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NASA chooses 9 companies to conduct Mars Exploration Program
04 May 2024 14:43 GMT
… and capabilities, Eric Ianson, NASA Mars Exploration Program director, … Mars surface-imaging services.
SpaceX will adapt Earth-orbit … technological developments will support NASA's next-generation … study later this year.
NASA officials chose the companies …
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While Boeing's passenger planes glitch, NASA is entrusting the company's spaceship with 2 astronauts' lives
04 May 2024 12:05 GMT
… is finally catching up to SpaceX's Crew Dragon, … public Starliner press briefings with NASA. The spokesperson did not … flight. Doug Loverro, a NASA associate administrator overseeing the program … flight test.
NASA/Bill Ingalls
NASA and Boeing have …
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What time is Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut launch for NASA on May 6?
04 May 2024 11:28 GMT
… for space station flights — SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft is … April 26. (Image credit: NASA/Frank Micheaux)Currently, Boeing … and be livestreamed on NASA TV and NASA's YouTube channel …
Currently, Boeing, ULA and NASA have four opportunities to launch …
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NASA astronauts Suni Williams (L) and Butch Wilmore (R) will be the first humans to travel aboard the Boeing Starliner into space
04 May 2024 09:55 GMT
Launch day is finally here: Boeing's Starliner capsule blasts off Monday to the International Space Station on its first crewed mission -- several years after SpaceX first achieved the same milestone.
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Starlink on Mars? NASA Is Paying SpaceX to Look Into the Idea
04 May 2024 03:43 GMT
NASA has given the go-ahead for SpaceX to work out … Eric Ianson, director of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, … coming decades.”
For years, SpaceX executives have been talking about … multiplanetary species. In 2020, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell told Time …
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NASA faces big hurdles before attempting to launch humans into space during future Artemis mission
04 May 2024 01:26 GMT
… Artemis II mission plan. (NASA)
NASA DELAYS ARTEMIS ASTRONAUT LAUNCHES TO … our top priority," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson stated … than anticipated. "While NASA officials consider Artemis I an … by partners such as SpaceX and Axiom and solely …
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NASA hasn’t landed on the Moon in decades—China just sent its third in six years
03 May 2024 23:25 GMT
… effort by the United States, NASA, and about three dozen … of the Artemis program.
Can NASA compete?
After decades of … its exploration efforts elsewhere, NASA finally turned back to the … larger human landers built by SpaceX and Blue Origin. This overall …
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NASA Prepares to Unfurl Large Solar Sail From Spacecraft in Orbit
03 May 2024 21:06 GMT
… set to become reality after NASA's Advanced Composite Solar … entirely on its solar sails.
NASA has yet to announce when … of.
More on NASA: NASA Releases New Render of SpaceX's Starship …
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NASA is expanding its Wallops Island facility to support three times as many launches
03 May 2024 19:40 GMT
… capacity due primarily to SpaceX. That strain is … Credits: TechCrunch (screenshot from NASA)
One driver of the … Credits: TechCrunch (screenshot from NASA)
Environmental assessments are essential: … They ensure NASA and its commercial partners …
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Boeing Starliner spacecraft 'go' for 1st astronaut launch on May 6, NASA says
03 May 2024 19:12 GMT
… of CFT, Boeing will join SpaceX in sending operational, six-month … billion back then, compared to SpaceX's $2.6 billion … are aged 16 or over.
SpaceX has since launched 12 crewed … missions.
The vision from NASA is for SpaceX's Dragon, Starliner …