NASA announced today that it has officially awarded SpaceX the Crew-7, Crew-8, and Crew-9 missions to the International Space Station, bringing SpaceX’s total Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract to $3.49 billion. The original $2.6 billion contract was issued to
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James Webbs Mid Infrared Instrument – Background
“The largest space observatory in history will have an ultra-cool camera on board: the MIRI instrument.” This wrote NASA recently on the Twitter account of his own Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Let us leave it to the Americans to draw attention to their
NASA to split leadership of its human spaceflight program
Enlarge / NASA’s Kathy Lueders celebrates Crew Dragon’s hatch opening on May 31. NASA In a significant change with implications for future exploration missions, NASA will announce today that it is splitting the duties of its human spaceflight office into
Rocket Report: Virgin Galactic delays flight, Falcon Heavy nets NASA mission
Enlarge / Inspiration4 reflected in the shores of the St. Johns River on the space coast of Florida. Welcome to Edition 4.16 of the Rocket Report! We’ve experienced an inspiring week of spaceflight thanks to the launch of the Inspiration4
NASA chief of Blue Origin protest: “They have every right” to sue
Enlarge / Former Florida Senator Bill Nelson was confirmed as NASA administrator earlier this year. NASA NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said he is not upset with Blue Origin for pursuing all legal avenues after losing a space agency contract for
How to set NASA mission audio as your iPhone ringtone
While it’s simple to just use the default or built-in ringtones, NASA supplies a range of mission sounds that can space-out your iPhone. Here’s how: Step 1: Choose your audio Head on over to NASA’s Audio and Ringtones page and