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How NASA Coverage Follows Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Departure
Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL spacecraft prepares to depart the International Space Station on October 9 after delivering over 11,000 pounds of science cargo and orbital hardware.
How NASA Glenn Research Center Invites Power Lab Bids
NASA Glenn Research Center opens Phase 1 proposals to design and build an Aerospace Power Systems Laboratory supporting future Moon Base and Mars missions.
NASA Awards Orbital Safety Analysis Contract to Omitron
NASA awarded Omitron Inc. an indefinite-delivery contract valued at approximately $23.5 million to deliver orbital safety analysis support and conjunction assessment screening across federal spaceflight assets.
NASA Artemis Crew Gathers in Houston After Record Lunar Flyby
NASA's Artemis II astronauts will discuss their record-breaking lunar flyby aboard the Orion spacecraft during a free public presentation at the University of Houston's Fertitta Center.
NASA Prepares Dual Mode Propulsion CubeSat for Flight
NASA engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center completed testing on the ASCENT CubeSat, an innovative shoebox-sized spacecraft demonstrating unified dual mode propulsion from a single propellant tank.
NASA Tests SPLICE Technology for Safe Lunar Landings
NASA is testing autonomous navigation, Doppler lidar, and computing systems under the SPLICE project to enable safe lunar landings in hazardous polar terrain.
Sonic Boom: Breaking the Sound Barrier
Discover what causes a sonic boom and how supersonic speeds create a shockwave that breaks the sound barrier in this detailed exploration.
Perseverance Rover’s Samples Spark Life Hope in Martian Lake!
The confirmation by the Perseverance rover of lake sediments at the Jezero crater's base revitalizes the prospect of uncovering potential traces of past life on Mars, should it have ever existed.
NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Concludes Three-Year Mars Mission
NASA's groundbreaking Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has concluded its mission on the Red Planet, exceeding all expectations by completing numerous additional flights. Despite maintaining communication with ground controllers and remaining upright, recent imagery from its January 18th flight reveals damage to one or more rotor blades upon landing, rendering it incapable of further flight.
NASA’s LRO Detects Indian Moon Lander with Laser Instrument
In a groundbreaking achievement, a laser beam has been successfully transmitted and reflected between a NASA spacecraft in lunar orbit and a compact device, roughly the size of an Oreo, situated on the lunar surface within ISRO's (Indian Space Research Organization) Vikram lander. This marks the inaugural instance of such a laser communication experiment at the Moon, introducing a novel method for accurately pinpointing targets on the lunar terrain. The success of this pioneering endeavor holds promising implications for advancing lunar exploration capabilities.