Takeoff! ELaNa 20 Mission on Its Way...

2025-05-20, 08:20 NASA Newsy

Marking the first payload carried by the LauncherOne rocket, Virgin Orbit's 747-00 carrier, Cosmic Girl, took off from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California at 1:38 p.m. ET today. The ...

Hitching a Ride on Landsat 9: ELaNa...

2025-05-20, 08:10 NASA Newsy

Two small research satellites that are launching as part of NASA's 34th Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) mission promise exciting insights for the university researchers that developed ...

Space Weather Focused ELaNa CubeSat...

2025-05-20, 08:00 NASA Newsy

The sole CubeSat of the 33rd Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) mission was deployed into space at 6:50 p.m. EDT June 29 from Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft hours following its ...

NASA X-59s Latest Testing Milestone:...

2025-05-16, 13:20 NASA Newsy

NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft successfully completed a critical series of tests in which the airplane was put through its paces for cruising high above the California desert ? all ...

NASA Selects Student Teams for Drone...

2025-05-16, 08:00 NASA Newsy

NASA has selected two more university student teams to help address real-world aviation challenges, through projects aimed at using drones for hurricane relief and improved protection of air traffic ...

Weather Favorable for Astra Launch of...

2025-05-07, 08:30 NASA Newsy

A high pressure system extending into north Florida has brought sunny skies, light winds, and a few clouds over Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Feb. 10, 2022, as Astra plans the launch of its ...

We Have Liftoff! ELaNa 41 Mission...

2025-05-07, 08:20 NASA Newsy

We have liftoff! Astra's first operational satellite mission launched on the company's Rocket 3.3 at approximately 1:50 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in ...

ELaNa 41 Mission Update

2025-05-07, 08:10 NASA Newsy

Following launch, an in-flight anomaly prevented delivery of the CubeSat payloads on NASA's Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa 41) mission. Astra's Rocket 3.3 carrying four small research ...

Astra To Reschedule ELaNa 41 Launch

2025-05-06, 20:40 NASA Newsy

Astra is working to resolve a minor telemetry issue following a scrub of the launch of its Rocket 3.3 from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida Feb. 7. A new date ...

Automatic Abort Triggered Before...

2025-05-06, 20:20 NASA Newsy

Before the rocket left the launch pad, automatic systems on board Astra's Rocket 3.3 triggered an abort at approximately 1:50 p.m. EST, delaying launch of NASA's Educational Launch of Nanosatellites ...