NASA

Today, December 5th, NASA announced that the Artemis II mission will be delayed to April 2026. Due to the new delay for the next Artemis mission, the first landing mission, Artemis III, has been delayed to mid-2027. This mission delay announcement was shared at a press conference at NASA Headquarters

Dec 5, 2024 • 4 mins

On December 4th, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced via social media that his nominee for NASA administrator during his second-term would be Jared Isaacman. Writing online, Trump said the following about his decision to choose Isaacman: "I am delighted to nominate Jared Isaacman, an accomplished business leader, philanthropist,

Dec 4, 2024 • 3 mins

SpaceX's thirty-first Cargo Re-Supply (CRS) mission arrived at the International Space Station on November 5th, at 14:52 pm Universal Coordinated Time. This mission carries 2,762 kilograms of cargo, with 327 kilograms of unpressurized cargo. Notably, for the first time during a Dragon spacecraft's mission

Nov 5, 2024 • 6 mins

At 16:06 pm Universal Coordinated Time, Europa Clipper began its long journey to Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, from Launch Complex 39A, in Florida. Launch lasted for almost an hour to escape Earth's gravity, with the spacecraft separating from Falcon Heavy's second-stage at

Oct 14, 2024 • 3 mins

Since the dawn of space exploration, the quest for water has been intertwined with our search for life in the cosmos. Now, a world of water beckons, waiting to reveal its secrets—Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. If humanity is to truly grasp its place in the universe,

Oct 3, 2024 • 21 mins

NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission blasted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at 17:17 pm Universal Coordinated Time with Crew Dragon 'Freedom' atop of a Falcon 9 rocket. On board Crew Dragon 'Freedom' are two astronauts, NASA's Nick Hague and Roscosmos'

Sep 28, 2024 • 4 mins

NASA announced on September 17th that it had awarded Intuitive Machines with a contract to develop a lunar relay network. This contract is a firm-fixed-price, multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity task order and has a maximum potential value of 4.82 billion United States dollars and will run from October 1st

Sep 19, 2024 • 2 mins

NASA announced on July 17th that it was ending its work on the VIPER lunar rover. VIPER, or Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, was a Lunar Discovery and Exploration Program mission that would search for the location of water ice and other potential resources on the surface of the Moon.

Jul 18, 2024 • 2 mins

On June 25th, 2024 a Falcon Heavy lifted off from the pad carrying 'GOES-U' to GTO. GOES-U will provide advanced imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s weather, oceans, and environment, as well as real-time mapping of total lightning activity and improved monitoring of solar activity and space

Jun 26, 2024 • 4 mins

Both the United States of America and the People's Republic of China are planning to perform crewed missions to the Moon before the year 2030. The two countries have different ideas on how these missions should be performed in terms of launch plans and public-private partnerships. But how

Apr 17, 2024 • 22 mins

On the 12th of April 1981, a new launch vehicle took to the skies for the first time from the United States. This debut flight would be like no other as crew were onboard too, with a plan to land a part of the vehicle on a runway too. The

Apr 6, 2024 • 5 mins

Over the weekend, two vehicles from two different sides of the world arrived at the International Space Station. The first to arrive was a SpaceX Cargo Dragon V2 with the second, following by a few days, being Soyuz MS-25 carrying three astronauts. After spending almost two days catching up to

Mar 25, 2024 • 4 mins

Late on the 21st of March, Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40, in Florida, carrying a Cargo Dragon V2 spacecraft into orbit where it has since begun to chase down the International Space Station. The mission is SpaceX's thirtieth overall commercial resupply mission it is

Mar 21, 2024 • 7 mins