… NASA and Northrop find other projects Publicly, no one is confirming the stop-work order or that this is the end of the line for HALO. “HALO can be repurposed for a variety of lunar missions and it’s the most mature technology to support a deep space or lunar habitat,” a Northrop Grumman spokespers… …
… Engineers also streamlined the Link spacecraft’s test campaign to meet NASA’s deadline. “We’re in an unusual situation where the schedule dictates how much risk we’re willing to accept, rather than the other way around,” said Kieran Wilson, Link’s principal investigator at Katalyst. “The clock is t… …
… One of NASA’s most data-intensive missions, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, is scheduled for launch in August. It will return more data through the DSN than all of NASA’s previous astrophysics missions combined. …
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… NASA and L3Harris will deliver a fifth spare engine to Europe to round out the propulsion contribution. The same kinds of engines were used for the landings of NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance rovers on Mars in 2012 and 2021. NASA taps Rocket Lab for three launches. …
… Two different NASA satellite systems showed how they could locate a known but mysterious GPS jammer within several kilometers of its position in Iran, according to an experiment by Sean Gorman , CEO and cofounder of the location-based technology company Zephr.xyz that was detailed in the magazine G… …
… This is a sobering thought for NASA, which was the company’s most important backer during its early years when bankruptcy was never too far away. Even a decade ago, a majority of the value of SpaceX’s contracts were coming from NASA and other US government entities. …
… NASA could set up future competitions to review proposals and select winners more quickly. In the past, NASA has selected a handful of concepts for study contracts, then chosen one or two proposals to proceed into development. For future competitions, NASA might go straight to a final selection. …
… A NASA spokesperson confirmed to Spaceflight Now that NASA would like to see the launches of the Blue Moon Mark 1 cargo lander and potentially the Blue Moon Mark 2 crewed lander move to a rocket that’s not New Glenn. …
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