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• It turns out NASA’s Mars helicopter was much more revolutionary than we knew Ars Technica · 29 Jan 2024 Ingenuity packed more computing power than all other NASA deep space missions combined.
• Ingenuity’s mission ends after 72 flights NASASpaceflight · 28 Jan 2024 NASA announced its Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, had ended its mission after experiencing an anomaly during its 72nd flight on Jan. 18. Images recovered after the flight showed severe damage to at least one of the aircraft...
• JAXA’s SLIM Literally Lost An Engine, and NASA’s LRO Spots SLIM on the Surface SpacePolicyOnline.com · 26 Jan 2024 A NASA spacecraft orbiting the Moon has spotted JAXA’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, that landed on the surface last week. The lander already was imaged much more
• Northrop charges on lunar Gateway module program reach $100 million SpaceNews · 26 Jan 2024 Northrop Grumman has taken another charge on its contract to build a module for NASA’s lunar Gateway, bringing its losses for the year on that program to $100 million.
• Farewell to Ingenuity, NASA’s Plucky Mars Helicopter SpacePolicyOnline.com · 26 Jan 2024 NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has made its last flight on Mars. The plucky technology demonstrator that engineers were not sure would fly at all in the thin Martian atmosphere made 72
• Ingenuity’s Mission Comes to an End Space Scout · 25 Jan 2024 On January 25, 2024, NASA’s Ingenuity mission officially concluded. The small, autonomous helicopter performed 72 flights on Mars, the first time an aircraft has flown on another planet. This mission far exceeded the 5 p...
• Ingenuity Mars helicopter mission ends after 72 flights SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2024 NASA has declared the end of the mission for the Ingenuity Mars helicopter after 72 flights, exceeding even the most optimistic expectations.
• After Three Years on Mars, NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends NASA · 25 Jan 2024 NASA has proven powered, controlled flight is possible on other worlds, just as the Wright brothers proved it was possible on Earth.
• UK Space Agency Launches Challenge to Purify Lunar Water European Spaceflight · 23 Jan 2024 The UK Space Agency, in partnership with its Canadian counterpart, has launched the £1.2 million, which aims to support the development of technology that would enable the extraction of purified water from ice buried ben...
• NASA loses, and then recovers, contact with its historic Mars helicopter Ars Technica · 22 Jan 2024 Ingenuity has been flying above Mars, off and on, for nearly three years.
• Blue Origin and SpaceX start work on cargo versions of crewed lunar landers SpaceNews · 22 Jan 2024 The two companies with NASA contracts to develop crewed lunar landers are also beginning work on cargo versions of their spacecraft.
• Astrobotic to begin formal investigation into failed Peregrine mission SpaceNews · 20 Jan 2024 With the Peregrine lunar lander mission now complete, Astrobotic is turning its attention to understanding what went wrong with the spacecraft and incorporating any changes into a much larger lander for NASA.
• NASA SLS Exploration Upper Stage moving into qualification phase of development NASASpaceflight · 19 Jan 2024 As NASA pushes out the schedule for Artemis II and III, development of the first major upgrade to the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is moving into qualification. SLS Stages prime contractor Boeing is activati...
• NASA report offers pessimistic take on space-based solar power SpaceNews · 19 Jan 2024 Advocates of space-based solar power are criticizing a NASA report that offered a skeptical assessment of that technology’s ability to provide low-cost green energy.
• NASA study: clean, space-based solar power beaming is possible SpaceNews · 19 Jan 2024 With commitment and investment, space-based solar power could become feasible and help reduce the world's carbon emissions.
• SpaceX launches third Axiom mission to ISS SpaceNews · 18 Jan 2024 SpaceX launched Axiom Space’s third private astronaut mission Jan. 18, sending a veteran former NASA astronaut and three astronauts from European governments to the International Space Station.
• Uranus Aerocapture: New Solutions for Old Problems Space Scout · 18 Jan 2024 or many planetary missions, atmospheres are obstacles to be dreaded or overcome, be it the need for heavy payload fairings, the stress of EDL, or the inevitability of orbital decay and mission end. NASA is planning a fla...
• Former NASA administrator hates Artemis, wants to party like it’s 2008 Ars Technica · 18 Jan 2024 "In my judgment, the Artemis Program is excessively complex."
• Artemis Gets Strong Support from House Committee Members, But Not Mike Griffin SpacePolicyOnline.com · 18 Jan 2024 Members of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee expressed strong support for NASA’s Artemis program today. Citing the need for U.S. leadership in space, especially to get U.S. astronauts
• House committee backs Artemis despite latest delay SpaceNews · 17 Jan 2024 Members of a key congressional committee expressed disappointment over the latest delay in NASA’s plans to return humans to the moon but showed little interest in making major changes to that program.
• 20 Years After Landing: How NASA's Twin Rovers Changed Mars Science NASA · 17 Jan 2024 This month marks the 20th anniversary of Spirit and Opportunity’s landing on Mars, part of a mission whose legacy will extend far into the future.
• NASA Names Vogel New Head of Space Technology SpacePolicyOnline.com · 16 Jan 2024 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has chosen Kurt Vogel to be the new head of the Space Technology Mission Directorate. Vogel is relatively new to NASA, but had a long career
• What To Expect: NASA’s 2023 Architecture Concept Review Space Scout · 15 Jan 2024 Set for release on January 22nd, these highly-anticipated documents will provide key insights into NASA’s overarching Moon to Mars exploration strategy, including new details in its vision for sending humans to Mars.
• Analysis: Earth to the Moon – The Future of Commercial Human Spaceflight Space Scout · 12 Jan 2024 Twelve years ago, Space Shuttle Atlantis came to a final stop at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, ending NASA’s three decade long shuttle program. Despite the immense achievements of the iconic Space...
• NASA: No evidence Elon Musk’s SpaceX is not complying with drug and alcohol-free regulations Teslarati · 12 Jan 2024 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has issued a comment about The Wall Street Journal‘s claims that CEO Elon Musk uses drugs...
• Using Hubble, scientists observe weather on exoplanet NASASpaceflight · 11 Jan 2024 Using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers has detected atmospheric variability on an exoplanet called WASP-121 b. The team analyzed observations taken with Hubble over several ye...
• NASA Leadership Lays Out Revised Artemis Schedule Space Scout · 10 Jan 2024 In a media teleconference held on January 9th, NASA leadership announced significant delays to the next two missions in its Artemis program. Artemis II, the first crewed mission of the program, is now targeting September...
• NASA and JAXA troubleshooting glitch with new X-ray astronomy satellite SpaceNews · 10 Jan 2024 A Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite, with contributions from NASA and ESA, is working well in orbit four months after its launch, other than an issue that could affect one of its instruments.
• NASA delays Artemis 2 and 3 missions SpaceNews · 9 Jan 2024 NASA is postponing the next two Artemis missions, including the first crewed landing on the moon, by nearly a year to address technical issues that could affect the safety of the astronauts on board.
• NASA Delays Next Artemis Missions to 2025 and 2026 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 9 Jan 2024 NASA announced today that the Artemis II mission that was to launch this year and send astronauts around the Moon for the first time in five decades is being delayed
• Citing “crew safety,” NASA delays upcoming Artemis missions by about a year Ars Technica · 9 Jan 2024 "We must be realistic."
• NASA delays crewed Artemis moon missions into 2025 as companies navigate challenges CNBC · 9 Jan 2024 NASA is pushing back the schedule for upcoming missions of its flagship Artemis lunar program by about a year as the agency’s contractors work to finish technology needed to return U.S. astronauts to the moon’s surface.
• UAE Will Build Airlock for Artemis Gateway Lunar Space Station SpacePolicyOnline.com · 7 Jan 2024 NASA announced this morning that the United Arab Emirates is joining the Artemis campaign to return astronauts to the Moon. The UAE will provide an airlock for the Gateway space
• United Arab Emirates to Build Gateway Airlock Space Scout · 7 Jan 2024 NASA and the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced Sunday plans for the space centre to provide an airlock for Gateway, humanity’s first space station outside of Low Earth O...
• NASA and SDA optical campaigns could share terminals SpaceNews · 7 Jan 2024 NASA will determine whether the commercial terminals the Space Development Agency is adopting for satellite-to-satellite communications can also transmit data to Earth.
• NASA adds funding to Blue Origin and Voyager Space commercial space station agreements SpaceNews · 6 Jan 2024 NASA has added milestones and funding to agreements with two companies working on commercial space station concepts using money from a third agreement that ended last year.
• NASA instruments set to fly on Peregrine commercial lunar lander SpaceNews · 5 Jan 2024 As NASA prepares for the first launch of a commercial lunar lander carrying agency-sponsored payloads, it is trying to balance the science it can achieve with the challenges of landing on the moon and other emerging conc...
• GAO denies L3Harris protest over Ball Aerospace weather satellite instrument contract SpaceNews · 4 Jan 2024 The Government Accountability Office has rejected a protest filed by L3Harris over NASA’s award of a contract to Ball Aerospace for a next-generation weather satellite instrument.
• Biden Administration to Consult with Navajo About Human Remains on the Moon SpacePolicyOnline.com · 4 Jan 2024 NASA said today the Biden Administration will consult with the Navajo Nation about its concerns that human remains are being placed on the Moon on landers developed through the agency’s
• Ingenuity lessons being incorporated into Mars Sample Return SpaceNews · 4 Jan 2024 As a Mars helicopter continues to operate far past expectations, lessons from that vehicle are being incorporated into NASA’s evolving Mars Sample Return plans.