space policy. The International Space Station (ISS) provides an important case study. Known originally as Space Station Freedom, it was initiated in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan to project U.S. leadership and
“The International Space Station is entering its third and most productive decade as a groundbreaking scientific platform in microgravity,” said Robyn Gatens, director of the International Space Station at NASA Headquarters. “This third decade is one of results, building on our successful global pa...
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NASA and SpaceX launched the Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) early Thursday. The mission is the sixth crew rotation flight of a Dragon spacecraft as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The launch was originally scheduled for February 27, but was cal...
NASA unveiled an ambitious program Friday to commercialize low-Earth orbit, making way for visits by private-sector astronauts to the International Space Station as early as next year. It would also allow product development and even advertising aboard the space station, along with use ...
NASA must "manage the aging International Space Station to maximize its use as a test-bed for research and development of new technologies," "all within the constraints of a static budget profile," according to NASA's 2019 Fiscal Year Volume of Integrated Performance, a report also released Mo...
NASA-SpaceX Launch of Next International Space Station Crew Pushed to April 22 More Reuters FILE PHOTO: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, topped with the Crew Dragon capsule, is launched carrying four astronauts on the first operational NASA commercial crew mission at Kennedy Sp...
Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. TBD, NASA’s International Space Station Program. John Vollmer, vice president and program manager, Boeing Commercial Crew Program. John Elbon, chief operating officer, United Launch Alliance. ...
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The International Space Station, as seen 2018.(Image credit: NASA) The specter of NASA's 30-year space shuttle program loomed large as congressional representatives sought details about the agency's plans for orbital spaceflight after the International Space Station. ...