A "slow bleed" of funding threatens NASA's science flagships
threaten the agency’s other science missions
Industry to Save the Day on MSR
Bill Nelson hopes we’re sending astronauts to Mars
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1779947903093776406
Elon (unsurprisingly) thinks it could be Starship
NASA Next-Generation Solar Sail Boom Technology Ready for Launch - NASA
12U CubeSat built by NanoAvionics with new flexible polymer and carbon fiber composite booms which are...
NASA Delays Next Artemis Missions to 2025 and 2026
delayed to NET September 2025
NASA Connects All Major Structures of Artemis II Moon Rocket Core Stage - NASA
SLS Core Stage-2 has all five main elements
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/02/artemis-ii-egs-preparing/
are being prepared for storage
Artemis Teams Install Emergency Escape Baskets at NASA Kennedy - NASA
installation of four emergency egress baskets
Back on Earth: NASA’s Orion Capsule Put to the Test Before Crewed Mission
eight months of tests
Artemis I – Flight Day 19: Orion Prepares for Close Lunar Flyby, Teams Examining Power Conditioning Issue – Artemis
switched open several times without command
Life Encapsulated: Inside NASA’s Orion for Artemis II Moon Mission - NASA
life support systems
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5656&context=smallsat
high ballistic trajectory
https://x.com/torybruno/status/1780661200818200921
received the next set of Blue Origin’s BE-4 engines
With payload questions, it’s likely Vulcan will not launch again until fall
scheduled for the fall but the payload (Dreamchaser) is looking like it won’t be ready
Federal government announces creation of National Space Council | RCI
created a National Space Council
Amid schedule uncertainty, Boeing will shed workers on SLS rocket program
reduce their SLS workforce
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team Says Goodbye … for Now
communicated with JPL one last time
NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth – Voyager
the spacecraft is now returning useful engineering health and status data
NASA Technology Helps Guard Against Lunar Dust - NASA
NASA’s Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS)
Elon Musk just gave another Mars speech—this time the vision seems tangible
Eric Berger of Ars wrote:
NASA may alter Artemis III to have Starship and Orion dock in low-Earth orbit
The complexity and large amount of unbuilt and untested hardware that is still in development is...
Orion Artemis II Optical Communications System (O2O) - NASA
Optical Communications System (O2O)
Crucial building blocks of life on Earth can more easily form in outer space – new research
Peptides may form more easily in space than on Earth
