ICEYE Commercial Satellites Join The EU Copernicus Program 12 October 2021 | 11:17 am ESA signed a contract that brings the ICEYE constellation of small satellites into the fleet of missions contributing to Europe's Copernicus environmental monitoring programme....

Spotlight On Climate And Tthe New Space Economy At Φ-week 2021 11 October 2021 | 10:14 am ESA's Φ-week is now in its fourth edition, and each year this forward-looking event is increasingly relevant to society, business and the economy....

Using the Moon to Address Earth's Digital Inequality 6 October 2021 | 10:44 pm Most Americans take access to reliable, fast wireless internet (Wi-Fi) for granted. Yet, in underserved communities, reliable internet access can be as elusive as it is on the Moon. NASA is working to solve both challenges....

NASA Seeks Commercial Spacesuit Services Proposals 6 October 2021 | 10:30 pm NASA published a request for proposal (RFP) Sept. 29 for companies to compete for the agency's future purchase of spacesuits and support services for spacewalks on the International Space Station, during Artemis lunar surface missions, and as needed on Gateway...

Small Spacecraft Hitching A Ride With LandSat 9 3 October 2021 | 11:05 pm When the Landsat 9 satellite launched to space earlier this week on Sept. 27, it wasn't the only spacecraft on the flight....

SpaceX CRS-23 Successfully Completes Mission 1 October 2021 | 2:50 pm On September 30, SpaceX completed its 23rd Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) when its Dragon spacecraft safely splashed into the water off the coast of Florida....

NASA-Born Software Helps Weather Forecasting Around the Globe 30 September 2021 | 9:15 pm The 2020 hurricane season was one of the most active on record, and 2021's is shaping up to be as well, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)....

International Collaboration Advances NASA's Interests in Space Navigation 29 September 2021 | 11:36 pm Many spacecraft near Earth rely on signals from navigation satellite constellations like GPS....

United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Landsat 9 Earth Science Mission for NASA 27 September 2021 | 7:40 pm A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Landsat 9 mission for NASA lifted off on Sept. 27 at 11:12 a.m. PDT from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base....

Northrop Grumman's Landsat 9 To Provide USGS With Valuable Data About Earth's Natural Resources 27 September 2021 | 7:34 pm Designed and manufactured by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), Landsat 9, the latest satellite in the Landsat series was successfully launched today aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 401 rocket....

ULA Assembles Atlas V Launch Vehicle For Lucy Asteroid Mission 25 September 2021 | 6:38 pm Inside the Vertical Integration Facility near Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Centaur stage for NASA's Lucy mission is lowered onto the Atlas V first stage on Sept. 16,...

Carbon Dioxide Reactor Makes Martian Fuel 23 September 2021 | 11:26 pm Engineers at the University of Cincinnati are developing new ways to convert greenhouse gases to fuel to address climate change and get astronauts home from Mars....

Life Support Cooked Up From Lunar Rocks 23 September 2021 | 11:25 am Engineers have successfully shown how water and oxygen can be extracted by cooking up lunar soil, in order to support future Moon bases....

An Experimental Loop For Simulating Nuclear Reactors In Space 23 September 2021 | 12:30 am Nuclear thermal propulsion, which uses heat from nuclear reactions as fuel, could be used one day in human spaceflight, possibly even for missions to Mars. Its development, however, poses a challenge....

Keeping Warmer in the Great Outdoors Using NASA-Developed Technology 23 September 2021 | 12:27 am Not everyone would celebrate the new year camping out in the Rocky Mountains during some of the longest, coldest nights of the winter....