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Space Meets Sound: NASA Lands in 2024 Spotify Wrapped NASA · 10 Dec 2024 NASA’s audio storytelling reached new frontiers in 2024, with Spotify Wrapped revealing the agency’s podcasts as a favorite among listeners worldwide. In celebration of the milestone, NASA astronaut Nick Hague spoke with...
NASA Astronauts O’Hara and Moghbeli Explore Earth Data NASA · 10 Dec 2024 On Dec. 4, 2024, NASA astronauts Loral O’Hara, left, and Jasmin Moghbeli spent a moment in part of the Earth Information Center, an immersive experience combining live NASA data sets with innovative data visualization an...
SpaceCom Column: The Promise and Peril of Jared Isaacman SpaceNews · 10 Dec 2024 Jared Isaacman’s nomination as NASA Administrator sparks excitement and questions. A billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut, he brings unmatched expertise in spaceflight and business. Yet, his ties to SpaceX and...
Looking Out for ‘Lookout Hill’ NASA · 10 Dec 2024 At Pico Turquino, a bedrock mesa on the Jezero crater rim, the science and engineering teams planned proximity science on Percy’s 30th abrasion patch, Rio Chiquito. SCAM and ZCAM characterized the rock near the abrasion,...
December 2024 Transformer of the Month: Jill Marlowe NASA · 10 Dec 2024 If Digital Transformation were a ship, the vessel for delivering on our missions and ensuring smooth passage into the future, our final Digital Transformer of 2024 would be the captain. Growing up sailing with her father...
Sarah Peacock Surveys Stellar Radiation to Hunt for Habitable Worlds NASA · 10 Dec 2024 Knowing whether or not a planet elsewhere in the galaxy could potentially be habitable requires knowing a lot about that planet’s sun. Sarah Peacock relies on computer models to assess stars’ radiation, which can have a...
Black Hole Jet Stumbles Into Something in the Dark NASA · 10 Dec 2024 Even matter ejected by black holes can run into objects in the dark. Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have found an unusual mark from a giant black hole’s powerful jet striking an unidentified object i...
50 Years Ago: Launch of Helios 1 to Explore the Sun NASA · 10 Dec 2024 On Dec. 10, 1974, NASA launched Helios 1, the first of two spacecraft to make close observations of the Sun. In one of the largest international efforts at the time, the Federal Republic of Germany, also known as West Ge...
Ion-X raises 13 million euros to produce electrospray thrusters SpaceNews · 10 Dec 2024 SAN FRANCISCO – French propulsion startup Ion-X raised 13 million euros ($13.67 million) in a Series A funding round announced Dec. 10. With the investment, the spinoff of the French […]
NASA Moves Drone Package Delivery Industry Closer to Reality NASA · 10 Dec 2024 Package delivery drones are coming to our doorsteps in the future, and NASA wants to make sure that when medication or pizza deliveries take to the skies, they will be safe. In July, the Federal Aviation Administration (...
NASA Scientific Balloon Flights to Lift Off From Antarctica NASA · 10 Dec 2024 NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Antarctica’s icy expanse to kick off the annual Antarctic Long-Duration Balloon Campaign, where two balloon flights will carry a total of nine missions to near space. Lau...
DOMINO-E Whitepaper: New Business Opportunities in Airbus’ New Constellation for Earth Observation SpaceNews · 10 Dec 2024 The Earth observation (EO) and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) markets are growing rapidly. In a 2022 market report by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), it […]
At five years, Space Force reflects on growth, challenges and the road ahead SpaceNews · 10 Dec 2024 Saltzman: 'Space has never been more vital to our nation, our national security, and its prosperity'
NASA to Discuss Firefly’s First Robotic Artemis Moon Flight NASA · 10 Dec 2024 NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 17, to discuss the agency science and technology flying aboard Firefly Aerospace’s first delivery to the Moon as part of the NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar...
Vacuum Testing Complete on Artemis II Orion Spacecraft NASA · 10 Dec 2024 NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II test flight returned to the Final Assembly and System Testing (FAST) cell following completion of the second round of vacuum chamber testing on Dec. 5 inside the Neil A. Armstro...
NASA Invites Social Creators for Launch of Two NASA Astrophysical Missions NASA · 10 Dec 2024 Registration is open for digital content creators to attend the launch of NASA’s Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) mission, and NASA’s Polarimeter to Un...
Discovery Alert: A Planet with a ‘Tail’ NASA · 10 Dec 2024 The Planet WASP-69 b The Discovery The exoplanet WASP-69 b has a “tail,” leaving a trail of gas in its wake. Key Takeaway WASP-69 b is slowly losing its atmosphere as light hydrogen and helium particles in the planet’s o...
Don Claussen, ST Engineering iDirect – Commercial Space Transformers SpaceNews · 10 Dec 2024 In this episode of Commercial Space Transformers SpaceNews Senior Staff Writer Jason Rainbow speaks with Don Claussen, CEO, ST Engineering iDirect.
Scientists Share Early Results from NASA’s Solar Eclipse Experiments NASA · 10 Dec 2024 On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse swept across North America, from the western shores of Mexico, through the United States, and into northeastern Canada. For the eclipse, NASA helped fund numerous research projects...
NASA TechLeap Prize: Space Technology Payload Challenge NASA · 10 Dec 2024 The Space Technology Payload Challenge invites individuals, teams, and organizations to submit applications for systems that advance technology to address one or more of NASA’s shortfalls. These shortfalls identify techn...
3D Printable Bioreactor for Deep Space Food Production NASA · 10 Dec 2024 NASA’s Synthetic Biology Project is turning to the 3D printing experts in the GrabCAD community for ideas and or designs that could lead to the ability to reuse and recycle small scale bioreactors to reduce the mass and...
French Propulsion Startup ION-X Secures €13M in New Funding European Spaceflight · 10 Dec 2024 Satellite propulsion startup ION-X has announced that it has secured €13 million in new funding, which it will use to scale up the production of its thrusters. The company has now raised approximately €17.3 million. Foun...
LeoLabs expands space-monitoring network with radar site in Arizona SpaceNews · 10 Dec 2024 The company is eyeing new military applications such as missile and hypersonic glide vehicle detection
Intrigue swirls as Blue Origin races toward year-end deadline for New Glenn Ars Technica · 10 Dec 2024 Blue Origin needs to fly the New Glenn rocket to identify where the vehicle has margin.
Vaya Space Announces Multi-Launch Contract for Space Telecommunications, Inc.’s Satellite Constellation SpaceNews · 10 Dec 2024 COCOA, Fla., December 10, 2024 – Vaya Space, a space and defense company, has announced a multi-launch contact for Vaya’s Dauntless rocket to launch the first phase of Space Telecommunications, […]
Vega-C liftoff and return-to-flight ESA · 10 Dec 2024 Relive the Vega-C launch, flight VV25, from various angles.
Swarm vs. space radiation – the first 10 years ESA · 10 Dec 2024 Satellites in orbit can become absentminded. Space radiation randomly flips onboard memory bits, potentially corrupting mission data and functionality. To better understand how this invisible onslaught works in practice,...
Desert Works Propulsion Announces Operational Launch of DW-1, a Rocket Engine Test Facility SpaceNews · 10 Dec 2024 New Mexico – December 10, 2024 – Desert Works Propulsion, leading provider of electric propulsion (EP) expertise as a service, proudly announces the launch of DW-1, its state-of-the-art vacuum test […]
Space design chamber made in LEGO ESA · 10 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
Blue Origin says first New Glenn launch still scheduled for 2024 SpaceNews · 10 Dec 2024 Blue Origin says it still plans to attempt a first launch of its New Glenn rocket before the end of the year as it makes final vehicle and regulatory preparations.
Atmos Space Cargo appoints Garver as strategic adviser SpaceNews · 10 Dec 2024 European startup Atmos Space Cargo, a developer of reentry vehicles, has brought on board a former NASA deputy administrator to help the company enter the U.S. market.
Former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver Joins ATMOS European Spaceflight · 10 Dec 2024 Former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver has accepted a strategic advisory role at Germany’s ATMOS Space Cargo, a company aiming to commence commercial space cargo return services in 2025. Founded in 2021, ATMOS Spac...
Sols 4386-4388: Powers of Ten NASA · 10 Dec 2024 Earth planning date: Friday, Dec. 6, 2024 We successfully arrived in our new exploration quadrangle — the Altadena quad — which is named after a town on Earth very near our own Jet Propulsion Laboratory! The names from t...
Sentinel-1C captures first radar images ESA · 10 Dec 2024 Less than a week after its launch, the Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite has delivered its first radar images of Earth – offering a glimpse into its capabilities for environmental monitoring. These initial images feature...
XMM-Newton celebrates 25 years of breakthroughs ESA · 10 Dec 2024 Today, ESA’s powerful X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, celebrates 25 years in space. From planets to black holes, the space telescope has delivered many ground-breaking observations of a variety of celestial objects. And t...
Lockheed Martin to launch 5G demonstration on Firefly rocket SpaceNews · 10 Dec 2024 The ‘TacSat’ mission marks the second launch under Lockheed Martin's multi-launch agreement with Firefly Aerospace.
NASA Eyes Launching SPHEREx Sky-Mapping Mission in Early 2025 Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 10 Dec 2024 The observatory will lend insight into what happened after the big bang, measure the glow of galaxies near and far, and search the Milky way for building blocks of life.
SwRI to build magnetometers for NOAA weather satellites SpaceNews · 9 Dec 2024 SAN FRANCISCO — The Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio won a $26.1 million contract to build a space weather instrument for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. […]
DLR awards multiyear contract to constellr SpaceNews · 9 Dec 2024 SAN FRANCISCO – German thermal data startup constellr announced a multiyear contract Dec. 9 with the German Space Agency DLR. Under the contract, constellr will begin supplying 30-meter native resolution […]
AST SpaceMobile locks in 10-year Vodafone commercial agreement SpaceNews · 9 Dec 2024 TAMPA, Fla. — AST SpaceMobile’s shares soared more than 16% Dec. 9 after the direct-to-smartphone satellite operator announced a 10-year commercial arrangement with Vodafone, one of Europe’s largest telcos with […]

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