Suggested Searches

Blogs

    Progress Cargo Craft Counts Down to Launch Today on NASA+

    The unpiloted Progress 91 spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 4:24 p.m. EST (2:24 a.m. Baikonur time) on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Roscosmos spacecraft will liftoff carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 72 crew aboard the International Space Station.

    Read Full Post

    Initial Signal Acquired, NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Powered Up

    Mission operators at Caltech’s IPAC in Pasadena, California, have received an initial signal from NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer. This indicates that the small spacecraft has powered up. As planned, the signal was acquired by Deep Space Station 36, one of the radio frequency antennas at NASA’s Deep Space Network Canberra complex in Australia. The operations team …

    Read Full Post

    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Enters Quarantine Ahead of Launch

    Four crew members set to launch aboard NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station entered routine pre-flight quarantine on February 26 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.  NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander, and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill […]

    Read Full Post

    Intuitive Machines’ Lunar Lander Separates from SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket 

    At approximately 8:01 p.m. EST, Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander separated from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, powered on approximately 12 minutes later, and will continue its weeklong journey to the Moon. Aboard the lander is NASA science and technology as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign.   Also launching as […]

    Read Full Post

    NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Spacecraft Separates From Falcon 9 Second Stage

    The second stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 completed its Earth departure burn, and NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft has separated from it and is flying independently. The spacecraft is now expected to carry out a series of automated processes, including powering itself up, deploying its solar arrays, and orienting them toward the Sun. Starting about …

    Read Full Post

    Liftoff! Intuitive Machines’ Lunar Lander Begins Journey to the Moon

    At 7:16 p.m. EST, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander named Athena from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.   Aboard the mission are a suite of NASA technology and science instruments along with commercial payloads on their way to the Moon as part of the agency’s […]

    Read Full Post

    NASA, Intuitive Machines, SpaceX Targeting IM-2 Launch Tonight

    NASA science and technology is set to fly aboard Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander as part of the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative and Artemis campaign. SpaceX is targeting no earlier than 7:16 p.m. EST tonight to launch the IM-2 mission from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Weather […]

    Read Full Post