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Astra Space, Inc. plans to deploy its first satellite into orbit for NASA in January 2022.
Astra plans to deploy its first satellite in orbit for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in January 2022.
The average NASA space flight program over the last 15 years has taken about 8.5 years from contract award to first operational flight, while the HLS Program aims to achieve this in about half that time.
NASA plans to launch the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing OSAM-1 mission in 2024 to refuel an aging satellite and assemble hardware in space.
NASA announced several leadership changes on 2021-11-01, including the creation of the Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy.
The leadership changes at NASA took effect immediately on 2021-11-01.
An earlier bill approved by the House Science Committee on 2021-09-09 included $4,000,000,000 for NASA infrastructure.
NASA will develop next-generation climate models, generate improved data on Earth’s water and energy cycle, and connect NASA climate science data to the agency’s Geographic Information Systems.
ABL Space Systems won a contract to launch a NASA Cryogenic Demonstration Mission spacecraft in 2023.
NASA expects to expand the International Space Station as a government project through 2030.
Virgin Orbit’s first launch failed in May 2020 and the company reached orbit in January carrying a set of cubesats for NASA.
Virgin Orbit successfully launched satellites for NASA in January 2021.
The GAO published a public version of its decision on 2021-08-10 that found no evidence NASA improperly evaluated the protesters’ proposals and concluded the record adequately supported NASA’s evaluation consistent with procurement law, regulation, and the solicitation terms.
NASA approved plans to launch the NG-16 Cygnus at an 2021-08-09 launch readiness review that also confirmed the ISS was ready to accept the cargo spacecraft.
If OFT-2 does not complete its mission by late August, NASA will either have to postpone CRS-23 or wait until CRS-23 is done, likely no earlier than late September.
In 2020, NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and European partners including ESA launched the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite to collect the most accurate data on global sea level.
NASA's exploration account would receive $7,280,000,000 in the bill, almost $400,000,000 above the request.
NASA aims to launch three SLS missions in a 24-month period and two in a 12-month period, but the current supply chain is limited to one SLS per year.
The U.S. 2020-10-01 budget for NASA was approved by Congress at $23,300,000,000 (USD).
NASA requested $7,931,400,000 for its science programs in fiscal year 2022, the largest science budget in the agency’s history.