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UPDATE: NASA has delayed the launch of the Northrop Grumman Antares rocket originally scheduled for Thursday because of snow and rain. The launch of cargo to the space station is now scheduled for 4:01 a.m. ET on Saturday.
Read moreNASA and its space station partners face a conundrum of timing after Thursday’s Soyuz rocket accident, which miraculously left the crew of a cosmonaut and an astronaut in shape to walk away and hug loved ones. Their capsule, which smacked into the Kazakhstan desert, was supposed to dock at the station to deliver crew members and serve as the orbiting
Read moreNASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, who is looking for innovative ways to fund the agency’s goals of landing Americans on the moon and Mars, expressed reservations about the idea of generating revenue through space station experiments and merchandising the agency’s logo on T-shirts and other products. The full story about the exchange between Bridenstine and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is online at Aerospace
Read moreRetired U.S. Air Force Gen. Richard Myers generally likes the Trump administration’s proposal to revive U.S. Space Command, which he led from 1998 to 2000, as long as it adds value to space operations. “I think if there were a U.S. Space Command like there used to be it would obviate the need for a Space Force,” Myers told me in a phone interview. Full story by Tom Risen available on Aerospace America.
Read moreThe Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency confirmed on its website Sept. 22 that both Minerva-2 rovers had landed on the asteroid Ryugu and “are in good condition and are transmitting images and data.” Full story by Tom Risen online at Aerospace America.
Read moreNASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said the Trump administration’s goal of landing Americans on the surface of the moon and someday Mars will require companies and international partners, because “we want to do more than even our growing budget can handle.” Full story by Tom Risen online at Aerospace America.
Read moreNASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has sought to assure advocates of a human mission to Mars that NASA is “doing both the moon and Mars in tandem” rather than focusing exclusively on the Trump administration’s more immediate goal of sending astronauts back to the moon.Full story by Tom Risen on Humans to Mars Summit available at Aerospace America
Read moreWhen SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy rocket roared off a pad in Florida in February, it carried Elon Musk’s bright red Tesla Roadster and the possibility of the California company gaining a price advantage in the competition to launch satellites for the Pentagon and National Reconnaissance Office.Full story by Tom Risen at Aerospace America
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