We have liftoff! Artemis II successfully launches from Kennedy Space Center
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Artemis II mission lifted off from Kennedy Space Center at about 6:35 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, sending four astronauts on a historic journey around the Moon — the first crewed mission to venture beyond lunar orbit since the Apollo era more than five decades ago. “The world will be watching […]
NASA unveils moon base plans and nuclear propulsion to restore American leadership in space
WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman unveiled a series of agencywide initiatives Tuesday to carry out President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and restore American leadership in space. The announcements at the agency’s “Ignition” event defined an accelerated return to the moon, the construction of a permanent lunar base and the deployment of […]
NASA Sets Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launch
NASA will stream live coverage of the upcoming prelaunch, launch, and docking activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is targeted for no earlier than 6:01 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 11, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The targeted docking time […]
1.9 million names are flying around the Moon on Artemis II, is yours one of them?
For the first time in more than 50 years, a rocket built to carry humans around the Moon is standing on the launch pad. Submitted names will be included on an SD card that will fly inside Orion when the Artemis II mission launches in February 2026. This is a unique way to experience the […]
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS nears closest approach to Earth this Friday
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, the third confirmed object from outside our solar system to visit the inner planets, will reach its closest point to Earth on Friday, December 19, at a safe distance of about 167 million miles (1.8 astronomical units). An astronomical unit, or AU, is the average distance between Earth and the Sun—approximately 93 […]
Antarctic ozone hole continues to shrink, recovery expected by 2066
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on October 30, released its findings that the Antarctic ozone hole that opens up annually over Antarctica is now relatively small in 2024 compared to other years. NOAA and NASA scientists project the ozone layer could fully recover by 2066. During the peak of ozone depletion season from […]
NASA to use SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to return stranded Boeing Starliner crew
HOUSTON—NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced during a press conference on Saturday, August 24, at Johnson Space Center, that stranded astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams who are currently on the International Space Station (ISS) will not be returning on Boeing’s Starliner, citing safety concerns, but on SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft in February of 2025. “NASA’s goal […]
Washington poised to be the next Silicon Valley of the space industry, it just needs workers
KENT, Wash., July 6, 2023—Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) joined NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and several Washington space industry leaders at the Washington Space Summit on Wednesday, July 5, to discuss regional economic opportunities as the United States revamps its space program to return to the moon and beyond. Washington’s space industry has doubled in the […]
NASA Astronaut Jeanette Epps joins first operational Boeing crew mission to space station
NASA Astronaut Jeanette Epps joins first operational Boeing crew mission to space stationBy Sean Potter | NASA Press Release | Republished by Lynnwood Times August 25, 2020 – NASA has assigned astronaut Jeanette Epps to NASA’s Boeing Starliner-1 mission, the first operational crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on a mission to the International Space […]
Boeing to support International Space Station operations through 2024
Contract extension takes NASA-Boeing partnership for orbiting laboratory into third decade By Boeing Press Release HOUSTON, July 15, 2020 — Boeing [NYSE: BA], NASA’s lead industry partner for the International Space Station (ISS) since 1993, will continue supporting the celebrated orbiting laboratory through September of 2024 under a $916 million contract extension awarded today. Boeing […]
