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James Webb telescope image dazzles on science birthday
The space observatory delivers a fascinating view of starbirth to mark one year of operations. More »
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A space exploration fan, jazz artist Gregory Porter to sing for NASA launch
(Reuters) – Jazz artist Gregory Porter, whose new single “Concorde” is an ode to space exploration, is set to perform on Thursday as part of a ceremony marking the launch of NASA’s next generation rover that will search for signs of habitable conditions on Mar... More »
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NASA chief says Russia ties ‘solid’ as Moscow’s space chief rejects U.S.-led moon program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said Tuesday he still expected support from Russia’s space corporation in its Artemis moon program despite Moscow’s space chief slamming the U.S.-led lunar effort. Bridenstine said in an interview with ... More »
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KBR wins $570 million contract for NASA spaceflight operations
(Reuters) – Houston-based engineering company KBR Inc said on Monday it was awarded a $570.3 million contract by NASA to develop and execute spaceflight operations at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Under the contract, KBR will perform Int... More »
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Musk’s SpaceX, Bezos’ Blue Origin land contracts to build NASA’s astronaut moon lander
((This April 30 story has been corrected to say Starship can carry more than 100 metric tonnes of cargo, not 100 pounds in paragraph 9. The error occurred in a previous version as well.)) By Joey Rouelette (Reuters) – NASA on Thursday selected space firms Spac... More »
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Coronavirus deals blow to NASA’s 2024 return-to-moon plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The coronavirus has dealt a blow to NASA’s plan to return Americans to the moon by 2024, as the space agency chief on Thursday ordered the temporary closure of two rocket production facilities after an employee tested positive for the il... More »
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White House calls for biggest NASA budget in decades to reach the moon, Mars
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Monday asked Congress for $25.2 billion for NASA in 2021, the agency’s biggest budget in decades, calling for steady increases over five years to meet President Donald Trump’s goal of landing astronauts on the moon and... More »
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NASA unveils its first electric airplane – a work in progress
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (Reuters) – NASA, most prominent for its many Florida-launched exploits into space, showcased an early version of its first all-electric experimental aircraft, the X-57 “Maxwell,” on Friday at its lesser-known aeronautics lab in ... More »
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NASA chief announces Alabama facility as moon spacecraft headquarters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Friday said Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama will anchor the U.S. space agency’s program to build a spacecraft to put astronauts back on the moon by 2024, a boon for the state and a disappoint... More »
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NASA picks Alabama site as HQ for human moon lander program: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of NASA is set to announce plans on Friday to name the U.S. space agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama as headquarters for its human lunar lander program, signaling progress in its drive to put astronauts back on the... More »
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NASA boss says ‘no doubt’ SpaceX explosion delays flight program
LE BOURGET, France (Reuters) – The explosion that destroyed a SpaceX astronaut taxi in April “no doubt” delays NASA’s drive to return Americans to the International Space Station from U.S. soil later this year, the U.S. space agency’s chief said on Tuesday. Bu... More »
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Got $50 million for a vacation? NASA to open space station to…
WASHINGTON/SEATTLE (Reuters) – NASA will allow private citizens to stay at the International Space Station (ISS) for month-long getaways at a cost of about $35,000 per night, the U.S. space agency said on Friday. The shift reverses a long-standing prohibition ... More »
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NASA executive quits weeks after appointment to lead 2024 moon…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – A top NASA executive hired in April to guide strategy for returning astronauts to the moon by 2024 has resigned, the space agency said on Thursday, the culmination of internal strife and dwindling congressional support for the ... More »
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NASA chooses technology firm Maxar for lunar platform project
MELBOURNE, Fla. (Reuters) – NASA has picked space technology company Maxar Technologies Inc as the first contractor to help build its Gateway platform in lunar orbit, a crucial outpost for America’s mission to relay astronauts to the moon in 2024, the U.S. age... More »
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NASA commercial crew program for space station faces delays, report…
(This July 11 story in the final paragraph corrects the time period of launches, how far in advance seats are booked on Soyuz spacecraft and the number of launchpads in Kazakhstan.) By Joey Roulette ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Plans to launch the first NASA astr... More »
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Nick Hague dreamed of the stars as a boy, now he’s heading to space
HOUSTON (Reuters) – As a boy growing up in Kansas, Nick Hague looked up at the stars and wanted to explore the unknown. In October, his dream will come true when he blasts off on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station. Before rocketing i... More »
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More than 100 parts for NASA’s Orion capsule to be 3D printed
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – More than 100 parts for U.S. space agency NASA’s deep-space capsule Orion will be made by 3D printers, using technology that experts say will eventually become key to efforts to send humans to Mars. U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin... More »
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NASA delays debut launch of $23 billion moon rocket and capsule
FILE PHOTO: NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) 70-metric-ton configuration is seen launching to space in this undated artist’s rendering released August 2, 2014. REUTERS/NASA/MSFC/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo NASA has delayed the first launch of its heavy-payl... More »
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Eighth time lucky: NASA launches super balloon to collect near space data
NASA’s Super Pressure Balloon stands fully inflated and ready for lift-off from Wanaka Airport, New Zealand before it took flight at 10:50 a.m. local time April 25, 2017 (1850 EDT April 24, 2017.) Bill Rodman/Courtesy NASA/Handout via REUTERS A stadium-sized p... More »
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NASA inks deal with Boeing for extra rides for astronauts
Tourists take pictures of a NASA sign at the Kennedy Space Center visitors complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida April 14, 2010. REUTERS/Carlos Barria NASA will pay Boeing Co up to $373.5 million for rides to fly up to five astronauts to the International Space S... More »
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Trump asks NASA to explore putting crew on rocket`s debut flight
Tourists take pictures of a NASA sign at the Kennedy Space Center visitors complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida April 14, 2010. REUTERS/Carlos Barria The Trump administration has directed NASA to study whether it is feasible to fly astronauts on the debut flight... More »
Researchers find 39 unreported sources of major pollution: NASA
Researchers in the United States and Canada have located 39 unreported sources of major pollution using a new satellite-based method, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration said. The unreported sources of toxic sulfur dioxide emissions are clus... More »
First manned test flight of new deep-space capsule likely delayed: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. The first manned test flight of NASA’s new deep-space Orion capsule faces a likely two-year-year delay until 2023 due to development and budget concerns, officials with the U.S. space agency said on Wednesday. The capsule, along with its m... More »
Key radar fails on $1 billion NASA environmental satellite
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. A key instrument on a $1 billion NASA satellite has failed, reducing scientists’ ability to capture data to measure the moisture in Earth’s soil in order to improve flood forecasting and monitor climate change, officials said on Thursday. ... More »
NASA vehicles maintenance contractors in federal fraud lawsuit
ORLANDO, Fla. Two contractors hired to manage NASA’s vehicle fleet at the Kennedy Space Center defrauded the agency of at least $387,000 for unnecessary tire replacements, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by federal prosecutors in Florida. The complaint ... More »
House panel asks NASA why it isn’t probing SpaceX blast
WASHINGTON A House panel this week asked NASA to explain why it hasn’t launched an independent review of the explosion on June 28 of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, as it did after the earlier explosion of Orbital ATK Inc’s Antares rocket on Oct. 28. Both launches w... More »
Historic flyby of Pluto on track despite probe glitch, NASA says
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. NASA said on Monday it expects the New Horizons spacecraft to be back in service on Tuesday after a computer crash over the weekend threatened its upcoming historic flyby of Pluto. Nearing the end of a 9-1/2-year journey to the solar syste... More »
