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Mission Reports

Perseverance Mars rover hitting paydirt in search for clues about possible ancient life

September 16, 2022 William Harwood

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has collected and stored samples of rocks at the base of an ancient river delta fanning out from the rim of Jezero Crater made up of minerals and organic compounds that, on Earth, would likely preserve traces of past microbial life, researchers said Sept. 15.

Artemis

Hydrogen leak delays moonshot by at least several weeks

September 3, 2022 William Harwood

NASA’s star-crossed Space Launch System moon rocket was grounded for the second time in five days Saturday, this time by a large hydrogen leak in a fuel line quick-disconnect fitting that will delay the $4.1 billion booster’s maiden flight by several weeks, likely into October.

Artemis

NASA targets Saturday for next moon rocket launch attempt

August 30, 2022 William Harwood

NASA will make a second attempt to launch the agency’s giant Space Launch System rocket Saturday on a delayed test flight to send an unpiloted Orion crew capsule on a flight around the moon and back, a major milestone in the agency’s ambitious Artemis program.

Artemis

SLS launch scrubbed after weather delay, engine cooling issue

August 29, 2022 William Harwood

Engineers fueled the Space Launch System moon rocket for blastoff Monday on NASA’s long-overdue Artemis 1 test flight, but stormy weather, brief indications of a hydrogen leak, trouble cooling one of the four main engines and then a valve glitch forced managers to call off the countdown.

Artemis

Artemis 1 flight to moon depends on precision rocket firings to pull off a complex trajectory

August 28, 2022 William Harwood

Even using the most powerful rocket NASA’s ever built, getting the agency’s unpiloted Orion spacecraft to the moon for the Artemis 1 test flight won’t be easy. It will hinge on a complex series of precisely orchestrated deep space maneuvers.

Mission Reports

NASA’s most powerful rocket poised for launch on Artemis 1 moon mission

August 27, 2022 William Harwood

Five decades after the final flight of NASA’s legendary Saturn 5 moon rocket, the U.S. space agency is poised to launch its most powerful rocket yet Monday for a critical, long-overdue test flight, sending an unpiloted Orion crew capsule on a 42-day voyage around the moon.

Artemis

Countdown begins for maiden launch of Artemis moon rocket

August 27, 2022 William Harwood

Countdown clocks began ticking Saturday for the maiden launch of NASA new Space Launch System rocket Monday on a long-awaited mission to send an unpiloted Orion crew capsule around the moon and back.

Artemis

NASA managers give “go” for Artemis 1 launch after flight readiness review

August 22, 2022 William Harwood

With one week to go until launch, NASA managers met at the Kennedy Space Center, reviewed flight preparations and cleared the agency’s huge $4.1 billion Space Launch System rocket for blastoff next Monday on a test flight heralding an American-led return to the moon.

News

Russia says it will pull out of space station project after 2024

July 26, 2022 William Harwood

Russia will pull out of the International Space Station project after 2024, the new director of the Russian space program said Tuesday, but no firm dates or plans were revealed and it was not immediately clear what, if anything, might change in the near term.

Artemis

NASA tentatively targeting Aug. 29 for maiden flight of SLS moon rocket

July 20, 2022 William Harwood

NASA is tentatively targeting Aug. 29 for the long-awaited maiden flight of the agency’s huge Space Launch System moon rocket, officials said Wednesday. But they cautioned major challenges remain for the oft-delayed mega rocket and an official date will not be set until later this summer.

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  • Live coverage: SpaceX to launch midweek Starlink mission on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    January 14, 2026
  • U.S. Space Force switches rockets for upcoming GPS satellite launch
    January 13, 2026
  • ISS gains new commander as Crew-11 prepares midweek departure
    January 13, 2026
  • SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    January 12, 2026
  • India’s PSLV suffers second consecutive launch failure, 16 satellites lost
    January 12, 2026
  • SpaceX deploys NASA’s Pandora, other smallsats amid 1st ‘Twilight’ rideshare mission
    January 10, 2026
  • L3Harris announces $845 million majority sale of Space Propulsion and Power Systems business
    January 9, 2026
  • Crew-11 to cut mission short and return to Earth due to medical issue
    January 9, 2026
  • FCC gives SpaceX “green light” to expand Starlink constellation to 15,000 satellites
    January 8, 2026
  • NASA weighs an earlier end to the Crew-11 mission after a ‘medical situation’ with an ISS crew member postpones first spacewalk of 2026
    January 7, 2026
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