Jun 19, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Kathy Leuders, newly appointed lead of NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Directorate, talks about the challenges faced by the country in developing a strategy for returning to the Moon. The future is bright for women astronauts....
Jun 18, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA expresses confidence it has overcome COVID-19 pandemic and technical challenges to launch the Perseverance Mars 2020 rover mission on July 20, early in a launch period that extends to August 15 if necessary. The mission will look for...
Jun 17, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine sees a bright future for America in space. Kathy Lueders, NASA’s new human exploration chief, names Joel Montalbano as acting International Space Station (ISS) program manager to succeed the soon to...
Jun 16, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… More hardware for the launch of Artemis 1, the first test flight of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion capsule, comes together at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) with an historical note. Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus Space...
Jun 15, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA Administrator names Kathy Leuders to lead the agency’s human space exploration initiatives. The space industry demonstrates flexibility in addressing coronavirus pandemic. Human Space ExplorationNASA selects Lueders to run human...
Jun 12, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Kathy Lueders Selected to Lead NASA’s Human Spaceflight Office. NASA has chosen Astrobotics, one of 14 Commercial Lunar Payload Services partners, for the 2023 integration, launch and landing of a lunar ice-seeking robot. Organic...
Jun 11, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Plans to launch NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in March 2021 will slip in response to workplace restrictions imposed in response to the coronavirus pandemic. NASA is now targeting July 20 for the launch of the Perseverance...
Jun 10, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA, White House leadership express concerns over achieving Congressional budget support for achieving an already challenging 2024 return to the surface of the Moon with human explorers. NASA leadership believes a so far successful SpaceX...
Jun 9, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Returning to the Moon with human explorers won’t be the same as new leadership, international partners and commercial space operations emerge. Human Space ExplorationMeet the woman who will direct the next Moon landingAir &...
Jun 8, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA contracts with Northrop Grumman to advance the development of a Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) for a lunar orbiting, human tended Gateway.Human Space ExplorationNASA issues contract to Northrop Grumman for Gateway...