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NASA outlines recommendations to clear path for Boeing to resume Starliner flights
NASA has completed an exhaustive review of software problems and procedural oversights that prevented an unpiloted Boeing Starliner capsule from docking with the space station last year. The agency is implementing 80 recommendations to clear the way for a second test flight later this year and, if all goes well, Boeing's first piloted flight next spring, officials said Tuesday.
NASA delays Mars rover launch to no earlier than July 30
A technical issue with the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket that will send NASA's $2.4 billion Perseverance rover toward Mars has pushed the mission's launch date back to no earlier than July 30, nearly two weeks into a month-long window for the rover to head to the Red Planet, or else face a two-year delay.
Launch of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover delayed to July 22
The launch of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has been delayed two days to July 22 after an issue with ground support equipment at the Kennedy Space Center held up encapsulation of the spacecraft inside the payload fairing of its Atlas 5 rocket.
Atlas 5 rocket runs through practice countdown before Mars rover launch
The Atlas 5 rocket that will send NASA's Perseverance rover toward Mars next month aced a countdown rehearsal Monday at Cape Canaveral, helping ensure the United Launch Alliance-built rocket is ready for liftoff during the rover's 23-day launch window.
Photos: NASA’s Perseverance rover buttoned up for launch
NASA's Perseverance rover has been closed up inside its protective aeroshell, the structure that will protect the spacecraft when it plunges into the Martian atmosphere, in preparation for launch no earlier than July 20 from Cape Canaveral.
Fitted with super-clean sample tubes, NASA’s next Mars rover nears launch date
The Perseverance rover’s sterilized sample tubes — designed to seal Martian rock and sediment for eventual return to Earth — are installed on the spacecraft as teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center prepare to enclose the rover inside the payload shroud of its Atlas 5 launcher for liftoff July 20.
After crane problem, ULA caps build-up of Atlas 5 rocket for Mars rover launch
United Launch Alliance has completed stacking of the major elements of the Atlas 5 rocket assigned to power NASA's Perseverance rover toward Mars, but the mission's launch date has been pushed back three days to July 20 after teams repaired an issue with a crane in the Atlas 5's assembly building.
Assembly of Mars rover’s rocket to begin this week
Two key pieces of hardware needed for NASA's next Mars rover -- an Atlas rocket booster and sterile components of the rover's sample collection system -- recently arrived at Cape Canaveral ahead of the mission's scheduled launch July 17.
Launch preparations continue for NASA’s next Mars rover
On track for launch from Cape Canaveral in July, NASA's Perseverance rover has been secured to its rocket-powered descent stage and back shell, part of the protective shield that will safeguard the robot when it arrives at Mars next year.
Companies release new details on human-rated lunar lander concepts
The next time astronauts land on the moon, they will ride to the lunar surface in a spacecraft that looks a lot different than the Apollo-era landing module last used in 1972. Lander concepts proposed by SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics -- which won a combined $967 million in NASA funding Thursday -- take wildly different approaches to carrying crews to the moon.