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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As NASA moves closer to launch of the Artemis II test flight, the agency soon will roll its SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft to the launch pad for the first time at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin final integration, testing, and launch rehearsals.Continue reading “Final Steps Underway for NASA’s First Crewed Artemis Moon Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Heated, cooled, shaken, and settled – NASA’s StarBurst instrument is several steps closer to being ready for launch. The small satellite is now awaiting instrument calibration following a successful integration in Canada and rigorous testing by engineers at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. StarBurst is designedContinue reading “Shaken, Not Stirred: NASA’s StarBurst Aces Extreme Temperature Tests”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY In sending a car-sized rotorcraft to explore Saturn’s moon Titan, NASA’s Dragonfly mission will undertake an unprecedented voyage of scientific discovery. And the work to ensure that this first-of-its-kind project can fulfill its ambitious exploration vision is underway in some of the nation’s most advanced space simulation and testing laboratories.Continue reading “Flight Engineers Give NASA’s Dragonfly Lift”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As booster manager for NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System), Dave Reynolds’ path to NASA is embodied by his childhood poster of the space shuttle’s Return to Flight initiative, which hangs in his office, serving as a constant reminder that his journey to the agency began decades ago. Growing up inContinue reading “I Am Artemis: Dave Reynolds”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A new NASA spacecraft called Pandora is awaiting launch ahead of its journey to study the atmospheres of exoplanets, or worlds beyond our solar system, and their stars. Along for the ride are two shoebox-sized satellites called BlackCAT (Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope) and SPARCS (Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat), asContinue reading “NASA’s Pandora Satellite, CubeSats to Explore Exoplanets, Beyond”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Low clouds blanketed the delta while parallel cloud bands rolled over the Bay of Bengal during a January cold wave.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA will host a live news conference at 5 p.m. EST on Thursday from the agency’s headquarters in Washington to discuss the International Space Station and its crew. On Jan. 7, the agency announced it was postponing a planned spacewalk originally scheduled for Jan. 8 while teams monitored a medicalContinue reading “NASA to Provide Media with International Space Station Update Today”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Artemis II crewmembers (left to right) NASA astronauts Christina Koch, mission specialist; and Victor Glover, pilot; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist; and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, commander are led by Bill Owens of the Closeout Crew from the elevator at the 275-foot level of the mobileContinue reading “Best of 2025: Artemis II Countdown Demonstration Test”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Development continues on NASA’s Power and Propulsion Element, a solar electric propulsion spacecraft designed to provide power for Gateway in lunar orbit. Able to generate 60 kilowatts of thrust, the element was successfully powered on earlier last year. The milestone demonstrates the element can provide the spacecraft with power, high-rateContinue reading “NASA Starts Up Gateway’s Power System for First Time”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY After a four-decade run, the massive, waterlogged berg is leaking meltwater and on the verge of disintegrating.