NASA’s plans to land both robots and humans on the moon have taken several steps forward. A solicitation for scaled-up robotic landers has been released by the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, and plans for human moon landers have changed to make room for more innovation by private partners. NASA will be supporting the development of these vehicles with new partnerships, aiming to mature technologies for both Moon and Mars missions.
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With NASA’s management officially informing the workforce that evaluations are taking place into installing a…
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As part of its transition to the powerful Block 1B variant of the Space Launch…
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NASA managers have placed a “stop work order” in relation to the human-rating of the…
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NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project conducted its second test on Monday – a major…
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NASA’s Human Architecture Team (HAT) has opted to remove supersonic parachutes as an option for landing…
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This past week, NASA announced the approval of construction of the Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations,…
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Experts and lawmakers reviewed an alternative plan for Orion’s first crewed mission into deep space…
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NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) will launch at least once per year, as a “necessary”…
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A return to the surface of the Moon would require two Space Launch System (SLS)…
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NASA’s Commercial Crew Program – one of the Agency’s key near-term priorities – is once…
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The Space Launch System (SLS) is expected to pass its Preliminary Design Review (PDR) when…
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Just months after changing Exploration Mission -2 (EM-2) into an asteroid rendezvous mission, NASA managers…
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NASA administrator Charlie Bolden has officially announced an ambitious mission to send a crew to…
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Engineers at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi are preparing for a series of tests…
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The powerpack assembly for the Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR) J-2X engine has completed its…
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The Mars Program Planning Group (MPPG) have added meat to the bones of a proposal…
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NASA and Roscosmos have selected two of their best astronauts to spend a one year…
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SLS managers have asked the aerospace industry for information about the potential use of existing…
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One of the most famous rocket engines in history – the Apollo/Saturn’s F-1 – could…