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NASA Picks SpaceX Falcon Heavy To Launch First Gateway Station Pieces To The Moon

NASA Picks SpaceX Falcon Heavy To Launch First Gateway Station Pieces To The Moon

NASA has selected SpaceX to deliver the first two segments of the moon-orbiting Gateway space station for its upcoming Artemis program, which aims to put astronauts back on the moon. The elements will launch atop a Falcon Heavy rocket, sometime in 2024. The flight, which is the second to be awarded to SpaceX this week (the first was a contract worth $98.8 million to launch NASA’s SPHEREx…

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Hibah Rahmani

(born approximately 1982) Avionics & Flight Controls Engineer

Hibah Rahmani was born in Pakistan, raised in Kuwait, and was a refugee from the Iraqi invasion. She eventually moved to the U.S. and earned an engineering degree from the University of Central Florida. She now works as part of NASA’s Launch Services Program on expendable launch vehicles. 

Number 260 in an ongoing series celebrating remarkable women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

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GOES-U Launches to Space by NASA on The Commons Via Flickr: A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The GOES-U satellite is the final satellite in the GOES-R series, which serves a critical role in providing continuous coverage of the Western Hemisphere, including monitoring tropical systems in the eastern Pacific and Atlantic oceans. On board GOES-U is a suite of seven instruments for collecting advanced imagery and atmospheric measurements, providing real-time mapping of lightning activity, and detecting approaching space weather hazards. Also onboard for the first time is the compact coronagraph that will observe the Sun’s outermost layer, called the corona, for large explosions of plasma that could produce geomagnetic solar storms. NASA Media Usage Guidelines Credit: NASA/SpaceX Image Number: KSC-20240625-PH-SPX01_0016 Date: June 25, 2024

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SpaceX racks up another win with latest NASA contract

SpaceX racks up another win with latest NASA contract

An illustration of NASA’s DART mission, scheduled to launch in 2021. Image Credit: NASA

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — SpaceX has landed the contract to launch a historic mission on behalf of NASA. It marks the latest chapter in what is turning out to be a banner year for the Hawthorne, California-based company. (more…)

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SpaceX's Falcon 9 certified for NASA's most critical scientific missions

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 certified for NASA’s most critical scientific missions

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has been certified by NASA for Category 3 status. Photo Credit: Scott Schilke / SpaceFlight Insider

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket continues to shine in the eyes of the public, fans and those who have payloads that they need sent to orbit. NASA has now deemed the rocket worthy to carry some of its most important missions. (more…)

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