Intl. Space Station, NASA, Science
Josh Dinner
Northrop Grumman launches Cygnus spacecraft to ...

Private aerospace and defense company Northrup Grumman’s Antares rocket launched its NG-11 Cygnus spacecraft Wednesday evening, April 17, and is on course to rendezvous with the International Space Station.

Northrop Grumman launches Cygnus spacecraft to Space Station
NASA, Human Spaceflight
Josh Dinner
Can NASA land astronauts on the Moon by 2024?

Vice President Mike Pence announced a new goal for NASA: Put American astronauts back on the surface of the Moon by 2024. Pence went on during his address to emphasis that NASA’s aim to land humans on the Moon by 2028 was “just not good enough.” This comes less than two weeks after NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told members at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing that the Space Launch System (SLS), the rocket…

Can NASA land astronauts on the Moon by 2024?
Human Spaceflight, NASA
Josh Dinner
SLS delayed again, NASA considering aggressive ...

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told members of the Senate Commerce Committee last week that the agency is considering launching its new Orion spacecraft aboard a commercial vehicle. “I think we should launch around the moon June of 2020, and I think it can be done. We need to consider, as an agency, all options to accomplish that objective,” Bridenstine said. Doing so will be a major undertaking…

SLS delayed again, NASA considering aggressive timeline to launch EM-1
Human Spaceflight, SpaceX, Intl. Space Station
Josh Dinner
SpaceX Crew Dragon success brings NASA closer ...

SpaceX’s first spacecraft to fly with functional displays and navigation controls, seats, and a life-support system capable of sustaining astronauts and cargo to the space station and back, splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean this morning, Friday March 8, at 8:45am EST, about 200 miles (~320 kilometers) east of Cape Canaveral.

SpaceX Crew Dragon success brings NASA closer to returning crewed spaceflight to American soil
Intl. Space Station, NASA, Science
Josh Dinner
NASA Sent A Bunch Of Stuff to Space While You ...

NASA hired a private launch company to send almost 7,400 pounds to the space station in the dead of night.

NASA Sent A Bunch Of Stuff to Space While You Were Asleep

expedition 47

SpaceX to Launch Expandable Habitat BEAM to Space Station

SpaceX to Launch Expandable Habitat BEAM to Space Station

Bigelow Aerospace's expandable habitat module, BEAM, is hitching a ride in the trunk of SpaceX’s Dragon capsule during next week’s launch to the International Space Station (ISS)...

Soyuz Rocket Set to Launch Progress 63 Resupply Craft Amidst Space Station's Heaviest Traffic Ever

Soyuz Rocket Set to Launch Progress 63 Resupply Craft Amidst Space Station's Heaviest Traffic Ever

On the heals of Orbital ATK’s latest Cygnus resupply mission, Roscosmos’s Progress 63 launches this afternoon from the Baikonur Cosmodrome...

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Expedition 47 Crew Launches Toward ISS for Record-Breaking Mission

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Expedition 47 Crew Launches Toward ISS for Record-Breaking Mission

The final three members of ISS Expedition 47 are launching to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz-FG rocket. NASA astronaut Jeff Williams...

Astronaut Scott Kelly Announces Retirement from NASA After One-Year Mission

Astronaut Scott Kelly Announces Retirement from NASA After One-Year Mission

Astronaut and retired U.S. Navy Captain Scott Kelly announced his retirement from NASA yesterday, via Facebook. In a letter entitled, “A thousand miles begins with a single step...

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One-Year Mission Aboard International Space Station Comes to an End

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One-Year Mission Aboard International Space Station Comes to an End

Late Tuesday night, as many in the United States were getting ready for bed, three space travelers were plummeting back to Earth after having departed the International Space Station just a few hours earlier...

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