NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center (MSFC) is collaborating with Moon Express to test the company's flight software on NASA's "Mighty Eagle" prototype robotic lander. The collaboration is intended to help foster the development of commercial lunar landers for future low-cost missions to the Moon.
After almost 9 years in space that included an unprecedented July 4th impact and subsequent flyby of a comet, an additional comet flyby, and the return of approximately 500,000 images of celestial objects, NASA's Deep Impact mission has ended.
Seeks To Sustain Landsat Data Over The Next 20 Years
NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has kicked off a quest for an innovative and affordable space-based system to extend the Landsat satellite data record for decades to come with a public forum and call for ideas issued Wednesday. The Sustainable Land Imaging Architecture Study Industry and Partner Day was held in the NASA Headquarters Webb Auditorium in Washington, D.C.
Will Be Delayed Until After Soyuz Manned Spacecraft Docks With The Station
Managers from Orbital Sciences and NASA decided Monday morning to postpone the approach, rendezvous, grapple and berthing operations of Orbital's Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft with the International Space Station to no earlier than Saturday, Sept. 28. Cygnus' rendezvous now will follow the launch and arrival of three crew members of Expedition 37/38 on Wednesday, Sept. 25.
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