NASA and Blue Origin announced Friday that they recently agreed to conduct second-stage hot-fire tests for the company’s New Glenn rocket at the B-2 test bed at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The addendum to a reimbursable Space Act Agreement signed earlier this month highlights NASA’s commitment to working together
The Republic of Mauritius has officially joined the global coalition committed to responsible space exploration, becoming the latest signatory and the seventh African country to join the Artemis Accords. NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson contributed video comments for a signing ceremony Friday in the island nation’s town of Ébène. “We are honored to welcome Mauritius
The Republic of Serbia signed the Artemis Accords on Thursday during a ceremony hosted by NASA at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, becoming the 69th nation to join a large community of like-minded nations committed to the peaceful, transparent and responsible exploration of space. “Serbia’s connection to NASA dates back to the Apollo program, when
Before Artemis astronauts land on the surface of the Moon in 2028, NASA will conduct the Artemis III demonstration mission in 2027, allowing teams on Earth and in orbit to practice rendezvous and docking operations between commercial human landing systems and the Orion spacecraft. Data from that mission, along with future uncrewed demonstration missions to
The Republic of Serbia will sign the Artemis Accords at 5 pm EDT on Thursday, July 16 during a ceremony at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson will receive Serbian Foreign Minister Marko Đurić and US State Department Undersecretary for Oceans and International Scientific and Environmental Affairs Wesley Brooks at the ceremony.
NASA has announced the top student-developed solutions for environmental control and life support systems in future crewed lunar landers from participants in the 2026 Human Lander Challenge. The announcement marks the culmination of months of research by university teams working to advance technologies supporting the agency’s Artemis program that will return American astronauts to the