Tag: NASA
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NASA’s resilient Van Allen Probes shut down
Artist’s concept of NASA’s Van Allen Probes. Credit: NASA Ground controllers transmitted commands to shut down the second of NASA’s Van Allen Probes on Friday, three months after turning off an identical satellite to conclude a seven-year mission that explored the donut-shaped radiation belts surrounding Earth. The Van Allen Probes were running low on fuel…
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Koch, Meir conclude first all-female spacewalk
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 3:30 p.m. EDT (1930 GMT) after end of spacewalk. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Jessica Meir during Friday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir carried out history’s first all-female spacewalk Friday, floating outside the International Space Station and successfully installing a 230-pound replacement battery…
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First all-female spacewalk team aces a repair job in orbit — and makes history
NASA astronaut Christina Koch floats on the end of the International Space Station’s robotic arm during a spacewalk. (NASA via YouTube) For the first time in history, two women teamed up today for a spacewalk. NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir began the operation to fix a faulty electrical power system on the International…
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NASA names new chief of human space operations
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Doug Loverro speaks at the 2014 International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight. Credit: ISPCS Douglas Loverro, a veteran manager with broad experience in national security space operations, has been selected by NASA to lead the agency’s human space flight programs. He takes over at a critical moment…
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NASA unveils spacesuits for moon missions, featuring red, white and blue
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine looks on as spacesuit engineer Kristine Davis models a red-white-and-blue prototype for NASA’s new Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit; and Dustin Gohmert, project manager for Orion Crew Survival Systems, gives a wave in the Orion Crew Survival System suit. (NASA Photo / Joel Kowsky) The fashion statement for NASA’s future moonwalkers goes…
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All-female spacewalk on tap this week
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 6 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT) after NASA media teleconference. STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA astronaut Christina Koch inside a spacesuit before a spacewalk earlier this month. Credit: NASA Two NASA astronauts will take part in the first all-female spacewalk this week, a critical outing to restore lost power in…
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NASA satellite to study ionosphere launches after two-year delay
Artist’s illustration of the Ionospheric Connection Explorer satellite. Credit: NASA A refrigerator-sized satellite soared into orbit aboard an air-launched Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket Thursday night over the Atlantic Ocean, finally setting off on a $252 million mission to probe the dynamic boundary region where space and Earth’s atmosphere meet. NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or…
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NASA’s chief and SpaceX’s Elon Musk mend fences – and give ‘best guess’ for Crew Dragon’s big flight
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine (center) participates in a Crew Dragon flight simulation at SpaceX’s California headquarters with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is peering over Bridenstine’s shoulder. (NASA Photo / Aubrey Gemignani) NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine visited SpaceX’s headquarters in California today, for what was seen as an opportunity…
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Pegasus rocket ready for airborne launch with NASA scientific satellite
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) on Oct. 9 with 24-hour launch delay. A Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket is mounted underneath an L-1011 carrier jet, which will fire the launcher into orbit as soon as Wednesday night off Florida’s east coast. Credit: NASA/ Ben Smegelsky After a year-long delay to troubleshoot recurring…
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NASA may ask SpaceX to extend duration of Crew Dragon test flight
NASA astronaut Bob Behnken is pictured during a formal verification of SpaceX’s emergency escape system Sept. 18 at launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Behnken is wearing a SpaceX spacesuit in this image. Credit: SpaceX NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley may spend more time on the International Space Station…