NASA is developing the SLS megarockets for crewed moon missions
The massive rockets that will transport NASA astronauts to the moon in a few years are starting to take shape. NASA officials said in a brief status update provided on…
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Amazon’s Alexa will be a virtual astronaut on NASA’s first Artemis moon mission
The Artemis 1 mission, which might launch as early as March, will send an Orion spacecraft around the moon. The cabin will be mostly empty, with the exception of an…
NASA assigns two astronauts to the SpaceX Crew-6 mission, which is set to launch in 2023
The first two seats on SpaceX’s sixth full-fledged NASA crew mission have been filled. According to a NASA statement released Dec. 16, NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg will…
NASA unveils a new X-ray mission to investigate black holes and exploding stars
NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) was launched into orbit on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday morning. NASA’s first mission dedicated to exploring and measuring X-ray…
According to NASA, SpaceX is now the only company capable of providing astronaut taxi services
NASA stated in awarding SpaceX more flights that it is currently the only American corporation capable of sending people to the International Space Station. The Hawthorne, California-based company was awarded…
How and When to view the longest partial lunar eclipse in over 600 years
A partial lunar eclipse will take place on Thursday night and into Friday morning (depending on your location). Due to its extraordinarily long duration, the eclipse, which will cover nearly…
Jeff Bezos is offering NASA $2bn in exchange for Blue Origin moon mission contract
New off his trip to space, Jeff Bezos on Monday offered to cover up to $2bn in Nasa costs if the US space agency awards his organization Blue Origin an…
NASA is building new plans for Ingenuity Helicopter on Mars
NASA is allocating extra time to test the operational capabilities of its groundbreaking Ingenuity helicopter, which finished its first powered flight on Mars under about fourteen days prior. From that…
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter become the first aircraft to take flight on another planet
NASA’S helicopter, Ingenuity, rose from the dusty red surface of Mars early Monday morning to become the first aircraft to take off on another planet. The 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) helicopter hovered…
NASA news: Space organization currently ENLISTING space travelers for Moon assignment
NASA is contracting and is hoping to enroll the following clump of space travelers it will send to the Moon. As NASA equips to dispatch American space travelers from American…