NASA originally planned to launch the Clipper last week, but mission managers ordered a delay to avoid Hurricane Milton, which swept across Cape Canaveral on Thursday. An additional one-day slip was ordered to resolve a technical issue and while details were not provided, the rocket was cleared...
Administrator Jim Bridenstine confirmed that Artemis 1 will be an uncrewed mission around the Moon planned for 2020. Next will come Artemis 2, which will orbit Earth's satellite with a crew around 2022; followed finally by Artemis 3 that will put astronauts on lunar soil in 2024, including th...
The satellite, which is dubbed PACE for plankton, aerosol, climate, and [ocean] ecosystem, launched on 8 February 2024. The PACE mission will study the effects of microscopic life in water and microscopic particles in the air.Jamie Whitney...
It’s an intriguing plan that NASA has had in the works for several months. However, the space agency originally planned to use Russian spacecraft to help navigate the station down to Earth. Currently, NASA is taking a different approach, saying it will rely on a “space tug” as a crit...
NASA and the Space Force's predecessors in the Air Force have a long-standing cooperative relationship, with the Space Force supporting NASA launches out of Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, and Vandenberg Space Force Base, to include range support and rescue operations ...
An artist's illustration of the power and propulsion element for NASA's planned lunar Gateway around the moon. The module will provide power, propulsion and communications relay support for the Gateway lunar outpost.(Image credit: NASA)
These procedures efficiently walk the crew through planned tasks, reduce workload, and alert the crew when onboard faults and anomalies occur. In the event of a caution or warning, the displays communicate urgent actions the crew needs to take, ensuring safety for all onboard. These monitors ...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket test fires its engines head of the planned Crew-9 astronaut launch for NASA at Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is set for Sept. 28, 2024. (Image credit: SpaceX) NASA cleared its next astronaut flight to the ...
Indeed,NASA also saidon Tuesday that it is reviewing the schedule for launching the first integrated elements of the Gateway, previously planned for October 2025, to offer additional development time and to allow its launch to better align with the Artemis IV mission in 2028. ...
"Seven, six, five, core stage engine start, three, two one, booster ignition and liftoff of Artemis 1!" exclaimed NASA commentator Derrol Nail from the launch control center. "We rise together back to the moon and beyond!" The launching came 43 minutes later than planned because of work...