Trump’s Pick to Lead NASA Set for Confirmation Hearing Next Week
Billionaire SpaceX ally is a space industry outsider but is broadly viewed as a solid choice to lead the space agency.
Billionaire SpaceX ally is a space industry outsider but is broadly viewed as a solid choice to lead the space agency.
Intuitive Machines says its ‘Athena’ lunar lander could touch down on the moon as soon as March 6.
Lunar lander ‘Athena’ will conduct NASA space investigations and technology demonstrations on the moon.
New Shepard suborbital rocket simulates two minutes of lunar gravity, allowing the space agency and its partners to test out technologies.
Mission, dubbed ‘Ghost Riders in the Sky’ by Blue Ghost manufacturer Firefly Aerospace, will attempt to land the lunar lander on the moon.
Firefly Aerospace’s lunar lander will deliver a suite of NASA science equipment to the moon’s Mare Crisium basin.
Findings from the Artemis I test mission have forced the space agency to recalculate its plans for future flights.
Within the next decade, the agency believes its commercial partners can develop vehicles to land a lunar rover and habitat on the moon.
Space agency unveils nine potential landing regions for the Artemis III mission to the lunar south pole, a treacherous, unexplored location.
A report from the space agency’s office of the inspector general pins the blame on the aerospace giant’s mismanagement and inexperienced workforce.