by Matt Wilson | Jun 3, 2021 | exploration, NASA, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
NASA selected two new missions to form part of its Discovery programme on 2 June. These missions lie on the smaller end of the scale where NASA is concerned but, will still now each be funded to the tune of US$500 million. The winning candidates have been in...
by Matt Wilson | May 21, 2021 | exploration, Launches, NASA, Seradata News
On 19 May Firefly Aerospace contracted SpaceX to launch its Blue Ghost lunar lander mission, planned for 2023. SpaceX will utilise its Falcon 9 launch vehicle for the mission. Firefly is developing the Blue Ghost lander as part of the NASA CLPS (Commercial Lunar...
by Derek Goddard | May 4, 2021 | International Space Station, NASA, Seradata News, SpaceX
After a record-breaking 167 days docked on the International Space Station (ISS), the reusable Crew Dragon Resilience undocked from the Harmony Zenith docking port at 0035 GMT on 2 May. Commander Mike Hopkins, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialists Soichi Noguchi...
by David Todd | May 4, 2021 | NASA, Seradata News, Space politics
Former Democrat Senator Bill Nelson was sworn in as NASA’s Administrator on 3 May after being unanimously confirmed by the US Senate – a much smoother path through Congress than his predecessor Jim Bridenstine’s experience. Bridenstine, another former Administrator...
by Matt Wilson | Apr 23, 2021 | Commercial human spaceflight, International Space Station, Launches, NASA, Seradata News, SpaceX
On 23 April SpaceX successfully launched the “Crew 2” mission on a Falcon 9 vehicle into low Earth orbit from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA. Lift-off occurred at 0949 GMT. On board the Crew Dragon Endeavour were four crew: NASA Astronaut Shane...
by David Todd | Apr 22, 2021 | International Space Station, NASA, Russia, Seradata News
Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian space agency/conglomerate Roscosmos, has formally confirmed that Russia will be leaving the International Space Station (ISS) in 2025. Russia is known to be working on its own space station in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and will be...
