NASA will probably delay the first two missions of its Orion deep-space capsule, being developed to send astronauts beyond earth’s orbit and eventually to Mars, the US space agency said. A report by NASA’s Office of Inspector General cited technical as well as budget challenges. The first launch of the Orion spacecraft atop the planned … Read more
US flags worldwide were ordered flown at half-staff on Thursday as astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, was laid to rest with military honors. Glenn died in December 2016 at the age of 95, after a long career that included serving as a Marine fighter pilot, a NASA astronaut and a US … Read more
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a law that said manned missions to deep space, including to Mars, would be the US space agency’s main goal in the decades to come. According to the text – adopted by a rare unanimous vote in the Senate and House of Representatives – NASA will work toward the … Read more
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a law that said manned missions to deep space, including to Mars, would be the US space agency’s main goal in the decades to come. According to the text — adopted by a rare unanimous vote in the Senate and House of Representatives — NASA will work toward the … Read more
Under US President Donald Trump’s proposed budget, NASA’s funding would stay largely intact but the space agency would abandon plans to lasso an asteroid, along with four Earth and climate missions. The 2018 budget — which must be approved by Congress — asks for $19.1 billion for NASA, a 0.8 percent decrease from 2017, allowing … Read more
Dismissed by former US president Barack Obama as a place explorers had already seen, the Moon has once again gained interest as a potential destination under Donald Trump’s presidency. Private sector companies in particular are energized by the prospect of future space exploration missions beyond low-Earth orbit, where the International Space Station circles the Earth. … Read more
Lego sets have long celebrated superheroes like Batman and Superman. But now, the Danish toy maker is honoring real-life heroines — five women pioneers for the US space agency NASA. The proposal for the set, submitted on Lego’s community and ideas page by MIT News editor Maia Weinstock, has been approved, beating out 11 other … Read more
US private rocket company SpaceX has announced that two private citizens have paid to be sent around the Moon. The mission is planned for late 2018, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said, adding that the tourists “have already paid a significant deposit”. “This presents an opportunity for humans to return to deep space for the first … Read more
The US space agency said it is considering putting astronauts on an upcoming test flight of the deep space capsule Orion as it aims to orbit the Moon. Orion is being built with an eye to one day ferrying astronauts to Earth’s neighboring planet, Mars, perhaps by the 2030s. Until now, the Orion test flight … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Joe Anokye as the Acting Director General for the National Communications Authority (NCA). He takes over from William Tevie who occupied the position since June 22, 2015. Mr. Anokye worked as a Telecommunications Service Manager with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). At NASA, he was responsible for … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Joe Anokye as the Acting Director General for the National Communications Authority (NCA). He takes over from William Tevie who occupied the position since June 22, 2015. Mr. Anokye worked as a Telecommunications Service Manager with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). At NASA he was responsible for … Read more
US astronaut Gene Cernan – the last man to walk on the Moon – has died aged 82. America’s space agency Nasa said it was “saddened by the loss” of the retired spaceman. Captain Cernan was one of only three people to go to the Moon twice and the last man to leave a footprint … Read more
British-born astronaut Piers Sellers has died of pancreatic cancer, aged 61, Nasa has said. Born in Crowborough, East Sussex, Dr Sellers began working for the US space agency as a scientist in 1982 before joining its astronaut corps in 1996. The climate expert made three Space Shuttle flights to the International Space Station, between 2002 … Read more
The ex-Marine and US Senator had been in hospital in Columbus, Ohio, for more than a week and died surrounded by his children and wife of 73 years. Glenn is best known for circling the earth in 1962 aboard a space capsule dubbed Friendship 7. His achievement marked the moment the US caught up with … Read more