Artist’s concept of the Gateway power and propulsion and Habitation and Logistics Outpost, or HALO, in orbit around the Moon. Credits: NASA June 5, 2020: NASA has finalized the contract for the initial crew module of the agency’s Gateway lunar orbiting outpost. Orbital Science Corporation of Dulles, Virginia, a wholly …
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Illustration of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover studying a Mars rock outcrop (not to scale). Mars 2020 is targeted for launch in July/August 2020 aboard an Atlas V-541 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech June 4,2020: Full image and caption …
NASA has selected BRPH Architects Engineers Inc. of Melbourne, Florida, Affiliated Engineers SE, Inc. of Newberry, Florida, and Nelson Engineering Co. of Merritt Island, Florida, to provide architect-engineer services for the design and other professional services necessary to rehabilitate, modernize and develop new or existing mechanical systems for facilities and …
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched from Launch Complex 39A on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, Saturday, May 30, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Demo-2 mission …
Coverage of Expedition 63 flight control team with Flight Director Zebulon Scoville during SpaceX DM-2 launch in Mission Control Center station flight control room FCR-1 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credits: NASA/Bill Stafford NASA, MAY 31,2020: NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and U.S. Rep. …
May 30,2020: The NASA Advisory Council (NAC) virtual public meeting originally scheduled for Tuesday, June 2, has been postponed until further notice. The postponement is due to the delay of NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 launch, originally scheduled for May 27. The launch was scrubbed due to unfavorable weather conditions.Currently it’s targeted …
NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley (left) and Robert Behnken (right) participate in a dress rehearsal for launch at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 23, 2020, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station. Demo-2 will serve as an end-to-end flight test of SpaceX’s crew …
May 22, 2020 NASA’s Science Mission Directorate will hold a community town hall meeting via teleconference with Associate Administrator for Science Thomas Zurbuchen and his leadership team at 3 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 28, to discuss updates in NASA’s science program and the current status of NASA activities. Members of …
Illustration of NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) Credits: NASA NASA will host a special edition of NASA Science Live at 11 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, May 20, to share an exciting announcement about the agency’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission. The episode will air live on NASA’s website, NASA …
May 01, 2020 : NASA Astronaut and Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy works in the Combustion Integrated Rack, connecting water umbilicals and checking for leaks in the research device that enables safe fuel, flame and soot studies in microgravity Credits: NASA Educators from across the nation will have an opportunity …