CommercialSpaceflight
NASA Selects Participants to Track Artemis II Mission
NASA Selects Participants to Track Artemis II Mission NASA has selected 34 global volunteers to track the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II mission’s journey around the Moon, using their equipment to passively track radio waves transmitted by Orion. The tracking opportunity is part of NASA’s commercial-first vision for its Space Communication and Navigation (SCaN) […]
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NASA Welcomes Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station
NASA Welcomes Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station Axiom Mission 4, the fourth all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, has docked successfully. The crew, consisting of Peggy Whitson, Shubhanshu Shukla, Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, and Tibor Kapu, will remain at the space station for about two weeks. The mission aims to conduct microgravity […]
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NASA to Gather In-Flight Imagery of Commercial Test Capsule Re-Entry
NASA to Gather In-Flight Imagery of Commercial Test Capsule Re-Entry NASA’s Scientifically Calibrated In-Flight Imagery (SCIFLI) team will gather data on The Exploration Company’s Mission Possible capsule as it returns to Earth following its launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The SCIFLI team, stationed in Hawaii and flying aboard an agency Gulfstream III aircraft, […]
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NASA+ to Stream Nomination Hearing for Next Agency Administrator
NASA+ to Stream Nomination Hearing for Next Agency Administrator Jared Isaacman will participate in a nomination hearing to become the next NASA administrator on April 9 at 10 a.m. EDT before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The nomination hearing will be streamed live on NASA+ and also available on the committee’s […]
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NASA Continues Support for Private Astronaut Missions to Space Station
NASA Continues Support for Private Astronaut Missions to Space Station 3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft by a Crew-8 member shortly after undocking from the Harmony module’s space-facing port as the orbital outpost was soaring 272 miles above the […]
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