NASA Budget Proposal Boosts Human Exploration at Expense of Science
‘Skinny’ funding prioritizes a focus on moon and Mars missions over science and projects characterized as ‘grossly expensive.’
‘Skinny’ funding prioritizes a focus on moon and Mars missions over science and projects characterized as ‘grossly expensive.’
Launch provider says a nozzle extension on the upper engine was lost during stage separation, preventing the rocket from reaching orbit.
Members say the Shift4 CEO has committed to keeping NASA’s lunar ambitions on track despite expressing aims to land humans on Mars.
Prototype orbital reentry capsule transmits data in space but goes dark after returning to the atmosphere.
Company’s New Shepard rocket launches celebrities and four others to the edge of space and back.
Questions remain about the Shift4 CEO and civilian astronaut’s priorities for the space agency.
Company is developing a commercial replacement for the ISS, which is planned to be retired at the end of the decade.
Trio of launch providers is awarded a total of 54 national security spaceflight missions over about five years.
International four-person crew returns after nearly four days flying a 90-degree polar orbit and observing Earth’s poles from orbit for the first time.
Space agency so far has contracted Axiom Space for five private astronaut missions to the International Space Station.