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title="Permanent Link to Northrop Grumman becomes 1st commercial tenant of NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building">Northrop Grumman becomes 1st commercial tenant of NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building</a></h3> <small class="author">Mike Howard</small><small class="date">August 17th, 2019</small> <p>Northrop Grumman became the first commercial tenant of NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building during a ribbon-cutting ceremony in High Bay 2.</p> </div> </li> <li class="sfi-archive-posts" id="post-129793"> <div class="sfi-thumb"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/jet-propulsion-laboratory/mars-2020-rover-makes-pit-stop-at-jpl/"> <div class="dummy"></div> <div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337im_/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/8461_PIA23311-web-300x200.jpg);"></div> </a> </div> <div class="sfi-excerpt"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/jet-propulsion-laboratory/mars-2020-rover-makes-pit-stop-at-jpl/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Mars 2020 rover makes ‘pit stop’ at JPL">Mars 2020 rover makes ‘pit stop’ at JPL</a></h3> <small class="author">Jim Sharkey</small><small class="date">July 19th, 2019</small> <p>The launch window for NASA's Mars 2020 rover opens in just under a year, and engineers at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have been hard at work assembling the vehicle in the clean room of JPL's Spacecraft Assembly Facility. As one might imagine getting a vehicle prepped for such a massive undertaking - is a group effort.</p> </div> </li> <li class="sfi-archive-posts" id="post-124638"> <div class="sfi-thumb"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-flight-history/proof-of-apollo-11-landing-hard-as-rock/"> <div class="dummy"></div> <div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337im_/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/600730main_Lunar_Rock_Sample_1394a-199x300.jpg);"></div> </a> </div> <div class="sfi-excerpt"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-flight-history/proof-of-apollo-11-landing-hard-as-rock/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Proof of Apollo 11 landing hard as ‘rock’">Proof of Apollo 11 landing hard as ‘rock’</a></h3> <small class="author">Joe Latrell</small><small class="date">July 15th, 2019</small> <p>JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Texas -- When asked why they believe the Apollo 11 Moon landings were faked, conspiracy theorists point to the lack of stars in the photos taken by the astronauts, incongruous shadows and other bits of data from that mission. Some evidence that counters their claims isn't so fragile, in fact - it's written in stone.</p> </div> </li> <li class="sfi-archive-posts" id="post-129379"> <div class="sfi-thumb"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/jet-propulsion-laboratory/mars-2020-rover-get-rock-zapping-supercam/"> <div class="dummy"></div> <div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337im_/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/SuperCam-e1562209094803-300x180.jpg);"></div> </a> </div> <div class="sfi-excerpt"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/jet-propulsion-laboratory/mars-2020-rover-get-rock-zapping-supercam/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Mars 2020 rover get rock-zapping SuperCam">Mars 2020 rover get rock-zapping SuperCam</a></h3> <small class="author">Jim Sharkey</small><small class="date">July 4th, 2019</small> <p>With its scheduled launch date just over a year away, work on NASA's Mars 2020 rover continues apace. In recent weeks, the rover has received MastCam-Z, its legs and wheels and its main robotic arm. and now one of the "big guns" of its scientific suite has been added to the rover.</p> </div> </li> <li class="sfi-archive-posts" id="post-129150"> <div class="sfi-thumb"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/jet-propulsion-laboratory/nasas-2020-mars-rover-gets-7-foot-long-robot-arm/"> <div class="dummy"></div> <div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337im_/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/PIA23227-16-300x169.jpg);"></div> </a> </div> <div class="sfi-excerpt"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/jet-propulsion-laboratory/nasas-2020-mars-rover-gets-7-foot-long-robot-arm/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to NASA’s 2020 Mars rover gets 7-foot-long robot arm">NASA’s 2020 Mars rover gets 7-foot-long robot arm</a></h3> <small class="author">Jim Sharkey</small><small class="date">July 1st, 2019</small> <p>Engineers working in High Bay clean room 1 of the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) recently added a vital component to the space agency's Mars 2020 rover. On June 21, the team installed the rover's main robotic arm.</p> </div> </li> <li class="sfi-archive-posts" id="post-128837"> <div class="sfi-thumb"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/jet-propulsion-laboratory/nasas-mars-2020-rover-gets-its-legs-and-wheels/"> <div class="dummy"></div> <div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337im_/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/PIA23270-1280x800-300x188.jpg);"></div> </a> </div> <div class="sfi-excerpt"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/jet-propulsion-laboratory/nasas-mars-2020-rover-gets-its-legs-and-wheels/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to NASA’s Mars 2020 rover gets its legs and wheels">NASA’s Mars 2020 rover gets its legs and wheels</a></h3> <small class="author">Jim Sharkey</small><small class="date">June 26th, 2019</small> <p>In early June, a public webcam was installed in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and lately there has been a lot of activity to watch. In recent weeks, engineers have been busy assembling the Mars 2020 rover in preparation for its scheduled launch in July 2020. On June 13, 2019, the team installed one of the rover's most critical pieces of hardware.</p> </div> </li> <li class="sfi-archive-posts" id="post-127624"> <div class="sfi-thumb"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/glenn-research-center/nasa-concept-for-generating-power-in-deep-space-a-little-krusty/"> <div class="dummy"></div> <div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337im_/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/kilopower_moon_render_1-300x300.jpg);"></div> </a> </div> <div class="sfi-excerpt"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/glenn-research-center/nasa-concept-for-generating-power-in-deep-space-a-little-krusty/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to NASA concept for generating power in deep space a little KRUSTY">NASA concept for generating power in deep space a little KRUSTY</a></h3> <small class="author">Collin Skocik</small><small class="date">June 18th, 2019</small> <p>Prospects of establishing a permanent human presence on the Moon have taken a step forward with the test of a system known as Kilopower, a lightweight fission reactor which could provide ten kilowatts of power for at least a decade.</p> </div> </li> <li class="sfi-archive-posts" id="post-128443"> <div class="sfi-thumb"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/glenn-research-center/bridenstine-artemis-mission-could-send-first-woman-to-the-moon/"> <div class="dummy"></div> <div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337im_/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/nasa-administrator-visits-glenn-michael-cole-19883-300x169.jpg);"></div> </a> </div> <div class="sfi-excerpt"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/glenn-research-center/bridenstine-artemis-mission-could-send-first-woman-to-the-moon/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Bridenstine: Artemis mission could send first woman to the Moon">Bridenstine: Artemis mission could send first woman to the Moon</a></h3> <small class="author">Michael Cole</small><small class="date">June 11th, 2019</small> <p>GLENN RESEARCH CENTER, Ohio -- NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine paid a visit to the agency's Glenn Research Center on Monday, June 10. During his visit Bridenstine noted how the agency's latest lunar initiative - could make history with the first woman walking on the Moon.</p> </div> </li> <li class="sfi-archive-posts" id="post-127607"> <div class="sfi-thumb"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/jet-propulsion-laboratory/mars-2020-rover-closer-to-mobility/"> <div class="dummy"></div> <div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337im_/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/RMCAInstall2020rover-300x200.jpg);"></div> </a> </div> <div class="sfi-excerpt"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/jet-propulsion-laboratory/mars-2020-rover-closer-to-mobility/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Mars 2020 rover closer to mobility">Mars 2020 rover closer to mobility</a></h3> <small class="author">Lloyd Campbell</small><small class="date">May 17th, 2019</small> <p>NASA's Mars 2020 rover is continuing to take shape. Engineers recently installed a controller assembly to be used to properly move and steer spacecraft.</p> </div> </li> <li class="sfi-archive-posts" id="post-126908"> <div class="sfi-thumb"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/jet-propulsion-laboratory/nasas-mars-2020-rover-stacked-for-testing/"> <div class="dummy"></div> <div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337im_/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/PIA23164_fig1-300x166.jpg);"></div> </a> </div> <div class="sfi-excerpt"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/jet-propulsion-laboratory/nasas-mars-2020-rover-stacked-for-testing/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to NASA’s Mars 2020 rover stacked for testing">NASA’s Mars 2020 rover stacked for testing</a></h3> <small class="author">Jim Sharkey</small><small class="date">April 25th, 2019</small> <p>NASA's Mars 2020 mission has reached a crucial milestone in preparation for its launch, currently scheduled for July of 2020. In recent weeks, major spacecraft components and test equipment have been tucked inside the entry capsule in a process known as 'vehicle stacking.'</p> </div> </li> <li class="sfi-archive-posts" id="post-125717"> <div class="sfi-thumb"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/jet-propulsion-laboratory/mars-2020-rover-tests-proceeding/"> <div class="dummy"></div> <div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337im_/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/pia-22966-16-300x169.jpg);"></div> </a> </div> <div class="sfi-excerpt"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/jet-propulsion-laboratory/mars-2020-rover-tests-proceeding/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Mars 2020 Rover tests proceeding">Mars 2020 Rover tests proceeding</a></h3> <small class="author">Lloyd Campbell</small><small class="date">March 29th, 2019</small> <p>Testing of the Mars 2020 Rover's systems and software is already taking place in preparation for a launch to the Red Planet in the summer of 2020.</p> </div> </li> <li class="sfi-archive-posts" id="post-125500"> <div class="sfi-thumb"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/missions/commercial/first-flight-of-boeing-starliner-spacecraft-could-slip-again/"> <div class="dummy"></div> <div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337im_/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Boeing-CST-100-Starliner-300x185.png);"></div> </a> </div> <div class="sfi-excerpt"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/missions/commercial/first-flight-of-boeing-starliner-spacecraft-could-slip-again/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to First flight of Boeing Starliner spacecraft could slip again">First flight of Boeing Starliner spacecraft could slip again</a></h3> <small class="author">Jason Rhian</small><small class="date">March 21st, 2019</small> <p>KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- It is being reported that Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, which is being producing as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP), has encountered another delay. If accurate, this latest delay could see the mission pushed back by almost half a year.</p> </div> </li> <li class="sfi-archive-posts" id="post-122796"> <div class="sfi-thumb"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/johnson-space-center/astronauts-for-boeings-first-crewed-ccp-flight-reshuffled/"> <div class="dummy"></div> <div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337im_/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ccp-astronaut-announcement-patrick-atwell-16930-300x225.jpg);"></div> </a> </div> <div class="sfi-excerpt"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/johnson-space-center/astronauts-for-boeings-first-crewed-ccp-flight-reshuffled/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Astronauts for Boeing’s first crewed CCP flight reshuffled">Astronauts for Boeing’s first crewed CCP flight reshuffled</a></h3> <small class="author">Cullen Desforges</small><small class="date">January 22nd, 2019</small> <p>Boeing has experienced a rearranging of the astronauts assigned to Starliner's first crewed flight.</p> </div> </li> <li class="sfi-archive-posts" id="post-122486"> <div class="sfi-thumb"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/marshall-space-flight-center/sls-liquid-hydrogen-tank-test-article-placed-on-test-stand/"> <div class="dummy"></div> <div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337im_/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/50003273_2020055018110305_2371811366123077632_o-300x200.jpg);"></div> </a> </div> <div class="sfi-excerpt"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/marshall-space-flight-center/sls-liquid-hydrogen-tank-test-article-placed-on-test-stand/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to SLS liquid hydrogen tank test article placed on test stand">SLS liquid hydrogen tank test article placed on test stand</a></h3> <small class="author">Derek Richardson</small><small class="date">January 18th, 2019</small> <p>A 149-foot-tall test article for the Space Launch System's liquid hydrogen tank was loaded onto a test stand at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.</p> </div> </li> <li class="sfi-archive-posts" id="post-121433"> <div class="sfi-thumb"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/jet-propulsion-laboratory/insight-team-creates-martian-rock-garden-lander-begins-work/"> <div class="dummy"></div> <div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337im_/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/PIA22744-1280x800-300x188.jpg);"></div> </a> </div> <div class="sfi-excerpt"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/jet-propulsion-laboratory/insight-team-creates-martian-rock-garden-lander-begins-work/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to InSight team creates Martian rock garden, lander begins work">InSight team creates Martian rock garden, lander begins work</a></h3> <small class="author">Jim Sharkey</small><small class="date">December 22nd, 2018</small> <p>Using tools ranging from rakes and shovels to augmented reality headsets, engineers with NASA's Mars InSight mission have built a Martian rock garden which recreates the lander's new home on Mars. This allows engineers to practice placing science instrument on the surface using InSight's Earth-bound twin - ForeSight.</p> </div> </li> <li class="sfi-archive-posts" id="post-120541"> <div class="sfi-thumb"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/jet-propulsion-laboratory/opportunity-alls-quiet-on-the-martian-front/"> <div class="dummy"></div> <div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337im_/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/NASAs-Mars-Exploration-Rover-Opportunity-on-the-surface-of-the-Red-Planet-NASA-image-posted-on-SpaceFlight-Insider-300x169.jpg);"></div> </a> </div> <div class="sfi-excerpt"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/jet-propulsion-laboratory/opportunity-alls-quiet-on-the-martian-front/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Opportunity: All’s quiet on the Martian front…">Opportunity: All’s quiet on the Martian front…</a></h3> <small class="author">Jim Sharkey</small><small class="date">December 4th, 2018</small> <p>While the Martian skies have cleared of the dust that enveloped much of the Red Planet, NASA's Opportunity rover remains silent in Perseverance Valley. The rover was last heard from on June 10, 2018. As of November 27, the mission team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) had sent 359 recovery commands in a effort to wake the rover.</p> </div> </li> <li class="sfi-archive-posts" id="post-119871"> <div class="sfi-thumb"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/kennedy-space-center/antares-not-the-only-thing-grounded-by-recent-noreaster/"> <div class="dummy"></div> <div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337im_/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/european-service-module-for-orion-michael-howard-17960-300x200.jpg);"></div> </a> </div> <div class="sfi-excerpt"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/kennedy-space-center/antares-not-the-only-thing-grounded-by-recent-noreaster/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Antares not the only thing grounded by recent nor’easter">Antares not the only thing grounded by recent nor’easter</a></h3> <small class="author">Jason Rhian</small><small class="date">November 19th, 2018</small> <p>The planned Nov. 15 flight of the NG-10 mission to the ISS was delayed two days while NASA waited for a powerful storm to pass. The mission wasn't the only thing held back by bad weather however.</p> </div> </li> <li class="sfi-archive-posts" id="post-119694"> <div class="sfi-thumb"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/kennedy-space-center/once-used-for-shuttle-landings-iconic-runway-cleared-for-horizontal-launches/"> <div class="dummy"></div> <div class="image" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337im_/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/nasa-sts-133-jim-siegel-5208-300x200.jpg);"></div> </a> </div> <div class="sfi-excerpt"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190915003337/https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/kennedy-space-center/once-used-for-shuttle-landings-iconic-runway-cleared-for-horizontal-launches/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Once used for Shuttle landings, iconic runway cleared for horizontal launches">Once used for Shuttle landings, iconic runway cleared for horizontal launches</a></h3> <small class="author">Jim Sharkey</small><small class="date">November 10th, 2018</small> <p>KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — With the close of the Space Shuttle program in 2011, the future of the facilities that supported the program was in doubt. 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