Tag: NASA
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NASA names future WFIRST space telescope after Nancy Grace Roman, the ‘Mother of Hubble’
The telescope formerly known as WFIRST has a new name that honors Nancy Grace Roman, who served as NASA’s first chief astronomer and came to be known as the “Mother of Hubble.” NASA’s Roman Space Telescope is due for launch in the mid-2020s as a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope and the soon-to-be-launched James…
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Demo-2 crew arrives at Kennedy for first U.S. crew launch since 2011
A sentence I have waited almost nine years to write: A flight crew has arrived at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, for launch to the International Space Station. Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley landed at the Florida spaceport at 15:52 EDT (19:52 UTC) today; their arrival marks the start of the final week of launch…
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Astronauts arrive in Florida to set new NASA traditions for crewed spaceflight
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley take questions from journalists after their arrival at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (NASA Photo) Two NASA astronauts landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida today to go through a set of pre-launch traditions that haven’t been followed for nearly nine years — and create a…
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Days before landmark launch, NASA’s head of human spaceflight quits due to ‘mistake’
Doug Loverro speaks at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana shortly after taking his place as the space agency’s associate administrator for human exploration and operations in 2019. (NASA Photo via Twitter) NASA’s top executive concentrating on human spaceflight, Doug Loverro, has resigned just a week before the scheduled start of a milestone space mission.…
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Doug Loverro Resigns, Ken Bowersox to be Acting Human Exploration Lead
Doug Loverro has resigned as Associate Administrator of NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission Directorate. Deputy Associate Administrator Ken Bowersox will serve as the acting leader of the directorate. (Lead image via NASA – Jim Bridenstine and Ken Bowersox testify during a House subcommittee hearing) Loverro’s resignation is the second time in less than…
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NASA outlines the near and far future of the Space Station
NASA has laid out plans for their future utilization of the International Space Station (ISS) over the next decade, including upgrades scheduled to be conducted on the outpost in the near term, its future use as an analog for human exploration missions beyond Earth Orbit, and the commercial expansion to the orbital outpost. During the…
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NASA will likely add a rendezvous test to the first piloted Orion space mission
Artist’s illustration of an Orion spacecraft with the upper stage of its Space Launch System rocket firing its RL10 engine. Credit: NASA Astronauts will likely perform a previously-unplanned demonstration of the Orion spacecraft’s deep space rendezvous capabilities in a high-altitude orbit around Earth on the crew capsule’s first piloted test flight, now scheduled for 2023.…
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NASA lays out the ‘Artemis Accords’ for international cooperation on moon trips
An artist’s conception shows astronauts conducting a mission on the moon. (NASA Illustration) NASA today unveiled a list of 10 principles for a set of bilateral international agreements for participation in the moon exploration program known as Artemis. The Artemis Accords would apply to missions aimed at sending astronauts to the lunar surface beginning as…
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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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University of Washington wins NASA grant to create spacey contest for Artemis Student Challenges
A NASA robotics team drives a test rover into Valentine Cave at California’s Lava Beds National Monument. The expedition was aimed at testing technologies for exploring lava tubes on the moon and Mars. (NASA Photo) NASA has awarded the University of Washington a $499,864 grant to develop a competition that calls on students to turn…