NASA Picks SpaceX to Land Next Americans on Moon 16 April 2021 | 6:04 pm NASA is getting ready to send astronauts to explore more of the Moon as part of the Artemis program, and the agency has selected SpaceX to continue development of the first commercial human lander that will safely carry the next...

Sierra Nevada Memo Announcing New Company "Sierra Space" 14 April 2021 | 9:21 am President John F. Kennedy once said that change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. Today we have some exciting news about our future!...

NASA, Blue Origin Partner to Bring Lunar Gravity Conditions Closer to Earth 9 March 2021 | 10:56 pm At one-sixth that of Earth, the unique gravity of the lunar surface is one of the many variable conditions that technologies bound for the Moon will need to perform well in....

NASA and Boeing Evaluating Launch Date for Orbital Flight Test-2 4 March 2021 | 10:48 pm NASA and Boeing are evaluating a new target launch date for the CST-100 Starliner's Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the International Space Station after winter storms in Houston, and the recent replacement of avionics boxes, set the program back about...

Preparing A Cargo Flight to the Space Station In The Fog 28 February 2021 | 9:09 pm A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft is seen as it is rolled out of the Horizontal Integration Facility on its way to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad-0A, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility...

Cargo Placed Inside Northrop Grumman's Cygnus Spacecraft 16 February 2021 | 8:50 pm Cargo is placed in the Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft for delivery to the International Space Station....

Cygnus Spacecraft Mated With Antares Rocket 15 February 2021 | 6:47 pm Northrop Grumman employees prepare to mate the company's Cygnus spacecraft with its Antares rocket in the Horizontal Integration Facility at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021....

Weighing And Checking The Balance Of Boeing's Starliner 15 February 2021 | 6:46 pm Boeing's Starliner crew module is weighed in the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 14, 2021, in preparation for the company's second Orbital Flight Test (OFT-2), as part of NASA's Commercial Crew...

Checking Out Boeing's Ride 31 January 2021 | 7:36 pm NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore, left, and Sunita "Suni" Williams visit the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 17, 2020....

NASA and Boeing Target New Launch Date for Next Starliner Flight Test 27 January 2021 | 10:12 pm NASA and Boeing are targeting no earlier than Thursday, March 25, for the launch of Starliner's second uncrewed flight test as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program....

Virgin Orbit LauncherOne Reaches Space 18 January 2021 | 6:37 pm Virgin Orbit, the California-based satellite launch company, confirmed that its LauncherOne rocket reached space during the company's second launch demonstration today, successfully deploying 10 payloads for NASA's Launch Services Program (LSP)....

Boeing Completes Software Qualification for Second Starliner Test Flight 18 January 2021 | 6:35 pm Boeing recently completed its formal requalification of the CST-100 Starliner's flight software in preparation for its next flight....

Blue Origin Conducts A Successful Demonstration of Crew Capsule Upgrades 14 January 2021 | 11:46 pm Blue Origin successfully completed its 14th mission to space and back today for the New Shepard program....

Cargo Dragon Undocks from Station and Heads for Splashdown 12 January 2021 | 9:44 pm With NASA astronaut Victor Glover monitoring aboard the International Space Station, an upgraded SpaceX cargo Dragon spacecraft undocked from the International Docking Adapter on the station's space-facing port of the Harmony module at 9:05 a.m. EST....

NanoRacks Bishop Airlock Installed On Orbit 28 December 2020 | 9:27 pm The NanoRacks Bishop airlock is pictured after its was installed to the port side of the Tranquility module and still attached to the Canadarm2 robotic arm....