Tag: Jim Bridenstine
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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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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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NASA inks deal with Roscosmos to ensure continuous U.S. presence on space station
File photo of the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft approaching the International Space Station in March 2019. Credit: NASA With lingering uncertainty about when new U.S. commercial vehicles can regularly carry crews to the space station, NASA said Tuesday it will pay the Russian space agency more than $90 million for a round-trip ticket to the International Space Station…
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NASA institutes mandatory agency-wide telework policy
The Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Glenn Benson All NASA centers and facilities will begin a mandatory telework policy for agency and contractor employees effective immediately, except for “mission-essential” personnel, to combat the threat from the coronavirus pandemic, officials announced Tuesday. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a statement…
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Axiom wins NASA approval to attach commercial habitat to space station
Axiom Space says it plans to attach multiple commercial modules to the International Space Station beginning in the latter half of 2024. Credit: Axiom Space NASA has selected Axiom Space, a Houston-based startup partnering with Boeing and other aerospace contractors, to attach a commercial habitat to the International Space Station and begin constructing an orbiting…
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NASA declares first SLS core stage complete
All four RS-25 engines, leftovers from the space shuttle program, have been installed on the first Space Launch System core stage. Credit: NASA/Eric Bordelon NASA has declared assembly complete on the core stage for the first Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket in New Orleans, signaling a long-awaited transition from manufacturing to testing as the core…
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Lawmakers question NASA’s plan for a 2024 moon landing
José Serrano, D-New York, speaks during a hearing Wednesday before the House Appropriations Committee’s subcommittee on commerce, justice, science and related agencies. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Amid questions from lawmakers about the cost of the Trump administration’s proposal to accelerate a human return to the moon’s surface to 2024, the chairman of the House subcommittee responsible…
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NASA’s chief and SpaceX’s Elon Musk mend fences – and give ‘best guess’ for Crew Dragon’s big flight
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine (center) participates in a Crew Dragon flight simulation at SpaceX’s California headquarters with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is peering over Bridenstine’s shoulder. (NASA Photo / Aubrey Gemignani) NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine visited SpaceX’s headquarters in California today, for what was seen as an opportunity…
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NASA opts to go ahead with full-duration SLS core stage test-firing
A pathfinder model for the SLS core stage arrives at the B-2 test stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Credit: NASA After considering canceling a planned full-duration test-firing of the Space Launch System’s core stage in Mississippi ahead of the heavy-lift rocket’s first flight, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced this week that the…
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NASA shakes up moon program management
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION File photo of Bill Gerstenmaier, the former head of NASA’s human spaceflight division. Credit: NASA/Paul E. Alers In a major shakeup at NASA Headquarters, agency Administrator Jim Bridenstine said Wednesday that Bill Gerstenmaier, the widely respected director of human spaceflight, has been replaced in the midst of an…