of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft May 30. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett Kirk Shireman, NASA’s program manager for the International Space Station, is retiring from the space agency later this month to take a position in private industry.…
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Kathy Lueders named NASA chief of human spaceflight
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Kathy Lueders, manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, watches the docking of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft at the International Space Station on May 31 with NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken on-board. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky Two weeks after the successful launch of two astronauts to the International…
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HTV supply ship successfully berthed at space station
Japan’s ninth HTV cargo craft is seen berthed to the International Space Station’s Harmony module after arriving Monday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now The last of Japan’s current series of HTV cargo freighters arrived at the International Space Station Monday with a fresh set of lithium-ion batteries, ready for installation on the research lab’s solar power…
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NASA’s chief of human spaceflight resigns on cusp of critical crew launch
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 8 p.m. with Washington Post quote. Doug Loverro, NASA’s former chief of human spaceflight, participates in a town hall meeting with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Dec. 3, 2019. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky The head of NASA’s human spaceflight programs has abruptly resigned, announcing his departure from the space agency two days before…
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SpaceX delays next Starlink mission after crew launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands on pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Friday, awaiting launch with up to 60 more Starlink satellites. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now Citing a tropical storm in the downrange booster recovery zone, SpaceX said Monday that a launch of up to 60 more Starlink Internet satellites previously planned this week from…