With the promise of spring warmth finally headed for a cold-weary east coast, the Orion and Ares programs are making steady progress towards the major events of the year.
The ESMD (Exploration Systems Mission Directorate) top priorities remain selection of prime contractors for the Ares 1 second stage and the launcher’s instrument unit. A number of meetings marked the March and early April calendars at several different NASA facilities.
ESA and Airbus, in coordination with NASA, hosted an Artemis II media event at the…
The European Service Module (ESM) is part of the necessary hardware to bring people back…
SLS is nearing its debut flight, with the Artemis I launch window opening this Monday…
Last Sunday (October 6th) the annual ESA-ESTEC open house day was held on the grounds…
NASA and the SLS teams have successfully launched the agency’s super heavy lift rocket which…
NASA has scrubbed the second launch attempt of the Artemis I mission from the Kennedy…
The launch countdown for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Artemis I mission…
NASA is currently forecasting that Artemis 2 will be ready to launch no earlier than…
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) program and prime Core Stage contractor Boeing wrapped up the…
A flurry of initiatives announced early in March to find a way to fly Exploration…
NASA has been tasked with returning humans to the surface of the moon by 2024.…
With a mid-2020 Administration deadline for Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) fast approaching, NASA tasked its Launch…
Just prior to expiration of U.S. federal government funding for NASA on December 21, the…
A recent assessment of the completion date for the first Space Launch System (SLS) Core…
Top NASA human exploration administrators briefed the Human Exploration Operations (HEO) committee of the NASA…
As NASA’s Exploration Systems Development (ESD) prepares for the upcoming review of its plans for…
Impacted by significant disruptions in recent months, a wide range of assembly and production work…
In what is a highly welcomed, if not somewhat surprising decision, NASA has officially announced that…
With NASA’s management officially informing the workforce that evaluations are taking place into installing a…
