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NASA has postponed the highly anticipated ESCAPADE mission (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers), originally slated for an October 2024, to no earlier than spring 2025; delaying the inaugural test flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket
In June 2024, NASA selected seven companies to conduct 90-day studies, each valued at up to $1.5 million, to evaluate alternative approaches that could refine or completely overhaul the current MSR architecture.
NASA and SpaceX are gearing up for the launch of the agency’s Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station, which is now targeted for no earlier than Tuesday, September 24.
The two astronauts, referred to as Gaganyatris by ISRO, will travel to the United States in the first week of August to begin their training.
NASA now anticipates the launch of the Gateway's initial elements no sooner than December 2027. The baseline cost estimate for the project is a hefty $5.3 billion.
NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission is gearing up to launch four astronauts for a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
NASA is proceeding to work towards the mid-August launch of the Crew-9 mission aboard the Crew Dragon to the ISS, even while the Boeing Starliner CFT mission keeps getting extended.
The highly anticipated launch of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite has been postponed to February 2025; due to the need to complete work on the spacecraft’s antenna and specific orbital constraints.
NASA took a significant step forward in its Artemis program as the second core stage for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket rolled out of the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.
NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission is set to launch this fall
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