SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
NASA is offering countries that have signed the Artemis Accords opportunities to participate in its plans for a lunar base and a proposed space academy. The offer links international participation in the agency’s lunar ambitions with a potential forum for space education and cooperation.
NASA
Latest source-backed stories
NASA is offering countries that have signed the Artemis Accords opportunities to participate in its plans for a lunar base and a proposed space academy. The offer links international participation in the agency’s lunar ambitions with a potential forum for space education and cooperation.
NASA has selected a Planetary Science Institute-led proposal to examine whether an underground cave extends beyond the opening of the Marius lunar pit. The investigation will assess a feature that could be relevant to identifying future lunar base sites; the available report does not specify the mission’s timeline or methods.
SpaceX is working to ready historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for Starship, with the rocket’s first liftoff from Florida potentially only months away. The effort would bring the company’s largest launch vehicle to a new site at the center.
High activity
MIT announced the death of computer scientist Margaret Hamilton, whose software played a critical role in the first moon landing. Her work on Apollo helped establish software engineering as a field and supported NASA’s effort to land astronauts on the moon during the space race.
On Oct. 7, 2002, NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on STS-112. The mission contributed to building the backbone of the International Space Station, advancing the orbital outpost’s assembly through the shuttle program.
The SR-71’s airframe may be capable of speeds beyond its established performance, prompting speculation that NASA could explore higher-speed flight with new engines. The article frames Mach 4 as a possibility, but provides no specific engine plan or confirmed effort to modify the aircraft.
High activity
NASA is keen to pursue at least one joint science mission with Europe, according to the report. A source described LISA as “a very good deal for the US,” framing the prospective partnership as attractive to NASA as well as its European counterpart.
Create a free account to see more recent NASA stories and keep bookmarks in one place.
