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NASA on Seven Lights https://sevenlights.org/tags/nasa/ Recent content in NASA on Seven Lights Hugo en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2026 03:30:00 -0500 Blue Origin slips New Glenn return to January 2027, unveils new stage and engine https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/07/blue-origin-new-glenn-january-2027/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 03:30:00 -0500 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/07/blue-origin-new-glenn-january-2027/ Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket will not fly again until January 2027, chief executive Dave Limp told employees, as the company unveiled a third stage and a lighter, more powerful booster engine. NASA unveils X-70 Fractal, a reconfigurable X-plane for flight research https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/06/nasa-unveils-x-70-fractal-x-plane/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 03:00:00 -0500 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/06/nasa-unveils-x-70-fractal-x-plane/ NASA unveiled the X-70 Fractal, a crewed experimental aircraft with rapidly reconfigurable flight controls, at its UP.Summit on Wednesday, with first flight expected within two years. NASA Asks Commercial Industry to Rescue Hubble, or Guide It Down https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/31/nasa-commercial-hubble-servicing-deorbit/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:30:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/31/nasa-commercial-hubble-servicing-deorbit/ NASA issued a request for information Oct. 29 asking the commercial space industry to propose boosting and servicing the 36-year-old Hubble telescope, or a controlled deorbit if rescue proves impossible. NASA Lays Out Artemis III Plan to Test Two Lunar Landers in Orbit https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/26/artemis-iii-lander-test-flight/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 04:51:00 -0400 https://sevenlights.org/2026/10/26/artemis-iii-lander-test-flight/ NASA said Artemis III, launching in 2027, will spend about 14 days in low Earth orbit docking Orion with test versions of Blue Origin’s Blue Moon and SpaceX’s Starship, a rehearsal that will also decide which lander flies the 2028 lunar landing.