Looking at Earth from the International Space Station, astronauts see big, white clouds spreading across the planet. They cannot distinguish a gray rain cloud from a puffy white cloud. While […]
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NASA TV Coverage Set for Next Resupply Mission to Space Station
NASA commercial cargo provider Orbital ATK is scheduled to launch its ninth contracted mission to the International Space Station at 5:04 a.m. EDT Sunday, May 20 from NASA’s Wallops Flight […]
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Atlas 5 launches NASA InSight Mars lander
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched InSight, a billion-dollar NASA mission to study the interior of Mars, from California May 5.
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Inmarsat hints at “GX Flex” next-gen satellite investment
Inmarsat said May 2 that the company is drawing up new spacecraft for the early- to mid-2020s to bolster the two satellite constellations it operates today.
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NASA to Preview Pair of Upcoming US Spacewalks, Provide Live Coverage
Two NASA astronauts are scheduled to venture outside the International Space Stationfor a pair of six-and-a-half-hour spacewalks May 16 and 30. Experts from NASA will preview the work to be […]
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Firefly Aerospace to take over Vandenberg Delta 2 pad
Firefly Aerospace, a small launch vehicle developer, has won approval from the U.S. Air Force to take over a launch pad at California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base used by the soon-to-retire Delta 2.
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Op-ed | A new governance model to grow U.S. space launch capability
The rapid market development for commercial space launch services over the past several years threatens to overwhelm the capacity of the federal government to efficiently manage airspace usage between planes, unmanned aerial vehicles, and spacecraft.
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New Shepard reaches space on eighth test flight
Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital vehicle performed its first suborbital test flight in more than four months April 29 as the company moves a step closer to flying people.
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Cracked heat shield won’t delay Mars 2020 mission
Development of a NASA mission to collect samples on Mars for later return to Earth has suffered a setback, although one that project officials said should not affect its 2020 launch date.
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NASA Langley Talk to Highlight Sending Humans to the Deep Space Gateway
The future of human space exploration beyond low-Earth orbit will be discussed Tuesday, May 1, at NASA’s Langley Research Center and again at the Virginia Air and Space Center, both […]
