NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch, launch, and docking activities for the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission to the International Space Station.
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Who’s going to fix the space junk problem?
Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of “Ask a Spaceman” and “Space Radio,” and author of “How to Die in Space.” Sutter contributed this article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. There are over 20,000 known and tracked pieces of space debris orbiting Earth, each one traveling at about 15,000 mph (24,000 km/h). They pose a risk to future space missions, and nobody is bothering to clean it up. Why? Because it’s too hard. In the early 1960s, the U.S.…
Read MoreTiangong: astronauts are working on China’s new space station — here’s what to expect
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Gareth Dorrian, Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Space Science, University of Birmingham Ian Whittaker, Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University Three astronauts on China’s new space station have performed the country’s first spacewalk and are busy configuring the module for future crews. Named Tiangong (“heavenly palace”), the station is the Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA)’s signature project to develop China’s ambitions for having humans in orbit around Earth for a long amount of time. In…
Read MoreStatements on Senate Confirmation of Margaret Vo Schaus as NASA CFO
The following are statements from Margaret Vo Schaus, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy on Friday’s U.S. Senate confirmation of Schaus as NASA’s chief financial officer:
Read MoreIn photos: Boeing’s Starliner Orbital Test Flight 2 mission to the International Space Station
(Image credit: Kim Shiflett/NASA) As part of the Flight Readiness Review for Boeing’s uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2), NASA astronauts for Boeing’s Crew Flight Test (CFT), Commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore, Pilot Nicole Mann, and Joint Ops Commander E. Michael “Mike” Fincke address NASA and Boeing managers in Operations Support Building 2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on July 22, 2021.
Read MoreNASA Statement on GAO Ruling Regarding Human Landing System Protest
The following is the NASA statement in response to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision released Friday on the human landing system protest:
Read MoreNASA Extends Contract for Commercialization of Low-Earth Orbit
NASA has extended a contract to companies around the United States to provide spaceflight hardware, software, and mission integration and operations services on a commercial basis for the agency’s International Space Station Program in support of the commercialization of low-Earth orbit.
Read MoreNASA Awards Stennis Information Technology Services Contract
NASA has selected SaiTech Inc., a woman-owned small business based in Bethesda, Maryland, to provide information technology services at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
Read MoreSpace Station Science Highlights: Week of July 26, 2021
Crew members aboard the International Space Station conducted scientific investigations during the week of July 26 that included studies of advanced materials, improving the food supply in space, and producing alloys without using a container.
Read More“Liquid Water” Below Martian Surface Might Be Clay
Mysterious spots that scientists thought were subsurface lakes beneath the Martian south pole may instead be ancient clay deposits. The post "Liquid Water" Below Martian Surface Might Be Clay appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
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