NASA’s Johnson Space Center will remain closed to all but essential personnel until Sept. 5 as the center, and the greater Houston area, recovers from Tropical Storm Harvey.
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NASA’s Johnson Space Center will be closed through Aug. 28, and perhaps longer, as the city of Houston reels from unprecedented flooding caused by the former Hurricane Harvey.
Spaceport schedule conflict could delay JWST launch
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is facing a schedule conflict for its Ariane 5 launch with a European planetary science mission that could, in one scenario, delay the telescope’s launch by several months.
Cameras on NASA exoplanet spacecraft slightly out of focus
Cameras recently installed on a NASA spacecraft designed to look for nearby exoplanets will be slightly out of focus once launched, but the agency said that will not affect the mission’s science.
Orbital ATK successfully tested a motor used for Orion spacecraft’s abort system
The brief test of the motor, at a company facility in Utah, demonstrated its ability to pull the Orion away from an SLS in an emergency.
A cubesat packed with cremated remains slotted for SpaceX rideshare mission
Elysium Space, the San Francisco startup that sends cremated remains into orbit, announced plans May 16 to launch its Elysium Star 2 memorial spacecraft on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rideshare mission later this year from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. If the rocket reaches orbit, it will be the firm’s first successful spaceflight.
China launches first cargo spacecraft on mission to test docking and refueling
It’s the first in a new line of spacecraft designed to eventually support a Chinese space station.
National Science Foundation seeking partner for Arecibo radio telescope
NSF wants to cut its share of costs down to $2 million, with the new partners making up the difference.
Federal government tweaks space export control rules
The federal government is taking more space-related items off of the most restrictive export control list, although some in industry believe the changes don’t go far enough.
NASA orders more flights from Boeing, SpaceX
The agency will order four additional flights from each company, bring the number of missions ordered from each to six.