Jared Isaacman has been nominated by President-Elect Donald Trump of the United States of America to become the next NASA Administrator after Senator Bill Nelson’s term ends. Isaacman is expected to be sworn in on Jan. 20, 2025, the first day of Trump’s upcoming term.
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX launches 400th orbital flight; Blue Origin, China launch missions
by Martin SmithBlue Origin tested its second human-rated New Shepard capsule this week, which had been delayed…
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ESA’s Hera mission launched to asteroid binary as Falcon 9 returns to flight
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera mission, which is traveling to asteroid Didymos and its…
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Launch Roundup: Vulcan takes second flight; Hera mission set to study asteroid
by Martin SmithThe United Launch Alliance (ULA) has launched its Vulcan Centaur rocket for the second time.…
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China Roundup: Commercial launch providers drive forward reusability with more VTVL tests
by Martin SmithPrivate Chinese launch providers continue to march at pace toward reusability, with two companies performing…
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Launch Roundup: Vega retired after final launch; Polaris Dawn lift off
by Aaron McCreaThis week, rockets will launch from all over the globe. China’s CASC sent a Chang…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX flies more customer payloads and Ariane 6 debuts
by John SharpAs many as four SpaceX Falcon 9 missions and the long-delayed inaugural flight of Ariane…
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Launch Roundup: Starliner delayed further; 21st flight for Falcon 9 booster; New Shepard returns to crewed missions
by Martin SmithSpaceX reached another milestone when booster B1062 became the first in its fleet to fly…
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After a record-setting month featuring 10 launches, SpaceX is gearing up for a busy February.…
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Launch Roundup: Northrop Grumman prepare the first Cygnus to fly on Falcon 9
by Martin SmithRecent challenges with weather concerns and the movement of key flights such as USSF-52 and…
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ChineseCommercialInternational
Launch Roundup: Axiom-3 crew and Tianzhou 7 cargo space station missions this week
A pair of missions to space stations headline the launches for the week of Jan.…
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30 years ago, on the very early morning of Dec. 2, 1993, the Space Shuttle…
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While the spaceflight world waited for the Starship Integrated Flight Test-2 (IFT-2) launch that happened…
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The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, launched in September 2016, is now less than a month away from…
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Following two scrubs, SpaceX launched on the third attempt with a batch of 13 communications…
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One year into science operations, Webb continues to rewrite the textbooks of science
On July 12, 2022, five groups of scientists gathered in different agencies across the world…
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Gravimeter for ESA’s Hera mission is ready to launch to Dimorphos asteroid
A tiny instrument that can measure the gravity levels of an asteroid has completed its…
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CommercialSpaceXUncrewed
SpaceX Transporter-7 launches 51 payloads, booster return to LZ
by Danny LentzSpaceX launched the Transporter-7 rideshare mission from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space…
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The second of two Starlink launches this week, Starlink Group 2-5, launched at 11:12 AM…
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SpaceX’s 49th Falcon 9 flight of 2022 has lifted off from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space…