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NASA agrees to fly astronauts on reused Crew Dragon spacecraft
NASA has agreed to allow its astronauts to fly on reused Crew Dragon spaceships and Falcon 9 boosters beginning as soon as SpaceX's third launch of a crew to the International Space Station, a mission expected to launch next year.
VideoSLS booster segments arrive in Florida, but stacking on hold until core stage test
Fueled segments of the solid rocket boosters that will lift off on the first flight of NASA's Space Launch System have arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, but officials will hold off on stacking the boosters until the SLS core stage completes a crucial test-firing later this year.
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.
New NASA spaceflight chief makes no guarantees about 2024 moon landing goal
Kathy Lueders, NASA's newly appointed head of human spaceflight operations, said Thursday that without a crystal ball, she could not give a yes-or-no answer when asked whether she believes NASA can put astronauts back on the moon by the end of 2024 as called for by the Trump administration.
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.
Kathy Lueders named NASA chief of human spaceflight
Two weeks after the successful launch of two astronauts to the International Space Station, the director of NASA's Commercial Crew Program has been promoted to chief of the agency's human spaceflight directorate, a portfolio that includes the Artemis moon program, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Friday.
Astronauts say riding Falcon 9 rocket was “totally different” from the space shuttle
Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken say SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket was a "very pure flying machine" as it sped their Crew Dragon spaceship into orbit, but they said they were surprised by the rougher-than-expected ride on the Falcon 9's powerful upper stage.
Photos: SpaceX’s first crewed mission launches from pad 39A
This collection of images from NASA and SpaceX photographers shows the Crew Dragon spacecraft lifting off on top of a Falcon 9 rocket May 30.