As NASA builds a blueprint for human exploration throughout the solar system for the benefit of humanity, the agency released Tuesday the outcomes from its first Architecture Concept Review, a robust analysis process designed to align NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration strategy and codify the supporting architecture.
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Astronaut Jessica Watkins
“Operating the International Space Station requires an entire team of people all coming together with one goal in pursuit of that one mission.” — Jessica Watkins, Astronaut, NASA’s Johnson Space Center
Read MoreNASA Sets Coverage for Northrop Grumman Cygnus Departure from Station
Carrying more than 8,200 pounds of supplies, scientific investigations, commercial products, hardware, and other cargo to the orbiting laboratory for NASA, Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station Friday, April 21.
Read MoreSpaceX targeting April 20 for next Starship launch attempt
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas — SpaceX is targeting Thursday (April 20) for the second attempt to launch its giant Starship vehicle to space. The 62-minute launch window opens Thursday at 9:28 a.m. EDT (1328 GMT), SpaceX wrote in an updated description (opens in new tab) of the highly anticipated test mission. The flight will be the first ever for a fully stacked Starship, the giant vehicle that SpaceX is developing to take people and cargo to the moon, Mars and beyond. The launch will occur from Starbase, SpaceX’s facility here…
Read MoreThe Himalayas and Mount Everest in Nepal
Clouds gather over Nepal near Mount Everest (center) in this April 13, 2023, photograph from the International Space Station.
Read MoreGiant exoplanet found, imaged directly thanks to star-mapping data (photos)
The newfound exoplanet HIP 99770 b (circled), is seen circling its host star in these images by Japan’s Subaru Telescope. Data from Europe’s star-mapping Gaia spacecraft revealed the likely presence of a big exoplanet in this system. (Image credit: T. Currie (Subaru/UTSA)) Astronomers have directly detected and imaged a gas giant orbiting another star by combining different techniques for hunting exoplanets. Researchers first looked at a catalog of star-mapping data combined from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia and older Hipparcos missions to identify stars that, based on their apparent…
Read MoreDead NASA satellite will crash to Earth this week
A dead NASA spacecraft will come crashing back to Earth in the next few days, experts say. NASA’s RHESSI satellite, which studied the sun from 2002 until its decommissioning in 2018, is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere around 9:30 p.m. EDT on Wednesday (April 19; 0130 GMT on April 20), plus or minus 16 hours, according to the latest estimates by the U.S. military. RHESSI (short for “Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager”) isn’t a huge satellite. It weighs just 600 pounds (270 kilograms), and the majority of that…
Read MoreNASA Awards Agencywide Digital, Information Technology Contract
NASA has selected Rothe Ares Joint Venture of San Antonio to manage digital communication services, as well as information technology services, for all agency centers and headquarters.
Read MoreNASA Sets Coverage of Spacewalk, News Conference for Station Upgrades
Two crew members, including a NASA astronaut, living aboard the International Space Station will conduct a spacewalk Friday, April 28, to continue installation of hardware to support future power system upgrades.
Read MoreBald Eagle Lands at Kennedy Space Center
An American bald eagle swoops down to land on a pole at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on April 10, 2023.
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