NASA Teams Install Key Space Launch System Stage Separation Mechanism
NASA is going to the Moon and on to Mars, in a measured, sustainable way. Working with U.S. companies and international partners, NASA will push the boundries of human exploration forward to the Moon. NASA is working to establish a permanent human presence on the Moon within the next decade to uncover new scientific discoveries and lay the foundation for private companies to build a lunar foundation to build a lunar economy. Right now, NASA is taking steps to begin this next era of exploration.
Here Comes the Sun… and Moon!
NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin arrived safely at the International Space Station aboard their Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft on Thursday, March 14. The arrival of Hague, Koch and Ovchinin restores the station’s crew complement to six.
Storm Rages in Cosmic Teacup
Julie Bassler, manager of the stages office for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, draws from her experience growing up on a dairy farm to help build America’s most powerful rocket.
NASA Mission Reveals Asteroid Has Big Surprises
In this episode, Mike Roberts, team lead for structural testing at Marshall, explains why testing the various structures for SLS is so important to the success of the mission and its astronauts as NASA sets out to explore the Moon, Mars and beyond.
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