In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The Orion spacecraft moves into production phase. An emergence of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies is fueling a transition of small space startups to publicly held enterprises. Human Space Exploration Orion spacecraft production progresses for Artemis mission; Program Manager Cathy Koerner quotedCoalition Member in the News –...
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA announced the selection of five companies to mature Artemis lander concepts. Astronaut set to stay aboard the ISS for almost a year. Human Space ExplorationNASA selects five companies for lunar lander studiesCoalition Members in the News – Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Board Member Lisa CallahanSpaceNews.com (9/14): NASA...
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Today, NASA will be announcing the lunar landing site for VIPER. Tomorrow, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee’s Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee will be holding a hearing entitled “NASA’s Future in Low Earth Orbit: Considerations for International Space Station Extension and Transition.” Space ScienceChina Moon rock...
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Administrator Bill Nelson to lead a NASA leadership town hall regarding human space exploration. The VIPER rover will land on the western edge of Nobile Crater near the Moon’s South Pole. Human Space Exploration NASA “town hall” meeting and media briefing with update on human exploration plans, sept 21, 2021, virtual, 12:00 pm et &...
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA divides human spaceflight directorate into two. Aerojet Rocketdyne to develop the Orion Main Engine for future Artemis missions. Human Space Exploration NASA splits human spaceflight directorate into two new branchesSpace.com (9/21): NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Tuesday at a virtual employee town hall that the agency’s...
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Space Launch System umbilical testing complete for Artemis I mission. Ingenuity helicopter getting ready for its 14th flight. Human Space ExplorationNASA completes umbilical test for SLS Artemis 1 missionNASASpaceflight.com (9/22): NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) has achieved another milestone during ground processing at NASA’s Kennedy...
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA urged to avoid gap in low Earth orbit. Northrop Grumman to launch another in-space servicing vehicle. Human Space ExplorationNASA urged to avoid Space Station gapCoalition Members in the News – Axiom Space, NanoracksSpaceNews.com (9/23): NASA leadership has been urged this week to prevent any gap between operations of the...
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Landsat 9 is ‘go’ for launch today. United Launch Alliance and others win Space Force contracts for rocket technology projects. Human Space Exploration NASA’s Artemis astronauts could catch a new ride to the launchpadNextgov (9/24): Between 1984 and the end of the space shuttle era in 2011, NASA astronauts would ride in an...
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… In a new op-ed, Frank Slazer, President and CEO of the Coalition for Deep Space Exploration, expresses support for the U.S. House Science, Space, and Technology Committee’s efforts to provide NASA with funds for upgrades to agency infrastructure. Landsat 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base atop an Atlas V rocket on Monday. ...
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… A government shutdown could delay the launch of NASA’s first-ever mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. Graduate student interest in space exploration is on the rise. Human Space ExplorationStation crew relocates Soyuz spaceship to new Russian moduleSpaceflightnow.com (9/28): NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei joined cosmonauts Oleg...