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NASA Picks Firefly Aerospace for Robotic Delivery to Far Side of Moon

By |2023-03-14T14:27:00-04:00March 14th, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

To carry multiple payloads to the far side of the Moon including a satellite to orbit that area, NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace of Cedar Park, Texas. The commercial lander will deliver two agency payloads, as well as communication and data relay satellite for lunar orbit, which is an ESA (European Space Agency) collaboration with [...]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Splash Down Near Florida Coast, Safe on Earth

By |2023-03-11T22:07:00-05:00March 11th, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

After splashing down safely in their Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Tampa, Florida, on Saturday, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 completed the agency’s fifth commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station. The international crew of four spent 157 days in orbit.

NASA’s State Fact Sheets Highlight Economic Impact in All 50 States, DC

By |2023-03-10T11:13:00-05:00March 10th, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

As a follow-up to its biennial report demonstrating the economic impact of NASA nationwide, the agency released new state-specific information on Monday. Each of the 51 fact sheets, which are the first drafted by the agency, showcase how investments in NASA benefit humanity.

La NASA y CSA asignarán astronautas para Artemis II

By |2023-03-10T09:05:00-05:00March 10th, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

La NASA y la Agencia Espacial Canadiense (CSA, por sus siglas en inglés) anunciarán los cuatro astronautas que se aventurarán a los alrededores de la Luna. El anuncio se dará durante un acto que se celebrará a las 11 a.m. EDT (10 a.m. CDT) del lunes 3 de abril en el Campo Ellington del Centro [...]

NASA, Canadian Space Agency to Assign Artemis II Moon Astronauts

By |2023-03-10T08:11:00-05:00March 10th, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) will announce during an event at 11 a.m. EDT (10 a.m. CDT) on Monday, April 3, from NASA Johnson Space Center’s Ellington Field in Houston, the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon. Traveling aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft during Artemis II, the mission is the first crewed flight [...]

Coverage Set as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Prepares to Splashdown

By |2023-03-09T09:01:00-05:00March 9th, 2023|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA will provide coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission return to Earth from the International Space Station, beginning with undocking coverage live at 12 a.m. EST on Saturday, March 11. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to undock from the space station at 2:05 a.m., to begin the journey home. [...]

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