Space News
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Chandra Shows Giant Black Hole Spins Slower Than Its Peers
Astronomers have gauged how fast a supermassive black hole is spinning inside a quasar 3.4 billion light years away. First published at NASA.gov
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NASA Shares Climate, Earth Science Resources at Folklife Festival
Members of the public are invited to explore the many ways space science helps families, communities, and our nation better understand our home planet and become more climate resilient through…
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NASA to Industry: Let’s Develop Flight Tech to Reduce Carbon Emissions
NASA announced Wednesday the agency is seeking partners to develop technologies needed to shape a new generation of lower-emission, single-aisle airliners that passengers could see in airports in the 2030s.…
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CAPSTONE Launches to Test New Orbit for NASA’s Artemis Moon Missions
NASA’s CubeSat designed to test a unique lunar orbit is safely in space and on the first leg of its journey to the Moon. First published at NASA.gov
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NASA to Cover Northrop Grumman Cygnus Departure from Space Station
Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Tuesday, June 28, more than four months after delivering 8,300 pounds of supplies, scientific investigations, commercial…
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NASA Awards Facilities Engineering Design, Inspection Services Contract
NASA has awarded the Facilities Engineering Design and Inspection Services (FEDIS) II contract to Vanguard Pacific LLC of Foley, Alabama, to provide architect and engineering design services at the agency’s…
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NASA Announces Launch Delay for Psyche Asteroid Mission
NASA announced Friday that the Psyche asteroid mission – the agency’s first mission designed to study a metal-rich asteroid – will not make its planned 2022 launch attempt. First published…
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NASA to Discuss Psyche Asteroid Mission
NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Friday to provide an update on the agency’s mission to study the Psyche asteroid. Audio of the briefing will livestream…
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NASA Sets Live Launch Coverage for CAPSTONE Mission to Moon
NASA will air live launch coverage of the agency’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE), the first spacecraft to fly a specific unique lunar orbit ahead…
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NASA Administrator Announces Next NAC Meeting, New Members
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Wednesday the NASA Advisory Council (NAC) will convene its next meeting on August 9-10. Nelson also appointed new members to the NAC, who will provide…