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- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now · 29 Dec 2024 The mission will be the 134th and final orbital launch from SpaceX in 2024. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is set for 3:03 a.m. EST (0303 UTC) on Monday, Dec. 30.
- What’s Happening in Space Policy December 29, 2024-January 11, 2025 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 29 Dec 2024 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the next two weeks, December 29, 2024-January 11 2025, and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate
- Four-satellite Astranis launch signals shift toward scaled GEO deployments SpaceNews · 29 Dec 2024 SpaceX successfully launched four Astranis-built broadband spacecraft toward geostationary orbit Dec. 29, marking the first time a single commercial manufacturer has flown four of its own satellites on one mission to GEO...
- After 60 years of spaceflight patches, here are some of our favorites Ars Technica · 29 Dec 2024 It turns out the US spy satellite agency is the best of the best at patch design.
- Parker Solar Probe Makes History as Scientists Urge Future Investments in Heliophysics Research SpacePolicyOnline.com · 29 Dec 2024 NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived its close encounter with the Sun this week, getting closer than any previous spacecraft. The success comes at the same time a new Decadal Survey
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 4 Astranis satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 29 Dec 2024 SpaceX had to swap out the first stage booster used during the previous attempt and replace it with another for this mission. Liftoff from pad 40 is set for 12 a.m. EST (0500 UTC) on Sunday, Dec. 29.
- Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Getting Closer to First Flight SpacePolicyOnline.com · 28 Dec 2024 Blue Origin took more steps towards the first launch of the New Glenn rocket yesterday with a successful static fire test and getting a launch license from the FAA. The
- HASC Chair Rogers: Five Years On, the Space Force Needs to Grow SpacePolicyOnline.com · 28 Dec 2024 Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), who was instrumental in the creation of the U.S. Space Force five years ago, thinks it is time for the new military service to grow. In
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 22 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from California Spaceflight Now · 28 Dec 2024 The mission will the final Falcon 9 flight from California before the end of the year. Liftoff from pad 4 East is set for 5:48 p.m. PST (8:48 p.m. EST, 0148 UTC).
- Blue Origin test fires New Glenn first stage ahead of inaugural launch SpaceNews · 28 Dec 2024 Blue Origin says it is ready for the first New Glenn launch after completing a static-fire test Dec. 27, hours after receiving a launch license.
- Swedish and Norwegian Companies Secure Key NASA Contracts European Spaceflight · 28 Dec 2024 Norway’s Kongsberg Satellite Services and the Swedish Space Corporation are among four companies selected by NASA to support the expansion of its Near Space Network’s commercial direct-to-Earth mission-critical communica...
- Blue Origin hot fires New Glenn rocket, setting up a launch early next year Ars Technica · 28 Dec 2024 Also on Friday, the company obtained a launch license for New Glenn launch attempts.
- Four Flights in the books and Major Infrastructure Upgrades Headline 2024 for the Starship Program NASASpaceflight · 27 Dec 2024 SpaceX and the Starship program had an amazing and eventful year, with four test flights,…
- FAA grants commercial launch license to Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket Spaceflight Now · 27 Dec 2024 The important test is one of final big hurdles for Blue Origin to clear before it’s ready to launch on its inaugural orbital flight. Blue Origin didn't announce a launch date following the FAA's announcement of its launc...
- Slam Corp extends Lynk Global merger deadline as cash reserves dwindle SpaceNews · 27 Dec 2024 Slam Corp, the shell company founded by former MLB player Alex Rodriguez, extended its merger deadline with Lynk Global but must refund $81 million to investors who redeemed shares instead of seeking a stake in the direc...
- NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes History With Closest Pass to Sun NASA · 27 Dec 2024 Operations teams have confirmed NASA’s mission to “touch” the Sun survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024. Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles above t...
- Noisy booster landings can impede spaceflight progress. Congress was right to step in SpaceNews · 27 Dec 2024 The recent congressional approval of the first-ever acknowledgment of space launch noise impacts on nearby communities is a landmark moment for both the aerospace sector and the communities that host these transformative...
- Hubble Spies a Cosmic Eye NASA · 27 Dec 2024 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 2566, which sits 76 million light-years away in the constellation Puppis. A prominent bar of stars stretches across the center of this galaxy, and...
- Nelson: Decision on Mars Sample Return expected before new administration takes office Spaceflight Now · 27 Dec 2024 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said teams were meeting at the Kennedy Space Center on Friday, Dec. 20, to make some of the final determinations about how they will return dozens of samples from the Red Planet.
- International Space Station finishes challenging year as plans are made for its retirement NASASpaceflight · 27 Dec 2024 The International Space Station continues to act as humanity’s outpost in low-Earth orbit, a role…
- Spacecoin deploys first satellite for decentralized space connectivity SpaceNews · 27 Dec 2024 Spacecoin said it is successfully communicating with a recently launched debut connectivity satellite, designed to test technology for a decentralized space-based network shared by multiple investors.
- China suffers commercial rocket failure but sets record for annual launches SpaceNews · 27 Dec 2024 HELSINKI — A Chinese commercial Kinetica-1 solid rocket failed late Thursday, with the launch attempt setting a new domestic record for launches in a calendar year. The Kinetica-1 (Lijian-1) solid […]
- Iceye raises additional $65 million SpaceNews · 27 Dec 2024 Iceye has added $65 million to a funding round it announced in April, bringing the total the SAR imaging company has raised to more than $500 million.
- ArianeGroup Awards €60M Logistics Contract to Daher European Spaceflight · 27 Dec 2024 ArianeGroup has awarded French aerospace manufacturer and logistics provider Daher a €60 million contract to handle all its logistics needs across the company’s facilities in France. In late 2023, ArianeGroup successfull...
- China’s Landspace secures state-backed funding for reusable rockets SpaceNews · 26 Dec 2024 HELSINKI — Chinese launch startup Landspace has secured major funding from a state-backed investment initiative to boost its development of reusable launchers. Landspace received 900 million yuan ($123 million) from […]
- True Anomaly achieves milestone with Jackal satellite deployment SpaceNews · 26 Dec 2024 The Jackal spacecraft is designed for military applications requiring in-orbit maneuvering and object identification capabilities
- Mechanical Systems TDT Support Reaches Across NASA Programs NASA · 26 Dec 2024 The NESC Mechanical Systems TDT provides broad support across NASA’s mission directorates. We are a diverse group representing a variety of sub-disciplines including bearings, gears, metrology, lubrication and tribology,...
- NESC Assists in Heatshield Investigation NASA · 26 Dec 2024 NASA’s uncrewed Artemis I mission launched from KSC on November 16, 2022. After a successful mission that included orbiting the Moon, the Orion spacecraft returned to Earth splashing down in the Pacific Ocean on December...
- Laboratory Director Tawnya Plummer Laughinghouse NASA · 26 Dec 2024 “When I transitioned from Spelman to Georgia Tech, it was probably the first time in my life that I had a professor that made me question if I belonged or had what it takes. Previously, I was always used as an example of...
- NASA selects four companies for commercial communications services SpaceNews · 26 Dec 2024 NASA selected four companies to provide communications services in Earth orbit and out to the moon.
- Has CNES Opened the Door for a European Space Station? European Spaceflight · 26 Dec 2024 French space agency CNES has announced that it intends to be an anchor customer for a new commercial microgravity service. In a 19 December call for proposalsl, CNES revealed that it intended to explore purchasing microg...
- ESA Enlists Portuguese Navy Submarine to Prepare for Deep Space European Spaceflight · 25 Dec 2024 To better understand the effects of deep-space missions on crews, the European Space Agency, the Portuguese Space Agency, and the Portuguese Navy are conducting a high-fidelity isolation and confinement study aboard a su...
- Europe’s future in space: Vega cadence to increase, HyImpulse’s hybrid rocket NASASpaceflight · 24 Dec 2024 European companies in the space sector have been developing novel technology to find their unique…
- Senate NASA bill focuses on commercial space stations, science mission overruns SpaceNews · 24 Dec 2024 A NASA authorization bill introduced in the Senate in the final days of the current Congress irected NASA to accelerate work on commercial space stations.
- Hang a Shining Star Upon the Highest Bough NASA · 24 Dec 2024 This new view of the “Christmas tree cluster” NGC 2264, released on Dec. 17, 2024, combines data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical data from astrophotographer Michael Clow’s telescope in Arizona. Chandra...
- Collaboration Is Key to A Strong Materials Discipline NASA · 24 Dec 2024 NASA has a strong need for advanced materials and processes (M&P) across the realms of robotic- and crewed-spaceflight, as well as aeronautics, particularly when one acknowledges that all craft must be made of something....
- Characterizing the Visual Experience of Astronauts at the Lunar South Pole NASA · 24 Dec 2024 Humans are returning to the Moon—this time, to stay. Because our presence will be more permanent, NASA has selected a location that maximizes line-of-sight communication with Earth, solar visibility, and access to water...
- EAST SPACE Company Develops and Brings to Market Three New Products SpaceNews · 24 Dec 2024 The EAST SPACE Company has developed and brought to market three new products in the field of telemetry, propulsion and power with the approach of reducing costs and increasing the […]
- HyPrSpace Completes Hot Fire Test of Terminator Stage Demonstrator European Spaceflight · 24 Dec 2024 French launch services startup HyPrSpace has completed the first test of its second hot fire test campaign for its subscale Terminator stage demonstrator. HyPrSpace is developing a two-stage launch vehicle called Orbital...
- Biden Signs the FY2025 NDAA SpacePolicyOnline.com · 24 Dec 2024 President Biden signed the FY2025 National Defense Authorization Act into law this evening despite his strong opposition to a social policy provision added at the last minute by House Speaker