NASA, SpaceX Reset Crew-7 Launch to...
The target launch date for NASA?s SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station now is 3:49 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 25. Additional time was required for teams to complete pad readiness after ...
Solar Arrays Successfully Installed...
NASA?s Psyche spacecraft has completed another milestone. Solar arrays are now ready to power the spacecraft on a 2.5-billion-mile (4-billion-kilometer) journey to a metal-rich asteroid to help us ...
Orion Heat Shield Installed for...
On June 25, 2023, teams completed installation of the heat shield for the Artemis II Orion spacecraft inside the high bay of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA?s Kennedy ...
Artemis II Crew Visits Naval Base San...
The Artemis II crew ? NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen ? visited Naval Base San Diego on July 19 ahead of the ...
Mission Specialist Assigned to Crew-7...
The final crew member for NASA?s SpaceX Crew-7 mission, currently targeted to launch to the International Space Station in mid-August, has been announced.Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov will ...
TROPICS Launch Date Set
NASA and Rocket Lab are targeting no earlier than 1:30 a.m. EDT (5:30 p.m. NZST) Monday, May 22, for the launch of the agency?s TROPICS (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and ...
TROPICS CubeSats Expected to Have...
NASA?s TROPICS CubeSats are expected to have deployed from the Rocket Lab?s Electron kick stage. The two CubeSats will reach low-Earth orbit to begin their mission.Each of the CubeSats was designed ...
Deployment Confirmed
Rocket Lab confirms Electron has successfully deployed the two TROPICS satellites to orbit.
Working Toward Signal Acquisition
Two TROPICS CubeSats successfully deployed from a Rocket Lab Electron rocket after launch.The team is working toward signal acquisition from the pair of TROPICS CubeSats. NASA will continue to assess ...
Signal Acquired!
Team members successfully sent commands to the first CubeSat at 1:48 a.m. EDT, May 8. Subsequently, they established communications with the second CubeSat at 6:31 a.m. EDT. Read the NASA release ...
