NASA's Crew-9 mission blasts off!
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
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Articles under this tag examine NASA’s missions, spacecraft, launch programs, science initiatives, and the broader STEM technologies shaping its role in humanity’s exploration of space.
Intuitive Machines to develop U.S. lunar relay network
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
NASA cancels VIPER lunar rover
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
Falcon Heavy launches GOES-U
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,
How the U.S. and China plan to land humans on the Moon before 2030
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
STS-1 - An icon spreads her wings
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
Crew and Cargo arrive at the International Space Station
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
SpaceX launches its 30th cargo resupply mission
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
NASA's newest astronaut class graduates
This week NASA's newest astronauts graduated from their training on the 5th of March. The group of astronauts consists of twelve people, with two from the United Arab Emirates. The twelve
SpaceX launches Crew-8 to the International Space Station
At 03:53 am, Universal Coordinated Time, a Falcon 9 lifted off from Launch Complex 39A with Crew Dragon Endeavor atop of it carrying four astronauts onboard for the Crew-8 mission. The four
SpaceX sends PACE to Space
Early on the morning of the 8th of February, a SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, located in Florida. The rocket was carrying NASA's
Mars helicopter Ingenuity to fly no more
NASA announced late on the 25th of January that its Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, would no longer fly. This comes after Ingenuity made an emergency landing during its seventy-second flight. Ingenuity made its first