NASA Astronauts Work Aboard The Commercial SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft 18 November 2020 | 8:28 pm NASA astronauts (from left) Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker work inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft as they get ready for their approach and rendezvous with the International Space Station....

SpaceX Crew Dragon Rolls Out To The Launch Pad 11 November 2020 | 12:32 am A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen as it is rolled out of the horizontal integration facility at Launch Complex 39A....

Crew Dragon And Falcon 9 In The Hangar 10 November 2020 | 1:02 am @SpaceX Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 in the hangar at Launch Complex 39A ahead of launching four astronauts to the @Space_Station; liftoff targeted for Saturday, November 14 at 7:49 p.m. EST...

NASA to Commercialize Near-Earth Communications Services 27 October 2020 | 1:18 am NASA plans to rely primarily on industry-provided communications services for missions close to Earth by 2030....

NanoRacks Bishop Airlock Prepared For Launch 15 October 2020 | 11:47 pm Nanoracks technicians work on the NanoRacks Bishop Airlock inside the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 7, 2020....

Astrobotic CubeRover Prepared For Regolith Testing 15 October 2020 | 11:45 pm Jim Mantovani, left, and A.J. Nick, with Kennedy Space Center's Exploration and Research and Technology programs, unbox a CubeRover at the Florida spaceport on Oct. 9, 2020....

NASA Enlists Commercial Partners to Fly Payloads to Moon 9 September 2020 | 12:53 am NASA has issued another request to its 14 Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) partners to bid on flying a suite of payloads to the Moon. The request asks partners to fly 10 NASA science investigations and technology demonstrations to a...

Virgin Galactic Reveals SpaceshipTwo Cabin Interior 29 July 2020 | 12:21 am Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., a vertically integrated aerospace and space travel company, today revealed the cabin interior of its first SpaceshipTwo vehicle, VSS Unity in a virtual event streamed live on YouTube....

NASA Announces 2020 Invention and Software of the Year Awards 17 July 2020 | 12:19 am Establishing a sustainable presence on the Moon, preparing for crewed missions to Mars, exploring the cosmos, and innovating how society travels by air requires new technologies and software. Each year, through its Inventions and Contributions Board, NASA recognizes the efforts...

SpaceX Falcon 9 And Crew Dragon a Poised For Launch 22 May 2020 | 2:04 am A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon atop, stands poised for launch at historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 21, 2020, ahead of NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission....

Preparing A Dragon For Flight 7 May 2020 | 1:57 am The Crew Dragon spacecraft that will be used for the Crew-1 mission for NASA's Commercial Crew Program undergoes processing inside the clean room at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California....

Bartolomeo Connected To Columbus 7 April 2020 | 11:01 pm The first European external commercial facility on the International Space Station arrived at its new home last week: the Columbus laboratory module....

Full Launch Simulation For SpaceX Dragon 31 March 2020 | 11:41 pm On March 19 and March 20, SpaceX teams in Firing Room 4 at Kennedy Space Center and SpaceX Mission Control along with NASA flight controllers in Houston, executed a full simulation of launch and docking of the Crew Dragon spacecraft....

New Spinoff Publication Shares How NASA Innovations Benefit Life on Earth 18 March 2020 | 11:09 pm As NASA pushes the frontiers of science and human exploration, the agency also advances technology to modernize life on Earth, including drones, self-driving cars and other innovations....

SpaceX Crew Dragon Being Prepared For Launch 17 March 2020 | 1:02 am The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for its first crew launch from American soil arrived at the launch site on Feb. 13, 2020....