Axiom Space’s next astronaut mission to the ISS with SpaceX delayed to spring 2025
13 Aug
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Axiom Space’s next astronaut mission to the ISS with SpaceX delayed to spring 2025

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NASA Space Technology The crew of Axiom Space's upcoming Ax-4 mission to the ISS. From left: Ax-4 Commander Peggy Whitson, Mission Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla of India, Mission Specialist Sławosz Uznański of ESA/Poland, and Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu of Hungary.(Image credit: Axiom Space)Axiom Space's next astronaut mission to the International Space Station will be delayed by several months, into 2025, due to required interagency approval processes.Ax-4, the name of that private astronaut effort by Axiom Spacehad been targeted to launch no earlier than October of this year. It will now lift off no earlier than spring 2025, NASA officials announced on Friday (Aug. 9) via  X."The Ax-4 crew members are pending approval to fly to the orbiting lab by the Multilateral Crew Operations Panel," NASA officials wrote in the statement. The panel approves all visiting...
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NASA satellite data adds key pollutant to national environmental justice database
13 Aug
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NASA satellite data adds key pollutant to national environmental justice database

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NASA Space Technology Average concentrations of nitrogen dioxide for 2022 over the U.S., as detected by the Ozone Monitoring Instrument on NASA's Aura satellite. Higher concentrations are in red and purple. Lower concentrations are in blue.(Image credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio)Scientists harnessed satellite technology to track a key air pollutant previously absent from a national database, NASA announced earlier this week, marking a crucial step forward in monitoring differences in air quality across the U.S. and identifying groups whose health is unfairly affected.Measurements of nitrogen dioxide, which is primarily released into air through the burning of fossil fuels and can lead to respiratory diseases like asthma among other health problems, had been missing from the Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool, or EJScreen. The database is maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and...
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NASA payload to fly on first Blue Origin lunar lander mission
13 Aug
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NASA payload to fly on first Blue Origin lunar lander mission

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NASA Space Technology WASHINGTON — A NASA payload will hitch a ride to the moon on Blue Origin’s first lunar lander mission, scheduled to launch as soon as next March.In an Aug. 6 procurement filingNASA revealed it selected Blue Origin to fly a camera system to study how engine plumes interact with regolith at south polar regions of the moon, collecting data to support future crewed landing missions. The payload, called Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume Surface Studies (SCALPSS), will fly through NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.One copy of SCALPSS was sent to the moon on the first Intuitive Machines lander mission in February, collecting limited data. A second copy of SCALPSS will fly on Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander, scheduled to launch late this year. However, NASA says it needs to fly...
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NASA watchdog finds quality control problems with Boeing SLS work
13 Aug
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NASA watchdog finds quality control problems with Boeing SLS work

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NASA Space Technology WASHINGTON — NASA’s internal watchdog sharply criticized the work Boeing is doing on the next version of the Space Launch System, finding serious lapses in quality control.In a report released Aug. 8, NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) said there were significant issues with Boeing’s work on the Block 1B version of SLS being done at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, which it attributed to a lack of an acceptable quality management system and trained workforce.NASA used the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) to monitor Boeing’s work on the SLS core and upper stages at Michoud. “According to DCMA officials, Boeing’s process for addressing contractual noncompliance has been ineffective, and the company has generally been nonresponsive in taking corrective actions when the same quality control issues reoccur,” the OIG report...
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