NASA NEWS

Faces Behind Gateway - Meet the European Space Agency's Barbara Nucera and Sara Pastor

JOB & CAREER | AEROCONTACT | Mon, Mar 8^th 2021 |

In late 2020, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) finalized an agreement to collaborate on the Gateway, with ESA...

Wallops' Caitlin Burth Works Projects from the Stratosphere to Space

SPACE | AEROCONTACT | Wed, Feb 3^rd 2021 |

Name: Caitlin BurthFormal Job Classification: Aerospace EngineerOrganization: Code 548, Mechanical Systems Branch, Wallops Flight Facility (WFF)What do you do and what...

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NASA Names W. Russ DeLoach as Chief of Safety and Mission Assurance

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Mon, Dec 21^st 2020 |

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has selected W. Russ DeLoach to be the agency’s next chief of safety and mission assurance (SMA). DeLoach will transition into...

NASA's H135s will be covered by HCare for up to 10 years

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Sept 24^th 2020 |

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has chosen Airbus Helicopters' HCare support solution for its future fleet of H135 helicopters. The America...

Astrobotic Awarded $199.5 Million Contract to Deliver NASA Moon Rover

SPACE | AEROCONTACT | Wed, Sept 2^nd 2020 |

Astrobotic’s Griffin lunar lander to carry the NASA VIPER mission to the south pole of the Moon in 2023, as a precursor to a human landingPittsburgh, PA – ...

Lockheed Martin Technology Protects NASA's Mars 2020 Mission

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Jul 30^th 2020 |

Lockheed Martin developed the technology behind the aeroshell that will protect NASA's newest Mars rover, Perseverance, and deploy the first-ever Mars helicopter. The ...

Airbus wins ESA contract to construct third European Service Module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Wed, May 27^th 2020 |

The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a contract with Airbus for the construction of the third European Service ...

NASA to Announce Commercial Human Lander Awards for Artemis Moon Missions

SPACE | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Apr 30^th 2020 |

NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 30, to announce the companies selected to develop modern human landing systems (HLS) that will carr...

SpaceX in 'perfect' test of Crew Dragon emergency abort system

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Mon, Jan 20^th 2020 |

SpaceX successfully tested its emergency abort system on an unmanned spacecraft moments after launch Sunday, according to a live broadcast of the event, the last majo...

Boeing Contracted to Build Rocket Stages for NASA’s Artemis Missions

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Oct 17^th 2019 |

NASA and Boeing [NYSE: BA] have initiated a contract for the production of 10 Space Launch System core stages and up to eight Exploration Upper Stages to support the t...

Fifty years after Moon mission, Apollo astronauts meet at historic launchpad

SPACE | AEROCONTACT | Tue, Jul 16^th 2019 |

Fifty years ago on Tuesday, three American astronauts set off from Florida for the Moon on a mission that would change the way we see humanity's place in the universe....

NASA tests launch-abort system for moon-mission capsule

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Jul 4^th 2019 |

NASA carried out a successful test Tuesday of a launch-abort system for the Orion capsule designed to take US astronauts to the Moon.The three-minute exercise at Cape...

New crew blasts off for ISS

SPACE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Jun 6^th 2018 |

A relatively inexperienced crew of two astronauts and a cosmonaut blasted off Wednesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. German Alexander Gerst o...

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NASA Announces New Director of Johnson Space Center

SPACE | AEROCONTACT | Thu, May 17^th 2018 |

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Monday the selection of Mark Geyer as the next director of the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. He'll assume the ...

NASA, Uber to Explore Safety, Efficiency of Future Urban Airspace

AIR TRANSPORT | AEROCONTACT | Wed, May 9^th 2018 |

NASA has signed a second space act agreement with Uber Technologies, Inc., to further explore concepts and technologies related to urban air mobility (UAM) to ensure a...