May 25 How SpaceX’s Dragon is a sleek, new take on a retro-style capsule By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The Dragon’s clean lines and minimalist interior, with touchscreens instead of a mess of switches and knobs, make even the space shuttles seem yesteryear. Continue reading
May 23 Trump to attend Wednesday’s NASA astronaut launch in Florida By Darlene Superville, Associated Press President Donald Trump plans to be on the Florida coast Wednesday to watch American astronauts blast into orbit from the Kennedy Space Center for the first time in nearly a decade. Continue reading
May 21 WATCH: NASA holds presser on upcoming SpaceX flight test By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press For the first time in nearly a decade, U.S. astronauts are about to blast into orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil. And for the first time in the history of human spaceflight, a private company is running the… Continue reading
May 20 WATCH: NASA holds news conference on SpaceX launch By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press It will be the first time a private company, rather than a national government, sends astronauts into orbit. Continue reading
May 19 WATCH: Pence previews next week’s U.S. return to space By Associated Press Vice President Mike Pence hosted a preview of the U.S. program that will launch next week to return astronauts to space. Continue reading
May 17 U.S. military’s mystery space plane rockets back toward orbit By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press It’s the sixth flight of an X-37B, a solar-powered plane that's flown by remote control without a crew. Officials aren't saying how long the spacecraft will remain in orbit this time or the purpose of the mission. Continue reading
May 09 NASA monitors Mars mission ‘remotely’ during the pandemic By PBS NewsHour NASA researchers and scientists are familiar with working “remotely” from millions of miles away, literally, and the global pandemic has now forced most to adapt to working from home. But how are NASA employees who are monitoring the Mars Rover… Continue reading
May 01 NASA urges spectators for astronaut launch to please stay home By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press It will be the first launch of astronauts from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in nine years, and the first anywhere by a private company. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine says it saddens him to keep people away, but the priority is… Continue reading
Apr 30 NASA goes private for 1st astronaut lunar landers in decades By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Thursday the three companies that will develop and build lunar landers, with the goal of returning astronauts to the moon by 2024, and ultimately on to Mars. Continue reading
Apr 30 Alabama student names NASA’s first Mars helicopter By Associated Press Ingenuity, the name submitted by Vaneeza Rupani, was selected for the 4 pound (1.8 kilograms) solar-powered helicopter, NASA said in a statement on Wednesday. Continue reading