NASA’s SLS rocket for moonbound Artemis II mission fully stacked at KSC

NASA stacked the Artemis II Orion spacecraft atop the Space Launch System rocket at Kennedy Space Center this week ahead of ...

NASA's Space Launch System rocket for moon-bound Artemis II mission fully stacked at Kennedy Space Center

Despite the ongoing government shutdown, NASA did manage to complete a major milestone in its effort to send astronauts back ...
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NASA stacks Artemis 2 moon mission's Orion capsule atop SLS rocket ahead of 2026 launch

The towering rocket tasked with launching NASA's next moon astronauts on their historic lunar journey has come together.
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NASA | Animation Of ESCAPADE Launched To Mars Atop Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket

A pair of NASA spacecraft know as the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) to be launched to Mars ...
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NASA Installs Orion Capsule on SLS as Artemis II Prep Continues Amidst Government Shutdown

Despite the Trump administration's government shutdown, NASA employees are hard at work. They've just finished installing the ...
CNN

NASA has a wild plan to return astronauts to the moon. Here’s why experts are starting to worry

Calls for the United States to return astronauts to the moon before the end of the decade have been increasingly loud and frequent, emanating from bipartisan lawmakers and science advocates alike. But ...
Florida Today

As the government shutdown continues, which parts of NASA and KSC remain open?

A U.S. government shutdown has furloughed over 15,000 nonessential NASA employees. Essential operations, including support for the International Space Station and Artemis moon missions, will continue.
Ars Technica

Once unthinkable, NASA and Lockheed now consider launching Orion on other rockets

The Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket have been attached at the hip for the better part of two decades. The big rocket lifts, the smaller spacecraft flies, and Congress keeps the money ...
Space.com

NASA lays off 550 employees at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in sweeping 'realignment' of workforce

Approximately 550 employees of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will be laid off, according to an announcement made on the agency's website on Monday (Oct. 13). The news comes in the midst of an ...
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Smashing through uncertain weather, NASA and SpaceX successfully launch Crew-11

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — NASA and SpaceX successfully launched the four-member Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station on Friday morning, after weather forced the scrub of the mission a day ...
Aviation Week

Lockheed Martin Pursues Commercial Orion Flight Services

Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center integrated the Artemis II Orion stage adapter with the rest of the Space Launch System rocket on Sept. 24. The agency is aiming to launch the mission as ...
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Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, as NASA Kicks Sierra Space to the Curb

NASA awarded Sierra Space's parent company part of a $14 billion ISS supply contract in 2016. Nearly 10 years later, everyone on that contract but Sierra Space is doing supply runs to ISS. Last week, ...