NASA

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

By Irene Klotz, Vivienne Machi
New spins on NASA-developed heat shield technologies paved the way for an era of reusable space vehicles.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
An alternate proposal tests the limits of the agency’s use of commercial services.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander remains on course for a planned soft landing no earlier than March 2 at 3:45 a.m. EST on the Moon.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
The agency announced Feb. 3 the next in a multistep strategy in which it would provide VIPER to a potential U.S. partner.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Habitation and Logistics Outpost is set to undergo installation and testing of valves and hatches, leak checks and integration of external structures.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
NASA repeatedly delayed the astronauts’ return as it studied issues with the capsule’s propulsion system.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
Veteran astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams launched to the ISS aboard a Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on June 5, 2024.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
The robots assist astronauts with scientific research and technology demonstrations.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Propulsion system issues prompted NASA to remove the crew for Starliner’s return to Earth in September 2024.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
The awards were made under the commission’s Space Exploration and Aeronautics Research Fund (SEARF) grant program initiative.
Budget, Policy & Regulation