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NASA plans to invest an additional $1 billion in programs related to Mars exploration.
The first objective of the action plan includes tasks to enable an enduring human presence in cislunar space, conduct science, and support the workforce, with NASA as the lead for most tasks and the Defense Department as the lead agency on workforce tasks.
Mackenzie Mason's work has been reviewed and approved by NASA and contributed to the success of the Orbital Flight Test 2 in 2022.
NASA is seeking an MSR architecture that gives the highest likelihood of returning samples to Earth before 2040 and, if possible, for less than $11,000,000,000.
NASA plans to launch Artemis 2 in September 2025.
Europa Clipper is the largest spacecraft NASA has ever developed for a planetary mission with solar arrays spanning more than 30.5 m (approximately 30 m) when deployed.
On 2024-08-28, NASA completed testing of transistors used in the Europa Clipper spacecraft power supply system.
Firefly Aerospace successfully launched a set of NASA-sponsored cubesats on its Alpha rocket two weeks before the 2024-07-17 leadership change.
NASA is moving ahead with plans to launch a Cygnus cargo vehicle as soon as early August on one Falcon 9 and to conduct the Crew-9 launch no earlier than mid-August on another Falcon 9.
NASA will award funding to nearly 250 small business teams to develop new technologies addressing agency priorities such as carbon neutrality and energy storage.
NASA required completion of Starliner certification by November or December to enable the first operational mission, Starliner‑1, to launch in early 2025 as planned.
NASA’s Artemis program plans to return humans to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era using the Space Launch System.
NASA plans to hire a director of space sustainability to lead the implementation of its new strategy in the coming months.
Teledyne Space Imaging will display a Lightning Mapper prototype developed as part of a Phase A study funded by NASA for the first time to the public.
Teledyne Space Imaging will present a Lightning Mapper prototype developed as part of a Phase A study funded by NASA that is on public display for the first time.
NASA intends to launch three sounding rockets during the total solar eclipse on 2024-04-08 to study how Earth’s upper atmosphere is affected when sunlight momentarily dims over a portion of the planet.
NASA plans to launch IM-2 and Blue Ghost missions as part of the CLPS program this year.
The Office of Commercial Space Transportation is seeking $2,600,000 in new funding for orbital human spaceflight oversight to hire staff and bring in contractors to begin developing orbital human spaceflight safety rules and create a joint working group with NASA.
SpaceX plans to launch NASA’s Crew-9 mission to the ISS as soon as August, the Ax-4 private astronaut mission to the ISS in the fall, and the Polaris Dawn mission as soon as the summer.
NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative successfully delivered new science instruments and technology demonstrations to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years.