NASA

By Mark Carreau
NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams spoke favorably about their greatly extended mission.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
Both entities shrunk optical systems to fit inside 6U cubesats.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
NASA, which leads the 15-nation ISS’s operations, plans to retire the orbital lab in 2030.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
A spacecraft owned and operated by Firefly Aerospace touched down on the Moon early March 2 to begin a two-week science mission for NASA.
Space Exploration

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space says Merck is its first commercial rideshare partner for the inaugural flight of the Dream Chaser spaceplane on a NASA mission later this year.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The MS-30 was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan atop a three-stage Soyuz 2a.1 rocket on Feb. 27.
Space Exploration

By Graham Warwick
Spotted at NASA’s Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, the forward fuselage of the Rockwell XFV-12A looked disconsolate on its trolley.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Flight controllers at Houston-based Intuitive Machines were able to establish communications with their Nova-C lunar lander following its Feb. 26 launch.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
Scott Pace served as executive secretary of Trump’s National Space Council from July 2017 to January 2021.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
The joint launch of SPHEREx and the four PUNCH suitcase-sized satellites is planned for Feb. 28 at 10:09 p.m. EST.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
The mission for Intuitive Machines is the fourth in a series of NASA-backed technology development and flight service contracts.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Scientists at one point gave the asteroid, discovered in late December, a 2.8% collision risk with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
Wyche replaces Jim Free, who retired on Feb. 22, an announcement from Acting Administrator Janet Petro said on Feb. 24.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
The space agency is contracting the two satellites on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Next program.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
NASA declined to say what its response to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management was or will be.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
A Falcon 9 Launch of the $1.6 billion mission from Cape Canaveral is currently planned for no earlier than September of 2027.
Operations & Safety

By Guy Norris
The latest test phase was divided into six main stages—or “decks”—to verify engine and systems performance.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The first of the new-production RS-25s was installed on the Fred Haise Test Stand at Stennis on Feb. 18.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim, Irene Klotz
“It is time to begin preparations for deorbiting the @Space_Station,” Musk wrote on his social media site X on Feb. 20.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
ESA, in its latest update, puts the probably of impact at 0.16%.
Operations & Safety

By Vivienne Machi
The military spaceplane is logging hundreds of days on orbit to collect data for future development.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
IM’s first Nova-C lander, named Odysseus, touched down near the lunar south pole’s Malapert A crater on Feb. 22, 2024.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
The RFI for Space Weather Geostationary Series (SW GEO) Spacecraft was issued on Feb. 18.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
Free most recently served as a senior advisor to the administrator.
Budget, Policy & Regulation