NASA’s Orion Spacecraft at Launch Pad

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Orion spacecraft, which will carry the Artemis II crew around the Moon, sits at the launch pad on Jan. 17, 2026, after rollout. It rests atop the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. Orion can provide living space on missions for four astronauts for up to 21 days without dockingContinue reading “NASA’s Orion Spacecraft at Launch Pad”

NASA to Discuss Early Results of Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Following a fueling test of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket at the launch pad for the Artemis II Moon mission, leaders will discuss initial results during a news conference at 12 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 3. The agency’s SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft arrived at Launch Pad 39BContinue reading “NASA to Discuss Early Results of Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal”

Widely Attended Gatherings (WAGs) Determinations

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY 2026 2026 VABA AAAAM Legislative Reception 2.4.26 Chamber of Commerce Summit 2.2.26 Cheniere Energy at the National Portrait Gallery 1.28.26 Leaders for a Better Louisiana at Adams and Reese 1.28.26 California Manufacturers and Technology Association Reception 1.23.26 Goddard Memorial Dinner 3.13.26 ISS 25th Anniversary 1.19.26 2026 Amentum Artemis II RolloutContinue reading “Widely Attended Gatherings (WAGs) Determinations”

NASA Selects Axiom Space for Fifth Private Mission to Space Station

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA and Axiom Space have signed an order for the fifth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than January 2027 from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. “The award of our fifth private astronaut mission shows that commercial space is not aContinue reading “NASA Selects Axiom Space for Fifth Private Mission to Space Station”

NASA Earth Energy Instrument Completes Testing, Ready for Delivery

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s Libera instrument, which is designed to maintain the global data record of Earth’s radiation budget, has successfully completed comprehensive environmental testing. This critical milestone included thermal vacuum tests that simulate the expected space temperature and environments that Libera will experience during its mission. The Libera instrument will fly onContinue reading “NASA Earth Energy Instrument Completes Testing, Ready for Delivery”

NASA Aims to Advance Hypersonic Flight Testing with New Awards 

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY While NASA is working with U.S. aviation to explore commercial supersonic technologies, the agency is also looking forward to an even faster era of flight – one of vehicles that can fly hypersonic, or five times the speed of sound. And to further that vision, NASA has issued two awardsContinue reading “NASA Aims to Advance Hypersonic Flight Testing with New Awards “

Mapping Perseverance’s Route With AI

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Description This annotated image from NASA’s HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera aboard the agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter image depicts the AI-planned route and the actual route taken by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover during its 807-foot (246-meter) drive on Dec. 10, 2025, the 1,709th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The drive wasContinue reading “Mapping Perseverance’s Route With AI”

Video: Perseverance Rover’s View of Crater Rim Drive

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Description This animation shows Perseverance’s point of view during drive of 807 feet (246 meters) along the rim of Jezero Crater on Dec. 10, 2025, the 1,709th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Captured over two hours and 35 minutes, 53 Navigation Camera (Navcam) image pairs were combined with roverContinue reading “Video: Perseverance Rover’s View of Crater Rim Drive”

NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition Program Releases Archived and Tasked Multispectral Data from Satellogic

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY “The mission of the CSDA Program is to identify, evaluate, and acquire data from commercial sources that support NASA’s Earth science research and application goals,” said CSDA Project Manager Dana Ostrenga. “The addition of this product from Satellogic to the SDX demonstrates the CSDA Program’s ongoing commitment to that mission,Continue reading “NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition Program Releases Archived and Tasked Multispectral Data from Satellogic”

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Completes First AI-Planned Drive on Mars 

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The team for the six-wheeled scientist used a vision-capable AI to create a safe route over the Red Planet’s surface without the input of human route planners.  NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has completed the first drives on another world that were planned by artificial intelligence. Executed on Dec. 8 and 10, and led by the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, the demonstration used generative AI to create waypoints for Perseverance, a complex decision-makingContinue reading “NASA’s Perseverance Rover Completes First AI-Planned Drive on Mars “

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