NASA Seeks Funding for Deorbiting ISS ‘Space Tug’ with Bold Plans

NASA Seeks Funding for Deorbiting ISS ‘Space Tug’ with Bold Plans

NASA’s latest request for cash is making headlines for its big plans for a deorbiting ISS ‘space tug.’ The space agency has recently submitted its fiscal year 2022 budget request, asking for $24.7 billion to fund various projects, including the development of the new space tug. NASA has been working on the conceptualization of this … Read more

Is There Anything on Board? SpaceX Launches 2,860 Kg of NASA Equipment to the Space Station Tonight.

Is There Anything on Board? SpaceX Launches 2,860 Kg of NASA Equipment to the Space Station Tonight.

Illustration of spaceship launching. Image: NASA ANTARIKSA — SpaceX is ready to launch its newest cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 local time. So far, there have been no signs of bad weather that could delay the launch schedule. NASA and SpaceX conducted a launch readiness review (LRR) … Read more

There is a Heat Shield Problem, NASA Calls Artemis 1 Orion Still Eligible to Support Manned Missions to the Moon

There is a Heat Shield Problem, NASA Calls Artemis 1 Orion Still Eligible to Support Manned Missions to the Moon

NASA revealed that the Orion spacecraft on the Artemis 1 mission was fit to support manned missions to the Moon. Photos/NASA/Space FLORIDA – NASA reveals that the Orion spacecraft is on a mission Artemis 1 already feasible to support manned missions to the Moon. Although NASA acknowledged there was a heat shield issue on Orion … Read more

Astrophysicist from NASA urges to urgently fly to Uranus: what is the reason

Astrophysicist from NASA urges to urgently fly to Uranus: what is the reason

A new scientific article says that it is necessary to study all the secrets of Uranus and its satellites in the near future. Astrophysicist Kathleen Mandt of NASA has published a new scientific paper in which she urges the agency to build a new spacecraft in the near future and send it to explore Uranus. … Read more

The sun doesn’t shine here. The new spacecraft showed what the far side of the moon looks like (photo)

The sun doesn’t shine here.  The new spacecraft showed what the far side of the moon looks like (photo)

The South Korean orbiter was able to take pictures of a region on the moon where sunlight never reaches. Back in December last year, the first-ever spacecraft from South Korea called the Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) or Danuri entered orbit around the moon. It is designed to create detailed maps of the lunar surface, … Read more