SpaceX, NASA to launch Crew-9 mission next month
By Akash Sriram (Reuters) – SpaceX and NASA said on Friday they plan to launch the space agency’s Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than Aug.…
NASA releases Webb telescope images of a galactic merger
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA released on Friday a pair of images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope showing two galaxies – one nicknamed the Penguin and…
NASA astronauts voice confidence that Boeing Starliner will bring them home
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The first two astronauts to fly Boeing’s Starliner capsule said from the International Space Station on Wednesday they were confident in the spacecraft‘s ability…
NASA selects 7 companies to bring back samples from Mars
Nasa recently announced the awarding of contracts to seven companies, including industry giants such as SpaceX and Blue Origin, to investigate cheaper methods of returning rock samples from Mars to…
RTX’s Collins in talks to drop ISS spacesuit contract with NASA
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – RTX Corp subsidiary Collins Aerospace is in talks with NASA to back out of its contract to build new spacesuits for astronauts on the…
NASA calls off astronauts’ ISS spacewalk over ‘spacesuit discomfort’
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA said a “spacesuit discomfort issue” forced the cancellation of a planned spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) by two U.S. astronauts on…
NASA accidentally broadcasts simulation of distressed astronauts on space station
By Joe Brock SINGAPORE (Reuters) – NASA accidentally broadcast a simulation of astronauts being treated for decompression sickness on the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, prompting speculation of an…
NASA, Boeing push back Starliner’s crewed return to June 18
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA and Boeing said they expect to bring Starliner and its first astronaut crew back to Earth from the International Space Station as soon…
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft unlocks asteroid Dinkinesh’s dynamic history
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A little asteroid called Dinkinesh – visited last November by NASA‘s Lucy spacecraft – has a surprisingly dynamic history, according to scientists, along with…
NASA, Boeing clear two technical hurdles for Starliner’s debut crew flight
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boeing and NASA quelled two technical issues on the company’s Starliner spacecraft, including a “design vulnerability” requiring a temporary workaround, to get the capsule…