Actually, Starliner might fly into space this year
When we last checked in on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft in February, NASA was announcing that it had formally classified the 2024 crewed flight of the Starliner spacecraft as a “Type A…
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NASA faces significant challenges to bring about the Artemis III mission next year and to complete a series of test objectives involving the interaction between Orion and the two lunar lander prototypes. So what happens if the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft are ready next summer, but one or both of the landers is not? Isaacman said they would not launch Artemis III until they are ready to fly a meaningful mission. “I would say, at a very high level, we’re not going to launch this mission until we feel like the objectives that are outlined are sufficient to bring down the risk
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…For SpaceX, the money (at least in the near term) is in AI—it is not in NASA government contracts. Yet NASA is desperate for SpaceX to begin delivering on critical milestones…
Ars Live: What's the latest in the aftermath of the New Glenn catastrophe?
…Meanwhile, we have more questions than answers about a rocket that had become increasingly central to the needs of NASA and commercial customers. What does this failure mean for the Artemis Program…
A "disaster waiting to happen"? Industry officials worry about Crew Dragon availability.
…Through its Commercial Crew program and multibillion-dollar contracts awarded in 2014, NASA had hoped to foster two providers of low-Earth orbit transportation, SpaceX and Boeing. However Boeing has yet to…
Trump's space transportation policy calls for new spaceport on federal land
…These federal spaceports include Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, which sit on adjoining property in Florida. The others are Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, and NASA…
Rocket Report: Indian startup nears first launch; SpaceX's millenary milestone
…The same kinds of engines were used for the landings of NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance rovers on Mars in 2012 and 2021. NASA taps Rocket Lab for three launches. NASA has…
Rocket Report: Blue Origin explosion still making headlines; Impulse raises money
…A NASA spokesperson confirmed to Spaceflight Now that NASA would like to see the launches of the Blue Moon Mark 1 cargo lander and potentially the Blue Moon Mark 2 crewed lander…
A bold satellite rescue mission came together in record time, but will it work?
WALLOPS ISLAND, Virginia—Just 10 months ago, NASA asked three companies if they could do something nobody had done before. Could they build and launch a satellite to save a $500 million…
Europe's free satellite service just made it easier to track wildfires
…NASA’s FIRMS tool provides free access to a global map of fires detected by NASA satellite sensors and is rapidly updated within several hours—although such NASA satellite imagery is only…
Due to need for 'absolute success,' China delays critical Moon launch to 2027
…In all of NASA’s and China’s plans for long-term settlement on the Moon, relatively few square miles at the South Pole of the Moon matter the most. No country…