After politically traumatic events in Washington DC, the inauguration of President elect Joe Biden and his Vice President elect Kamala Harris took place successfully on 20 January. This was two weeks after rioting supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump had...
In what will both please and disappoint the leadership of NASA, US Congress has voted to give NASA US$23.3 billion in funding for the fiscal Year 2021 as part of its “Omnibus spending bill”. The budget deal represents an increase of US$642 million over...
On 11 December 2020 NASA awarded Venture Class Launch Services (VCLS) contracts to three aspiring launch providers. The recipients of these contracts are: Astra Space; Relativity Space; and Firefly Aerospace (through a specialised sales subsidiary, Firefly Black). The...
NASA has formally announced the astronauts that will participate on the lunar missions as part of Project Artemis. The cadre of 18 is split evenly between men and women. Some have space experience and some do not: Joseph Acaba. Born 1967, Anaheim, California....
Following a one-day delay due to weather at 1617 GMT on 6 December a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission lifted-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. This launch was carrying the first of a new-generation SpaceX Dragon Cargo capsules to the ISS. It also marked the beginning of...
While it plans to get its own lunar samples via its Artemis human lunar programme, in the meantime NASA has selected four companies to collect some and transfer ownership of these samples to the agency. The companies selected are: Lunar Outpost of Golden, Colorado;...
