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- An Evening With the Stars: 10 Years and Counting NASA · 19 Dec 2024 NASA Glenn Research Center’s “An Evening With the Stars” showcased research and technology innovations that addressed this year’s theme, NASA Glenn’s Spotlight on the Stars: 10 Years and Counting. The event featured pres...
- NASA Partners with US Patent and Trademark Office to Advance Technology Transfer NASA · 19 Dec 2024 With a shared commitment to fostering U.S. economic growth that benefits the American public, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate and the Department of Commerce’s U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) have sig...
- K2 Space lands $30 million military contract for “Mega” satellite mission SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2024 The company’s large satellite platform will travel from low to medium orbit using electric propulsion
- Philippines team add hypergravity for stronger bone cells ESA · 19 Dec 2024 A team of researchers from two universities in the Philippines made use of ESA’s Large Diameter Centrifuge to test the growth of bone cells in hypergravity. The results of their experiment could help improve bone implant...
- 55 Years Ago: Apollo 13, Preparations for the Third Moon Landing NASA · 19 Dec 2024 As 1969, an historic year that saw not just one but two successful human lunar landings, drew to a close, NASA continued preparations for its planned third Moon landing mission, Apollo 13, then scheduled for launch on Ma...
- Three companies to partner on GTO rideshare launch services SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2024 Three rideshare launch service providers are joining forces to support launches to geostationary orbit.
- Vast signs agreement with SpaceX for private astronaut missions to the ISS SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2024 Commercial space station developer Vast Space signed a deal with SpaceX for two private astronaut missions to the ISS, pending NASA approval.
- Maxar signs $35 million satellite intelligence deals in Asia-Pacific region SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2024 The contracts are part of Maxar's "direct access” program that enables customers to directly control satellite tasking through their own ground stations
- Second Ariane 6 at Europe’s Spaceport ESA · 19 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
- NASA, Axiom Space Change Assembly Order of Commercial Space Station NASA · 19 Dec 2024 In coordination with NASA, Axiom Space modified its planned assembly sequence to accelerate its ability to operate as a viable free-flying space station and reduce International Space Station reliance during assembly. NA...
- Firefly wins NASA contract for third lunar lander mission SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2024 NASA selected Firefly Aerospace for a third lunar lander mission, this one including a rover, to launch in 2028.
- ESA and Avio sign contracts for Vega upgrades and new launch SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2024 Avio has signed contracts with ESA for upgrades to the Vega rocket and its launch facilities, as well as for the launch of an Earth science mission.
- Aurora Australis in Antarctica ESA · 19 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
- Cosmic jingles: listen to Euclid’s image of M78 ESA · 19 Dec 2024 An ethereal dance of misty clouds of interstellar dust with a myriad of distant stars and galaxies speckled like paint drops over a black canvas. This is a sonification of a breathta king image taken by ESA's Euclid spac...
- ESA Awards €350M to Avio to Boost Vega C and Develop Vega E European Spaceflight · 19 Dec 2024 The European Space Agency has awarded Avio two contracts worth a total of €350 million to boost the launch cadence of Vega C and to complete the development of the company’s next-gen Vega E rocket. Vega E is a planned th...
- Shutdown Fears Escalate as Trump Calls on Republicans to Reject CR SpacePolicyOnline.com · 19 Dec 2024 Donald Trump will not be sworn in as President until January 20, but his influence is already being felt as Congress tries to keep the government operating after Friday midnight.
- U.S. military seeks commercial space technology for strategic edge SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2024 The Pentagon wants to leverage commercial space technology to enhance military capabilities, even as officials work to address longstanding challenges in government-industry collaboration.
- FAA gives Flight 7 the Go Ahead, SpaceX to complete final steps ahead of launch NASASpaceflight · 19 Dec 2024 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved SpaceX’s Flight 7 of Starship. The news came…
- Firefly, ispace lunar landers to share Falcon 9 launch SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2024 Japanese lunar lander developer ispace has confirmed that its second mission will launch on the same Falcon 9 as Firefly’s first lunar lander.
- NASA Ames Stars of the Month: January 2025 NASA · 18 Dec 2024 The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Maurice Valdez, Niki Parenteau, Dori Myer, and Judy Alfter. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the entre...
- Chang Zheng 12, ZhuQue-2E fly maiden missions; Hainan spaceport and mega constellations expand NASASpaceflight · 18 Dec 2024 In late November, two new Chinese rockets took their maiden flights within four days of…
- More NASA Science, Tech will Fly to Moon Aboard Future Firefly Flight NASA · 18 Dec 2024 NASA continues to advance its campaign to explore more of the Moon than ever before, awarding Firefly Aerospace $179 million to deliver six experiments to the lunar surface. This fourth task order for Firefly will target...
- NASA Payload Aims to Probe Moon’s Depths to Study Heat Flow NASA · 18 Dec 2024 Earth’s nearest neighboring body in the solar system is its Moon, yet to date humans have physically explored just 5% of its surface. It wasn’t until 2023 – building on Apollo-era data and more detailed studies made in 2...
- NASA Knows: How Does the Sun Behave? (Grades 5-8) NASA · 18 Dec 2024 This article is for students grades 5-8. The Sun is the star of our solar system. Its gravity holds Earth and our planetary neighbors in its orbit. At 865,000 miles (1.4 million km) in diameter, it’s the largest object i...
- NASA, CU Enact Collaborative Space Act Agreement NASA · 18 Dec 2024 NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and Columbia University in New York, New York, enacted a collaborative Space Act Agreement to advance research and education opportunities during a signing cerem...
- Space Force says first national security Vulcan launch now anticipated in spring 2025 Spaceflight Now · 18 Dec 2024 The first mission for United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket as part of the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contract will be USSF-106. ULA began stacking the rocket that will support this mission in October 2024.
- OTPS Releases its 2024 Annual Report NASA · 18 Dec 2024 NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, shares highlights from the office in 2024, including key accomplishments and collaborations that support the NASA mission. Read the full report, NASA’s Office of Technol...
- A Year in Review 2024 from NASA’s Agency Chief Technologist NASA · 18 Dec 2024 OTPS shares an annual letter from the Agency Chief Technologist (ACT), updates on various studies in the technology domain within OTPS, overviews of the center chief technologists, and vignettes of various technology pro...
- New Zealand first to provide nationwide direct-to-smartphone Starlink service SpaceNews · 18 Dec 2024 SpaceX has launched early direct-to-smartphone messaging services in New Zealand as the latest market for its Starlink satellites gains traction.
- NASA’s Spot the Station App Developed by and for the People NASA · 18 Dec 2024 In its 25th year of operations, the International Space Station continues to symbolize discovery and cooperation for the benefit of humanity. Since 2012, observers have interacted with the space station through NASA’s Sp...
- Pentagon report highlights China’s space advancements and AI-driven ‘precision warfare’ SpaceNews · 18 Dec 2024 ‘The PRC emphasizes the importance of space-based surveillance capabilities in supporting precision strikes’
- Chandra and Webb Spy a Cosmic Wreath NASA · 18 Dec 2024 This new image of star cluster NGC 602, released on Dec. 17, 2024, combines data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory with a previously released image from the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope. Webb data provide the...
- Starris: Optimax Space Systems and LLNL announce commercialization partnership for monolithic telescope technology to support tactically responsive space missions SpaceNews · 18 Dec 2024 Ontario, N.Y. / Livermore, Calif. — Starris: Optimax Space Systems and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) announce a commercialization partnership for LLNL’s patented monolithic telescope technology — which ac...
- U.S. Space Force to test laser communications on a GPS satellite SpaceNews · 18 Dec 2024 The GPS SV-10 satellite will carry an optical communications terminal developed by German aerospace manufacturer Tesat-Spacecom
- Space Gardens NASA · 18 Dec 2024 Science in Space December 2024 As NASA plans missions to the Moon and Mars, one challenge is figuring out how to provide crew members with enough healthy food. Bringing along a supply for months or even years in space is...
- NASA Finds ‘Sideways’ Black Hole Using Legacy Data, New Techniques NASA · 18 Dec 2024 NASA researchers have discovered a perplexing case of a black hole that appears to be “tipped over,” rotating in an unexpected direction relative to the galaxy surrounding it. That galaxy, called NGC 5084, has been known...
- Vega contracts for future operations and development ESA · 18 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
- NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Looks to Thrive in 2025 NASA · 18 Dec 2024 As NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida wraps up a year that will see more than 90 government, commercial, and private missions launch from Florida’s Space Coast, a look to 2025 shows the missions, partnerships, projec...
- NASA Open Science Reveals Sounds of Space NASA · 18 Dec 2024 NASA has a long history of translating astronomy data into beautiful images that are beloved by the public. Through its Chandra X-ray Observatory and Universe of Learning programs, NASA brings that principle into the wor...
- OSTP releases cislunar science and technology plans SpaceNews · 18 Dec 2024 The Biden administration has released some final space policy documents focused on cislunar activities and technology development.