August 16, 2019 NASA directs Alabama space center to manage lunar lander program STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA Administrator… Read More
August 5, 2019 NASA’s first interplanetary smallsats may struggle to stay under cost caps Artist’s concept of the Janus mission imaging a binary asteroid.… Read More
July 31, 2019 Mars 2020 rover on track for launch next July In this image, taken July 19 in the clean room of the Spacecraft Assembly… Read More
July 30, 2019 NASA terminates lunar lander contract with OrbitBeyond OrbitBeyond’s Z-01 lunar lander. Credit: OrbitBeyond NASA… Read More
July 23, 2019 NASA taps Northrop Grumman in sole-source agreement to build Gateway habitat Artist’s illustration of the Gateway in orbit around the moon,… Read More
July 22, 2019 India launches robotic mission to land on the moon The GSLV Mk.3 rocket lifted off at 0913 GMT (5:13 a.m. EDT) Monday with… Read More
July 21, 2019 Live coverage: India’s Chandrayaan 2 moon mission counting down to liftoff Live coverage of the countdown and launch of India’s Geosynchronous… Read More
July 18, 2019 Indian moon launch rescheduled for Monday The GSLV Mk.3 launcher awaiting liftoff with the Chandrayaan 2 lunar… Read More
July 17, 2019 NASA boss pleads for funding to ensure 2024 moon landing STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA Administrator… Read More
July 14, 2019 Launch of Indian moon lander postponed by ‘technical snag’ The GSLV Mk.3 launcher awaiting liftoff with the Chandrayaan 2 lunar… Read More
July 14, 2019 Live coverage: India’s Chandrayaan 2 lunar lander set for launch Sunday Live coverage of the countdown and launch of India’s Geosynchronous… Read More
July 13, 2019 India seeks to join exclusive company with ambitious moon mission Artist’s illustration of the Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft in… Read More
July 12, 2019 GSLV Mk.3 rolls out for launch of Indian moon mission The 143-foot-tall (43.5-meter) GSLV Mk.3 rocket rolls out of its… Read More
July 11, 2019 Japanese spacecraft snags second sample from asteroid A camera on-board Hayabusa 2 shows the spacecraft’s sampler… Read More
July 10, 2019 Firefly to build U.S. version of Israeli Beresheet lunar lander Artist’s illustration of the Genesis lunar lander. Credit:… Read More
July 9, 2019 India’s first moon lander stacked for launch The Chandrayaan 2 mission’s Vikram landing craft and Pragyan… Read More
July 3, 2019 Hayabusa 2 cleared for second touchdown on asteroid Artist’s concept of the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft touching down… Read More
July 1, 2019 Mars lander’s ground team begins inspection of stuck instrument The InSight lander’s robotic arm camera captured this view… Read More
June 27, 2019 NASA approves development of flying drone to explore Saturn’s moon Titan Artist’s concept of the Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s… Read More
June 21, 2019 European space mission to get close-up view of new comet This view of Comet C/2012 S1, or ISON, was captured in November 2013… Read More
June 19, 2019 ESA books launch of Jupiter orbiter with Arianespace Artist’s illustration of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer,… Read More
June 18, 2019 10 years since its launch, NASA lunar orbiter remains crucial for moon landings Artist’s concept of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit:… Read More
