NASA lost its ability to launch humans from U.S. soil when the space shuttle retired. Now, companies and billionaire entrepreneurs are defining a new space age.
Dynetics also won a contract that NASA hopes will get humans to the lunar surface by 2024.
A satellite that was about to run out of fuel and be retired was successfully resuscitated by another satellite earlier this year in a development that promises to extend the life of spacecraft and cut down on the proliferation of space junk.
The space agency on Friday set the date for when SpaceX will fly its astronauts from the Florida Space Coast again: May 27.
Astronauts have a lot to teach us about how to survive the great covid-19 lockdown of 2020. So do explorers and scientists.
It was the second time in less than a week that Boeingโs work for NASA has been criticized.
In the initial days and weeks after Boeingโs test flight of its new spacecraft went awry, the company and NASA went to great lengths to highlight the positives of the mission. But more than two months after the failed flight, the space agency is being far more blunt about the poor performance of one of its most trusted contractors.
Mondayโs launch went off smoothly, the company said, and its booster fell back through the atmosphere, slowing itself down by refiring its engine. But a camera on board the floating platform, known as an autonomous spaceport droneship, showed that the booster did not touch down.
Once thought impossible, SpaceX is on the verge of its 50th landing of a booster rocket after launch, a milestone that has helped convince the space industry that ditching rocket boosters into the ocean, the practice for decades, is an expensive waste of a perfectly good vehicle.
The White House proposal would increase NASA spending from about $19 billion when Trump came into office to $28.6 billion by fiscal 2023.
Boeing is now reviewing all 1 million lines of code in the capsuleโs computer systems, officials said. How long that review will take is uncertain.
The budget request, which would need to be approved by a reluctant Congress, would top out at more than $25 billion, with almost $3 billion to develop the vehicles necessary to get astronauts to and from the lunar surface as part of NASAโs โArtemisโ program.
The problem could have caused a โcatastrophicโ failure but was fixed in flight. But NASA now will require the company to undergo a full safety review.
The astronaut spent 328 days aboard the International Space Station, which has been occupied continuously for 20 years.
On Wednesday, the House space subcommittee begins consideration of a bill that flatly rejects the Trump administration's space priorities and directs NASA to prioritize travel to Mars over returning to the moon.
Seventeen-year-old Wolf Cukier found a rare planet with two stars only three days into his internship.
After Boeingโs Starliner spacecraft suffered a serious setback during a test last month, the space agency has to decide whether to require the company to repeat the uncrewed test flight or allow the next planned flight to proceed with astronauts aboard.
