NASA, SpaceX and military personnel will need to gather in control rooms to support the launch, and they’ve implemented additional safety measures to combat the spread of Covid-19. One thing NASA can’t control, however, is how many people crowd onto nearby beaches in Florida to watch the...
NASA has awarded a NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract to Blue Origin and their New Glenn launch service in accordance with the contract’s on-ramp provision. (Blue Origin Image) (NASA) – NASA has awarded a NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract to Blue Origin and the...
This particular rocket, built by United Launch Alliance, is powerful enough to fly south from Vandenberg, meaning that it can get to Mars relatively easily from the West Coast, NASA said. Also, the launch site's schedule was meant that its pads were more available for this mission. ...
(ULA), in collaboration with NASA, have decided to postpone the Boeing Crew Flight Test to provide the additional time needed. The revised schedule targets no earlier than 3:09 p.m.EDTon Saturday, May 25, for the launch that will transport NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to...
Targeted for launch in late 2024, Wiseman, Glover, Koch and Hansen will lift off aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft atop a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It will mark the first time that both the capsule and booster will fly with astro...
has flown since the ’70s–although the Space Launch System’s projected expense and limited utility alarms me. But unlike the ’70s, we don’t have to hope that the government does everything right. In Florida and Virginia, SpaceX and Orbital Sciences are getting ready to run cargo to ...
With the Artemis program, NASA said that they will reveal new knowledge about the Moon, Earth, and our origins in the solar system. The human landing system is said to be an important part of NASA’s deep space exploration plans, as well as the Space Launch System ...
The first test launch of SLS, in a mission dubbed Artemis I,took off November 16after years of delays. The mission, though behind schedule, was regarded as a spectacular success, setting NASA up to launch its first crewed test mission around the moon in late 2024. That’s expected to be...
“We have a little bit more time to look at the data and then make a decision as to whether we need to do anything different,” Stich said, referring to the flexibility that Crew Dragon grants the International Space Station schedule and this test flight. “But the prime option today is ...
"What's important is that we launch when we're ready, that we have a successful mission when it launches, and I'm not going to sit here and tell you that just arbitrarily we're going to make it," he said in response to questioning by U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, R-FLorida. "There'...