16 May 2016
NASA Invests in the Future of Technological Development
...of development, most requiring 10 or more years of concept maturation and technology development before use on a NASA mission. NIAC is funded by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, which innovates, develops, tests, and flies hardware for use...
30 June 2016
Orbital ATK and NASA Successfully Complete Second Qualification Test
...[…] I get visions, I feel that next fall is only a week away –at least that’s what it mentally feels like to me.” NASA’s Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations Directorate Bill Gerstenmaier had quite emotionally commented on the...
18 July 2016
NASA unveils new Mars 2020 rover
... and divert to safe ground nearby," said Allen Chen, Mars 2020 entry, descent and landing lead at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. "With this capability, we can now consider landing areas with unsafe...
23 August 2016
NASA Makes Contact with STEREO-B Spacecraft
...sun flares and their associated coronal mass ejections. Credit: NASA STEREO-A and STEREO-B spacecraft (Solar and Terrestrial Relations ...loss of contact with the spacecraft was unexpected. NASA resumed efforts to contact STEREO-B after it had...
12 October 2016
NASA to move ahead with plans for private ISS modules
...are known at this time. According to Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for human exploration and operations, the agency...and United Launch Alliance), with the latter having received NASA's NextSTEP award this year. Ixion plans to study ...
22 February 2017
NASA announces the discovery of first-ever exoplanet system with seven Earth-size planets
...located in the TRAPPIST-1 system. Exciting news from NASA today, as the agency announces the discovery of...the 14 years of Spitzer operations," said Sean Carey, manager of NASA's Spitzer Science Center at Caltech/IPAC in Pasadena, California. "Spitzer ...
