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NASA Game Planned Contingencies For Space Station As Russian Alliance Continued-sources
NASA and the White House have since late last year quietly drawn up contingency plans for the International Space Station in light of tensions with Moscow that began building before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to nine people with knowledge of the plans.
Aug 04, 2022
Russia To NASA: Sticking With Space Station Until At Least 2028
Russian space officials have told their U.S. counterparts that Moscow expects to remain a part of the International Space Station at least until their own outpost in orbit is built in 2028, a senior NASA official told Reuters on Wednesday.
Jul 27, 2022
Russia Tells NASA Space Station Pullout Less Imminent Than Indicated Earlier
Russian space officials have informed U.S. counterparts that Moscow would like to keep flying its cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) until their own orbital outpost is built and operational, a senior NASA official told Reuters on Wednesday.
Jul 27, 2022
Russia Has Not Signaled Space Station Withdrawal To NASA, U.S. Official Says
Russia's new space chief on Tuesday signaled his country's intent to withdraw from the International Space Station after 2024, but a senior NASA official told Reuters Moscow has not communicated its intent to pull out of the two-decade-old orbital partnership with the United States.
Jul 26, 2022
Russia Signals Space Station Pullout; NASA Says It's Not Official Yet
Russia's new space chief announced on Tuesday his country plans to withdraw from the International Space Station after 2024, but senior NASA officials said Moscow has not formally conveyed an intent to end its two-decade-old orbital partnership with the United States.
Jul 26, 2022
SpaceX Whizzes Past Annual Launch Record With Starlink Mission
Elon Musk's SpaceX on Friday broke its record for the number of rockets launched in a calendar year, topping last year's slate of 31 missions amid a whirlwind campaign to launch its own internet satellites into orbit.
Jul 22, 2022
Webb Space Telescope Opens Door To Discoveries Still Unimagined
The powerful James Webb Space Telescope's inaugural batch of images has opened a new chapter of cosmic exploration, but astronomers say the observatory's most consequential discoveries may well be those they have yet to even imagine.
Jul 13, 2022
SpaceX Starship Booster 'Probably' Returning To Pad After Explosion -Elon Musk
The Starship rocket booster SpaceX plans to use for an inaugural flight to orbit will "probably" return to its launch mount in Texas next week following a testing explosion on Monday, the company's chief executive, Elon Musk, told Reuters.
Jul 13, 2022
U.S. Approves SpaceX's Starlink Internet For Use With Ships, Boats, Planes
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday authorized Elon Musk's SpaceX to use its Starlink satellite internet network with moving vehicles, green-lighting the company's plan to expand broadband offerings to commercial airlines, shipping vessels and trucks.
Jun 30, 2022
SpaceX Employees Denounce CEO Musk As "distraction" - Letter
A group of SpaceX employees derided flamboyant billionaire Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk as a "distraction and embarrassment" in an internal letter to executives.
Jun 16, 2022
SpaceX Protests Viasat-Inmarsat Merger Plans To U.S. FCC
SpaceX's satellite unit on Monday protested Viasat's proposed acquisition of Inmarsat to the U.S.
Jun 13, 2022
SpaceX Faces NASA Hurdle For Starship Backup Launch Pad
NASA wants Elon Musk's SpaceX to ensure its plan to launch its next-generation Starship rocket from Florida would not put at risk nearby launch infrastructure critical to the International Space Station, a senior space agency official told Reuters.
Jun 13, 2022
Astra's NASA Mission Suffers Failure, Loss Of Weather Satellites
Rocket firm Astra Space's mission to send tiny storm-monitoring NASA satellites to orbit on Sunday failed after a second-stage booster engine shut down early in space.
Jun 12, 2022
Tiny Meteoroid Bops $10 Billion Webb Space Telescope
A tiny meteoroid struck the newly deployed James Webb Space Telescope in May, knocking one of its gold-plated mirrors out of alignment but not changing the orbiting observatory's schedule to become fully operational shortly, NASA said on Wednesday.
Jun 08, 2022
France To Sign U.S.-led Moon Exploration Agreement -sources
France is set to sign a U.S.-led multilateral agreement aiming to govern how countries behave in space and on the moon, according to two people familiar with the plans.
Jun 07, 2022
Exclusive-Rocket Propulsion Startup To Offer New, Bigger Rocket Engine In 2025-CEO
U.S. rocket engine maker Ursa Major is developing a new medium to heavy-lift rocket engine to serve a growing field of potential customers, jumping into territory dominated by a handful of heavyweights, the startup's chief executive told Reuters.
Jun 02, 2022
Boeing's Starliner Capsule Nears Rendezvous With Space Station In Uncrewed Test
Boeing's new crew capsule Starliner neared a rendezvous in orbit on Friday with the International Space Station (ISS), a day after launching successfully on a highly anticipated do-over test flight without astronauts aboard.
May 20, 2022
Boeing's Starliner Space Capsule Launched On Key Test Flight To Orbit
Boeing's new Starliner capsule was launched Thursday on a do-over uncrewed test flight bound for the International Space Station, aiming to deliver the company a much-needed success after more than two years of delays and costly engineering setbacks.
May 19, 2022
NASA Set For Boeing's Starliner Uncrewed Space Capsule Test
NASA astronauts and officials on Wednesday said Boeing Co's Starliner space capsule is ready for its uncrewed launch this week to the International Space Station, a long-delayed test mission meant to demonstrate the aerospace giant can safely fly humans in space.
May 18, 2022
Exclusive-Boeing Clashes With Key Supplier Ahead Of Starliner Spacecraft Launch
Boeing Co is feuding with Aerojet Rocketdyne, a key supplier for its Starliner spacecraft, as the U.S.
May 11, 2022
SpaceX's Starlink Inks First In-flight WiFi Deal
SpaceX signed its first deal with an air carrier to provide in-flight wireless internet using the Starlink satellite network, the space company said on Thursday as it jockeys with other burgeoning satellite firms to put high-speed internet on commercial airlines.
Apr 21, 2022
Boeing Rocket For NASA Over Budget, Could Further Delay Launch: Audit
Boeing Co is building the largest rocket in NASA's history but the aerospace giant's "poor performance" has resulted in an $8.9 billion price tag that is double the initial budget.
Oct 11, 2018
Bezos' Blue Origin, Others Get $2.3B In US Air Force Rocket Contracts
The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday said it had awarded a total $2.3 billion in contracts to develop rocket launch systems for national security missions.
Oct 10, 2018
