2020 Tied for Warmest Year on Record, NASA Analysis Shows
NASA Science to Host Community Town Hall
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate will hold a community town hall meeting with Thomas Zurbuchen, the agency’s associate administrator for science, and his leadership team at 2 p.m. EST Monday, Jan. 25, to discuss updates to NASA’s science programs, the current status of activities, and the science portion of the recently passed FY21 NASA appropriation. Continue reading
NASA TV to Air Hot Fire Test of Rocket Core Stage for Artemis Moon Missions
NASA TV to Air Hot Fire Test of Rocket Core Stage for Artemis Moon Missions
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Teams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center will perform a hot fire test of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stage on Jan. 16, 2021. This image shows liquid hydrogen being safely vented and burned as it naturally warms and boils off during a rehearsal of a countdown to hot fire of the stage’s engines on Dec 20, 2020.
Credits: NASA
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NASA is targeting a two-hour test window that opens at 5 p.m. EST Saturday, Jan. 16, for the hot fire test of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stage at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Live coverage will begin at 4:20 p.m. on NASA Television and the agency’s website, followed by a post-test briefing approximately two hours after the test concludes. Continue reading
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KiboCUBE: Team from the Central American Integration System Selected
January 14, 2021 (JST) The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) cooperate under the KiboCUBE program launched in 2015 to provide developing countries with opportunities to deploy CubeSats from the Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo” of the International Space Station (ISS).
Skynet 6A successfully passes Preliminary Design Review
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Atlas Air Worldwide Purchases Four Boeing 747-8 Freighters
Freighters to add additional capacity to meet growing e-commerce and express cargo demand
Order will complete production of the 747-8 in 2022
SEATTLE, Jan. 12, 2020 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Atlas Air Worldwide today announced an agreement to purchase four 747-8 Freighters. The order enables Atlas Air to leverage the operational advantages of the 747-8 Freighter to meet growing cargo demand around the globe. Continue reading
Boeing Announces Fourth-Quarter Deliveries
CHICAGO, Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] announced today major program deliveries across its commercial and defense operations for the fourth quarter of 2020. Continue reading
NASA Accelerates SLS Rocket Hot Fire Test, Invites Media to Pretest Briefing
NASA Accelerates SLS Rocket Hot Fire Test, Invites Media to Pretest Briefing
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Teams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center will perform the final test in the Green Run testing series for the core stage of the new Space Launch System Saturday, Jan. 16. This image shows liquid oxygen as it naturally boils off and is vented from the four RS-25 engines that will be fired during the final core stage test.
Credits: NASA
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Following a test readiness review on Monday, NASA is now targeting Saturday, Jan. 16, for the final test in the Green Run testing series for the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will launch the agency’s Artemis I mission. NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Tuesday, Jan.12, to discuss the test, known as the hot fire, which will take place at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Continue reading