NASA Grants to Engage Students in...

2024-03-08, 13:51 NASA Newsy

NASA has issued new grants to five universities to help develop education plans for the community overflight phase of the agency's Quesst mission, which aims to demonstrate the possibility of ...

New Look at NASA, Boeing Sustainable...

2024-03-07, 16:55 NASA Newsy

As NASA and Boeing enter the early stages of producing the X-66, the first X-plane specifically focused on helping the United States achieve net-zero aviation emissions by 2050, the team is already ...

Crew Access Arm Retracted

2024-03-04, 08:57 NASA Newsy

The crew access arm has retracted, and momentarily the Dragon spacecraft?s launch escape system will be armed. This will allow the Crew-8 crew members to escape safely in the unlikely event of an ...

Propellant and Liquid Oxygen Loading...

2024-03-04, 08:42 NASA Newsy

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fueling has begun. Rocket grade kerosene (RP-1) loading and first stage liquid oxygen loading is underway. A few minutes from now, fueling will begin for the second ...

NASA?s SpaceX Crew-8 Remains on...

2024-03-04, 08:27 NASA Newsy

 Fuel loading is complete on the Falcon 9 rocket?s second stage. Everything remains on target for the 10:53 p.m. EST scheduled launch of NASA?s SpaceX Crew-8 mission from the agency?s Kennedy Space ...

Falcon 9 First Stage Lands Successfully

2024-03-04, 08:12 NASA Newsy

Back on Earth, the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket has completed its descent and landed at SpaceX?s Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Dragon Endeavour Reaches Orbit, News...

2024-03-04, 07:42 NASA Newsy

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and mission specialist Jeanette Epps along with Roscosmos cosmonaut mission specialist ...

Liftoff! NASA?s SpaceX Crew-8 Begins...

2024-03-04, 07:27 NASA Newsy

SpaceX?s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, lit up Florida?s night sky, as NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and mission specialist Jeanette ...

First Stage Main Engine Cutoff;...

2024-03-04, 07:11 NASA Newsy

The Falcon 9 rocket has reached first stage main engine cutoff (MECO), and the first and second stages have separated. Next, the Falcon 9?s second stage engine will start.

Separation Confirmed! Dragon Now...

2024-03-04, 06:56 NASA Newsy

The Dragon spacecraft has separated from the Falcon 9?s second stage and is flying on its own. The spacecraft is traveling at approximately 17,500 miles per hour (28,200 kilometers per hour). In less ...