https://spacewatch.global/tag/bill-nelson/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 02 Jun 2025 09:01:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/bill-nelson/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/06/trump-withdraws-isaacman-nomination-as-next-nasa-administrator/ Mon, 02 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=65594 US President Trump has withdrawn his nomination of Jared Isaacman as NASA's next administrator, after previously nominating him back in December 2024. Isaacman was due to succeed Bill Nelson and had undergone his hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation where he signaled Mars interest.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/12/artemis-accords-reach-50-signatories-as-nasa-welcomes-panama-austria/ Fri, 13 Dec 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=62916 Panama and Austria signed the Artemis Accords on Wednesday 11 December during separate signing ceremonies at NASA Headquarters in Washington, becoming the 49th and 50th nations to commit to responsible space exploration for all humanity.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/12/nasa-postpones-artemis-ii-and-iii-missions-till-2026-and-2027/ Mon, 09 Dec 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=62844 The National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) has announced the postponement of its upcoming Artemis II and Artemis III missions till 2026 and 2027 respectively. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/11/denmark-becomes-artemis-accords-48th-signatory/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=62321 Denmark has become the US-Led Artemis Accords' 48th signatory country following a signing ceremony on Wednesday 13 October 2024, in Denmark’s capital city, Copenhagen. Christina Egelund, the Danish Minister of Higher Education and Science, signed the Artemis Accords on behalf of Denmark. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/10/chile-becomes-the-47th-artemis-accord-member-state/ Wed, 30 Oct 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=62040 Chile has joined 46 other member countries as it becomes the latest signatory to the US-Led Artemis Accords. The South American country signed the Accords during a ceremony by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, becoming the seventh South American country to commit to the responsible exploration of space for all humanity.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/08/nasa-to-return-starliner-to-earth-without-crew/ Mon, 26 Aug 2024 06:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=56709 NASA has announced that it will return Boeing’s Starliner to Earth without astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the spacecraft. The uncrewed return allows NASA and Boeing to continue gathering testing data on Starliner during its upcoming flight home, while also not accepting more risk than necessary for its crew. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/06/armenia-becomes-43rd-signatory-to-the-artemis-accords/ Fri, 14 Jun 2024 06:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55664 Armenia has become the newest signatory to the Artemis Accords, signing the instrument during a ceremony with the U.S. State Department at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Armenia consequently joins 42 other countries in a commitment to advancing principles for the safe, transparent, and responsible exploration of the Moon, Mars and beyond.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/06/boeing-starliner-mission-finally-launches-to-the-iss/ Thu, 06 Jun 2024 06:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55515 The Boeing Starliner Mission has successfully launched its first crewed flight test after three postponements, aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission launched NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams into orbit and are bound to the International Space Station (ISS). Starliner will subsequently autonomously dock to the station’s Harmony module and remain at the orbital laboratory for about a week]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/06/nasa-welcomes-peru-as-signatory-to-artemis-accords/ Mon, 03 Jun 2024 06:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55430 NASA has welcomed Peru as the latest signatory to the Artemis Accords during a ceremony with the U.S. State Department at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Peru consequently joins 41 other countries in a commitment to advancing principles for the safe, transparent, and responsible exploration of the Moon, Mars and beyond. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/05/lithuania-becomes-latest-signatory-to-the-artemis-accords/ Fri, 17 May 2024 06:00:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55228 Lithuania has become the latest and 40th signatory to the US-led Artemis Accords, joining NASA and the international coalition in pursuit of safer space exploration. The ceremony took place at the Radisson Blu Lietuva hotel in Vilnius, Lithuania, and signifies a continued push toward transparency and peace as more nations traverse farther into space. United States]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/04/slovenia-joins-artemis-accords-as-39th-signatory/ Mon, 22 Apr 2024 06:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=54801 Slovenia has become the 39th Signatory to the Artemis Accords after it and NASA affirmed their cooperation in future space endeavors on Friday. The signing certified Slovenia’s commitment to pursue safe and sustainable exploration of space for the benefit of humanity and took place during a U.S.-Slovenia strategic dialogue in Ljubljana, Slovenia, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Offices.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/04/nasa-and-japan-sign-agreement-for-lunar-rover/ Fri, 12 Apr 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=54610 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Japan’s Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Masahito Moriyama have signed an agreement to advance sustainable human exploration of the Moon. As a result, Japan will design, develop, and operate a pressurized rover for crewed and uncrewed exploration on the Moon. On the other hand, NASA will provide the launch and delivery of the rover to the Moon as well as two opportunities for Japanese astronauts to travel to the lunar surface.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/03/spacex-launches-starship-to-space-in-third-flight-test/ Fri, 15 Mar 2024 07:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=54160 SpaceX has launched the Starship rocket into orbit on its third flight test, getting farther than the first and second test flights before eventually succumbing and disintegrating in Earth's upper atmosphere during reentry.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/03/nasa-receives-budgetary-support-for-artemis-for-fy-2025/ Tue, 12 Mar 2024 07:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=54089 The Biden-Harris Administration has released the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2025, which includes funding that will allow NASA to continue advancing its understanding of Earth and space. As a result, the budget will enable NASA to launch the Artemis II mission, which will send astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years and research Earth’s changing climate, among others.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/02/intuitive-machines-successfully-lands-on-lunar-surface/ Fri, 23 Feb 2024 07:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53800 Intuitive Machines has successfully soft-landed its IM-1 mission Nova-C class lunar lander (Odysseus) on the lunar South Pole after launching it a week ago from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The uncrewed lunar lander landed at 6:23 pm ET (23:23 UTC), making Intuitive Machines the first commercial outfit to soft-land on the moon. It also marks the US's first moon soft landing in 51 years. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/02/greece-becomes-35th-signatory-to-the-artemis-accords/ Mon, 12 Feb 2024 07:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53614 Greece has become the latest country to join the Artemis Accords, as the Greek foreign minister, Giorgos Gerapetritis signed the Accords on the margins of the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue at the Department of State in Washington. Also participating in the event at the U.S. Department of State were NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Dr. Ioannis Daglis, president of the Hellenic Space Center. The signing occurred during the fifth United States-Greece Strategic Dialogue in Washington.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/02/nasa-launches-pace-mission-to-study-ocean-atmosphere/ Fri, 09 Feb 2024 07:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53593 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has launched the Plankton, Aerosol, Climate, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite. The satellite launched into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to study ocean health, air quality, and the effects of a changing climate for the benefit of humanity. NASA subsequently confirmed signal acquisition from the satellite about five minutes after launch.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/01/nasas-ingenuity-has-come-to-the-end-of-its-mars-mission/ Mon, 29 Jan 2024 07:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53443 NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has come to the end of its mission on Mars after surpassing expectations and making dozens more flights than NASA had planned. While the helicopter remains upright and in communication with ground controllers, imagery of its Jan. 18 flight sent to Earth this week indicates one or more of its rotor blades sustained damage during landing, and it is no longer capable of flight.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/01/artemis-ii-pushed-to-september-2025/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 07:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53147 The schedules for Artemis II and Artemis III have been postponed to September 2025 for Artemis II, the first crewed Artemis mission around the Moon, and September 2026 for Artemis III, which is planned to land the first astronauts near the lunar South Pole, NASA announced. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/01/nasa-and-uae-announce-artemis-lunar-gateway-airlock/ Tue, 09 Jan 2024 07:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53116 NASA and the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have announced plans for MBRSC to provide an airlock for Gateway, humanity’s first space station that will orbit the Moon. Under a new implementing arrangement expanding their human spaceflight collaboration with NASA through Gateway, MBRSC will provide Gateway’s Crew and Science Airlock module, as well as a UAE astronaut to fly to the lunar space station on a future Artemis mission.]]>