In Today’s Deep Space Extra… United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket chosen to launch majority of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite constellations. Finding skilled workers remains a challenge for the aerospace industry.
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA is targeting Monday to complete the Artemis I Wet Dress Rehearsal at the Kennedy Space Center after an interrupted countdown simulation on Sunday. Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin continues to warn the agency could end its International Space Station partnership.
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Artemis I Wet Dress Rehearsal set to begin today. NASA remains hopeful it can reach a seat barter agreement with Roscosmos to transport astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station.
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Northrop Grumman assessing options for future HLS development and Cygnus flights. The return to Earth of a NASA astronaut and two cosmonauts aboard a Russian spacecraft ends on cooperative note despite global tensions. The Hubble Space Telescope spots the most distant star yet.
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Astronaut Mark Vande Hei returns to Earth with Russian colleagues after a U.S. record-setting 355 days in space. NASA looks to Friday to initiate the Artemis I Wet Dress Rehearsal. The New Horizons mission suggests Pluto is volcanic.
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The Biden Administration’s 2023 budget proposal includes $26 billion for NASA. Singapore has signed the Artemis Accords. Axiom Space’s AX-1 mission now scheduled for April 6.
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA Administrator Bill Nelson to deliver a “State of NASA” address on Monday as the White House budget proposal for 2023 is presented to Congress. Efforts to return samples of Mars gathered and cached by NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover will likely move dates.
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA unveils revised strategy to acquire more commercial human lunar landers. Astronauts upgraded the International Space Station’s thermal control system during Wednesday’s spacewalk. Future space telescopes could look for technosignatures.
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… U.S. and European spacewalkers perform International Space Station maintenance. Small companies contribute big time to human space exploration.
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Europa Clipper costs grow. The exoplanet count now surpasses five thousand.
Final approach initiation (FAI)
#Starliner has “go” for final approach.
