WASHINGTON – NASA on Thursday awarded three companies hundreds of millions of dollars to develop commercial space stations it hopes will eventually replace the International Space Station, which is due to retire around the end of the decade. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, aerospace company Nanoracks and defense contractor Northrop Grumman won $130 million, $160 million … Read more
NASA and the nation’s top federal nuclear research lab put out a request for proposals for a fission surface power system. NASA is working with the Idaho National Laboratory of the US Department of Energy to develop a sun-independent power source for lunar missions before the end of the decade. In a statement, Sebastian Corbisiero, … Read more
The NASA Mars helicopter was supposed to fly five times in 30 days on the Red Planet, has exceeded all expectations for the duration of its mission, which is currently approaching seven months and a 16th flight. The flight had been planned as early as Saturday by NASA and the rotorcraft’s cameras have assisted NASA … Read more
According to a NASA watchdog audit released on Monday, the human-landing on the moon is not possible until 2027. In 2019, former Vice President Mike Pence aimed that NASA will accomplish the objective in 5 years. While NASA has long emphasized the feasibility of that objective, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced on Tuesday that the … Read more
NASA will launch a spacecraft that will smash into an asteroid. This experiment is a test against cosmic threats that might crash with the Earth. The spacecraft will be launched onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on November 23. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission developed by NASA will include an asteroid that is not … Read more
Amazon’s owner, Jeff Bezos recently lost a case against NASA losing a billion-dollar contract, that was rewarded to Musk’s Space X. Musk instantly posted a meme targeting Bezos, once again taking a dig at his billionaire rival. The contract to build lunar lander for the US Artemis Program has been ruled against Blue Origin by … Read more
