Jim Bridenstine

NASA test of mega Moon rocket engines cut short

NASA conducted a test firing of the engines for its giant Space Launch System (SLS) lunar rocket on Jan. 16 but they shut down earlier than planned, the space agency said.

The "hot-fire" test at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi was supposed to last a little over eight minutes - the time the engines would burn in flight - but they shut down just over a minute into the burn.

SpaceX opens era of amateur astronauts, cosmic movie sets

SpaceX's debut astronaut launch is the biggest, most visible opening shot yet in NASA's grand plan for commercializing Earth's backyard.

Amateur astronauts, private space stations, flying factories, out-of-this-world movie sets this is the future the space agency is striving to shape as it eases out of low-Earth orbit and aims for the moon and Mars.

NASA Accelerates Its Plans to Land on the Moon

The US space agency plans to stay there, reported NOVA TV. 

NASA is speeding up its plans to return to the Moon, and this time, the US space agency says it will stay there.

Jim Bridenstine, NASA Administrator, said the agency plans to speed up plans backed by President Donald Trump to return to the Moon using private companies.