Tag: #nasa

NASA awards two more Boeing Starliner missions, sets uncrewed ISS test for Dec. 2026–Jan. 2027

NASA plans two additional Starliner flights, an uncrewed ISS test in Dec. 2026–Jan. 2027 and certification work for ULA's Vulcan rocket.

$BA, $LMT, #nasa, #boeing, #starliner, #vulcan

Roman Space Telescope Begins Three-Month Journey to Sun‑Earth L2 After Aug. 30 Launch

Launched Aug. 30, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope is en route to Sun‑Earth L2 to map galaxies, probe dark energy and hunt exoplanets with a wide-field infrared camera.

#space, #nasa, #telescope, #astronomy, #roman

NASA awards Blue Origin up to $700 million contract to build Mars telecommunications network

NASA selected Blue Origin to build and operate a Mars Telecommunications Network under a contract worth up to $700M; an orbiter is due by Dec. 31, 2028.

#nasa, #blueorigin, #mars, #space, #telecommunications

NASA Launches Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, Headed for L2 to Study Dark Energy and Exoplanets

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched from Kennedy Space Center, starting a three-month cruise to Sun–Earth L2 to study dark energy, dark matter and exoplanets.

#nasa, #space, #telescope, #exoplanets, #darkenergy

Trump signs order to launch NASA-led commission on creating a U.S. Space Academy

Trump signed an order creating a NASA-led commission to recommend within 120 days how to establish a U.S. Space Academy — governance, curriculum and location.

#space, #nasa, #executiveorder, #trump

NASA Spotlights Ames’ Software, Coronagraph Tools Ahead of Roman Telescope Launch

NASA details how Ames Research Center’s software, coronagraph masks and supercomputing will support the Roman Space Telescope ahead of its Aug. 30 launch.

#roman, #nasa, #ames, #coronagraph

PUNCH Mission Demonstrates 30-Minute Precision in Retrospective Forecast of 2025 Solar Storm

NASA’s PUNCH mission retrospectively predicted a May 31, 2025 coronal mass ejection would reach near‑Earth space within about 30 minutes.

#spaceweather, #nasa, #punch, #solarstorm

NASA Opens First Major New Wind Tunnel at Langley in Over 40 Years

NASA opened the Flight Dynamics Research Facility at Langley Research Center, a modern wind tunnel to test aircraft, drones and reentry vehicles.

#nasa, #windtunnel, #aeronautics, #langley

GAO: NASA’s Major Projects Mostly Stable, but Artemis Overhaul, Staffing Cuts Raise Risk

GAO review finds NASA’s 36 major projects largely steady, but Artemis changes, 22% workforce cuts and a proposed 23% budget cut increase program risk.

#nasa, #artemis, #gaoreport, #space

NASA-led study finds no statistical evidence of geomagnetic 'saturation' in observed solar storms

NASA-led analysis finds the apparent cap on Earth's response to strong solar wind may be a statistical artefact, raising extreme space-weather risks.

#spaceweather, #solarwind, #geomagnetism, #nasa

Commercial Robot Set to Launch to Reboost Aging Swift Space Telescope

A commercial robotic servicer will launch July 2 to rendezvous with and raise NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, averting possible reentry in 2026.

#nasa, #space, #orbitalservicing, #swift

TESS finds distant super-Jupiter via microlensing — its first planet discovery using the method

NASA’s TESS used gravitational microlensing to detect a distant super-Jupiter about 1.6 times Jupiter’s mass, nearly 40,000 light-years away — its first microlensing discovery.

#exoplanets, #tess, #microlensing, #nasa, #astronomy

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope Arrives at Kennedy, Begins Final Launch Processing

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope reached Kennedy Space Center June 21 to begin final prelaunch work ahead of an Aug. 30 target liftoff.

#nasa, #space, #telescope, #roman

NOAA Declares El Niño Underway as NASA Satellites Show Strengthening in Equatorial Pacific

NOAA says El Niño is underway and likely to strengthen; NASA satellite altimetry shows higher sea levels across the equatorial Pacific, raising odds of a strong 2026–27 event.

#climate, #elnino, #nasa, #noaa

NASA Taps Relativity Space to Deliver Aeolus Mars Atmospheric Mission in 2028

NASA will provide the Aeolus science payload while Relativity Space supplies spacecraft, rocket and operations to deliver it to Mars in 2028.

#nasa, #relativityspace, #mars, #space