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• NASA postpones Dragonfly review, launch date SpaceNews · 28 Nov 2023 Citing budget uncertainty, NASA is pushing back the launch of the Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan by a year and postponing a key milestone in its development.
• NASA Orbiter Snaps Stunning Views of Mars Horizon NASA · 27 Nov 2023 This unusual view of the horizon of Mars was captured by NASA’s Odyssey orbiter using its THEMIS camera, in an operation that took engineers three months to plan. It’s taken from about 250 miles above the Martian surface...
• Former NASA acting administrator Jurczyk passes away SpaceNews · 27 Nov 2023 Steve Jurczyk, a former NASA official who briefly led the agency as acting administrator in 2021 before going into the private sector, died Nov. 23 of cancer. He was 61.
• Steve Jurczyk, Former NASA Leader, Passes Away SpacePolicyOnline.com · 25 Nov 2023 Steve Jurczyk, whose 32-year NASA career saw him rise to the very top of agency leadership, died on Thanksgiving Day from pancreatic cancer. He was 61. Jurczyk became NASA’s top
• ASI Awards Contract to Continue Development of Moon Base European Spaceflight · 24 Nov 2023 Thales Alenia Space has been awarded an Italian Space Agency (ASI) contract to continue the development of its Multi-Purpose Habitat, which the agency hopes will be the first permanent outpost on the Moon. In September 2...
• On Zephyr’s Wings: NASA Restarts Venus Exploration Space Scout · 24 Nov 2023 When Leonardo Da Vinci first dreamed of flight in the 15th century, it would have been near inconceivable to him that his namesake would make it to the stars – but that’s exactly what’s happened. The Deep Atmosphere Venu...
• California Lawmakers Urge NASA Not To Cut Mars Sample Return Funding SpacePolicyOnline.com · 23 Nov 2023 Six members of California’s congressional delegation sent a letter to NASA Adminstrator Bill Nelson today urging him not to scale back Mars Sample Return funding right now. Saying they are
• NASA Concerned SpaceX HLS To Require "High Teens" Number Of Launches For Artemis Mission The Launch Pad · 22 Nov 2023 SpaceX's proposed concept of operations for the Starship lunar lander under the Human Landing System (HLS) program involves multiple launches of the Starship/Super Heavy system, which will require rapid turn around of bo...
• Members of Congress seek increase in Mars Sample Return funding SpaceNews · 22 Nov 2023 Members of Congress are asking NASA not to slow down work on the Mars Sample Return (MSR) program now while also lobbying fellow members to provide more money for the effort in 2024.
• NASA Uses Two Worlds to Test Future Mars Helicopter Designs NASA · 22 Nov 2023 Engineers will go beyond the ends of the Earth to find more performance for future Mars helicopters.
• NASA acknowledges possibility of short-term post-ISS gap SpaceNews · 22 Nov 2023 While NASA seeks to maintain an uninterrupted human presence in low Earth orbit, an agency official said a short-term gap between the International Space Station and commercial successors would not be “the end of the wor...
• With budget cuts and an aging station, can NASA learn to love a gap in orbit? Ars Technica · 21 Nov 2023 "Personally, I don't think that would be the end of the world."
• Starliner “on track” for April crewed test flight SpaceNews · 21 Nov 2023 NASA says the first crewed launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner vehicle remains on schedule for the middle of April as the company completes work to resolve the latest technical problems with the vehicle.
• NASA Mars smallsat mission to be on first New Glenn launch SpaceNews · 21 Nov 2023 NASA expects that a Mars smallsat mission will be on the first launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch vehicle within a year, although with some risk about whether the rocket will be ready in time.
• McAlister: Space Station Gap Would Be “Not Great, But Not Irrecoverable” SpacePolicyOnline.com · 21 Nov 2023 As the International Space Station celebrates its 25th anniversary, the Director of NASA’s Commercial Space Division said today that the agency is working closely with partners to avoid a space
• Sorry, doubters: Starship actually had a remarkably successful flight Ars Technica · 20 Nov 2023 On just its second flight, Starship now is arguably as successful as NASA's SLS rocket.
• Webb detects neon in young star system, provides insight into planet formation NASASpaceflight · 19 Nov 2023 In 2008, observations from NASA’s now-retired Spitzer infrared space telescope hinted at the presence of neon within the protoplanetary disk of Sun-like star SZ Chamaeleontis (SZ Cha). However, Spitzer’s instruments coul...
• NASA still studying Orion heat shield erosion from Artemis 1 SpaceNews · 19 Nov 2023 A year after the launch of the Artemis 1 mission, NASA is continuing to study the performance of the heat shield on the Orion spacecraft, a review that may take several more months to complete.
• At Least 15 Starship Launches Needed to Execute Artemis III Lunar Landing SpacePolicyOnline.com · 17 Nov 2023 SpaceX will need to launch at least 15 Starships to execute the Artemis III lunar landing NASA said today. Starship cannot fly directly to the Moon, but must refuel in
• Starship lunar lander missions to require nearly 20 launches, NASA says SpaceNews · 17 Nov 2023 As SpaceX prepares for its next Starship test flight, a NASA official said that the use of that vehicle for Artemis lunar landings will require “in the high teens” of launches, a much higher number than what the company’...
• NASA exploration head Free to become associate administrator SpaceNews · 16 Nov 2023 The head of NASA exploration programs will succeed a former astronaut as the agency’s third-highest official.
• Cathy Koerner to Take Over Artemis Program as Jim Free Moves Up to AA SpacePolicyOnline.com · 16 Nov 2023 NASA’s Artemis program is about to get a new head, Cathy Koerner, as Jim Free moves up to Associate Administrator, the agency’s top civil servant. Bob Cabana, the current AA,
• A Pause for Mars Sample Return Space Scout · 14 Nov 2023 On November 13 2023, NASA’s Planetary Science Advisory Committee, which advises all of NASA’s planetary science interests, held a meeting to discuss the state of various programs heading into 2024.
• NASA “Pauses” Mars Sample Return Program While Assessing Options SpacePolicyOnline.com · 13 Nov 2023 NASA officials told an advisory committee today they are pausing the Mars Sample Return program as they assess alternative architectures in the wake of increased costs and constrained budgets. A
• NASA slows down work on Mars Sample Return due to budget uncertainty SpaceNews · 13 Nov 2023 NASA is slowing down work on Mars Sample Return (MSR) amid uncertainty about its budget for next year and an ongoing review of alternative architectures for the program.
• First Dream Chaser Vehicle Ready for Final Testing NASASpaceflight · 13 Nov 2023 After years of work, Sierra Space’s first Dream Chaser reusable spaceplane is almost ready to fly. The vehicle’s next step is a trip to NASA’s Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility in Ohio ahead of its first launch at the Kenn...
• Nelson Confirms Funding for Deorbit Tug in Supplemental as Appropriations Drama Continues With Shutdown Looming SpacePolicyOnline.com · 11 Nov 2023 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson confirms that President Biden is requesting initial funding for the ISS Deorbit Vehicle in a recent supplemental funding request. NASA’s safety advisory panel is adamant the
• Into the Night: CRS-29 Launches to ISS Space Scout · 11 Nov 2023 After weeks of reshuffling, NASA and SpaceX’s CRS-29 mission lifted off from Historic Launch Complex 39A for the International Space
• NASA's Mars Fleet Will Still Conduct Science While Lying Low NASA · 10 Nov 2023 Rovers and orbiters will continue collecting limited data during a two-week communications pause due to the position of Earth, the Sun, and the Red Planet.
• SpaceX Cargo Dragon ready for resupply trip to ISS Teslarati · 9 Nov 2023 NASA and SpaceX are currently targeting the launch of the CRS-29 resupply mission to the International Space Station this evening at 8:28...
• VERITAS mission warns of risks of launch delay SpaceNews · 8 Nov 2023 The head of a delayed NASA mission to Venus has warned that the project risks losing critical expertise if the agency doesn’t find a way to move up the mission.
• NASA's Curiosity Rover Clocks 4,000 Days on Mars NASA · 6 Nov 2023 The mission team is making sure the robotic scientist is staying strong, despite wear and tear from its 11-year journey.
• NASA delays Artemis lunar rover award by four months SpaceNews · 4 Nov 2023 NASA has delayed the award of contracts to develop a lunar rover for future Artemis missions by four months, raising concerns in industry about the future of the program.
• House bill would fully fund Mars Sample Return, block cooperation on ExoMars SpaceNews · 3 Nov 2023 House appropriators would fully fund NASA’s Mars Sample Return program despite its ongoing problems but halt the agency’s plans to cooperate with a European Mars mission.
• NASA’s VIPER Takes Shape Space Scout · 3 Nov 2023 At NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California, work on NASA’s next lunar explorer has begun. The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) is now in assembly ahead of its projected launch in...
• NASA open to extending ISS beyond 2030 SpaceNews · 3 Nov 2023 A NASA official opened the door to keeping the International Space Station in operation beyond 2030 if commercial space stations are not yet ready to take over by the end of the decade.
• House Appropriators Detail FY2024 NASA Spending Priorities, MSR Fares Better Than in Senate SpacePolicyOnline.com · 3 Nov 2023 The House Appropriations Committee has posted the report to accompany the bill that includes FY2024 funding for NASA. The Commerce-Justice-Science subcommittee approved the bill months ago and top-level funding levels
• Iceland and Netherlands Join Artemis Accords SpacePolicyOnline.com · 2 Nov 2023 NASA heralded another signatory to the Artemis Accords yesterday when the Netherlands joined during a ceremony in Washington, DC. To the surprise of many, that made Netherlands the 31st country,
• One in a Half-Million, Lucy Sees Double Space Scout · 2 Nov 2023 On November 1st 2023, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by its first asteroid, just over ten months after the previously unplanned encounter was declared.
• Senate passes orbital debris bill SpaceNews · 2 Nov 2023 The Senate has passed a bill that would direct NASA to create an orbital debris remediation program, sending it on to the House for the second time.