At one-sixth that of Earth, the unique gravity of the lunar surface is one of the many variable conditions that technologies bound for the Moon will need to perform well in.
NASA and Boeing are evaluating a new target launch date for the CST-100 Starliner's Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the International Space Station after winter storms in Houston, and the recent replacement of avionics boxes, set the program back about two weeks.
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft is seen as it is rolled out of the Horizontal Integration Facility on its way to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad-0A, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Cargo is placed in the Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft for delivery to the International Space Station.
Northrop Grumman employees prepare to mate the company's Cygnus spacecraft with its Antares rocket in the Horizontal Integration Facility at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021.
