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- Former flight director who reviewed Orion heat shield data says there was no dissent Ars Technica · 6 Dec 2024 "If this isn’t raising red flags out there, I don’t know what will."
- Sols 4384-4385: Leaving the Bishop Quad NASA · 6 Dec 2024 Earth planning date: Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 As the Curiosity rover climbs west toward the broad saddle separating Gediz Vallis from its neighboring canyon on the slopes of Mount Sharp, the rover is also approaching the...
- NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024 NASA · 6 Dec 2024 With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American company, pushing the...
- NASA Awards Operations, Services, Maintenance, and Infrastructure Contract NASA · 6 Dec 2024 NASA has selected Nova Space Solutions, LLC of Anchorage, Alaska, to provide operations, services, maintenance, and infrastructure support for NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and NASA’s Micho...
- Lunar Autonomy Challenge: Selected Teams NASA · 6 Dec 2024 Congratulations to the selected teams and their schools who will participate in the Lunar Autonomy Challenge! 31 teams were selected for the qualifying round, engaging 229 students from colleges and universities in 15 st...
- NASA JPL Unveils the Dr. Edward Stone Exploration Trail NASA · 6 Dec 2024 A series of plaques stretching through the heart of the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory offers highlights of the space explorer’s career and the Voyager mission he led. Family members, colleagues, and local dignitarie...
- ISS and Expedition 72 crew stay busy with experiments, cargo arrivals, and spacecraft movements NASASpaceflight · 6 Dec 2024 The International Space Station and the Expedition 72 crew have transitioned from an eventful summer…
- SpaceNews Announces Winners of the 7th Annual Icon Awards SpaceNews · 6 Dec 2024 Washington, D.C. — SpaceNews, the leading B2B news organization covering the business, politics and technology of the space industry, announced the winners of the 7th annual SpaceNews Icon Awards on […]
- Orange Lava, Blue Lagoon NASA · 6 Dec 2024 Lava encroaches on the Blue Lagoon, a popular tourist destination in Iceland, in this Nov. 24, 2024, Landsat 9 image overlaid with an infrared signal. The infrared signal helps distinguish the lava’s heat signature. A vo...
- NASA’s IXPE Details Shapes of Structures at Newly Discovered Black Hole NASA · 6 Dec 2024 NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) has helped astronomers better understand the shapes of structures essential to a black hole – specifically, the disk of material swirling around it, and the shifting plasm...
- NASA, USAID Launch SERVIR Central American Hub NASA · 6 Dec 2024 SERVIR, NASA’s flagship partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), launched a new regional center, or hub, in Central America on Dec. 3. The new hub is in partnership with the Tropical Agricu...
- Week in images: 02-06 December 2024 ESA · 6 Dec 2024 Week in images: 02-06 December 2024
- Annual Science Conference to Highlight NASA Research NASA · 6 Dec 2024 NASA researchers will present findings on Earth science, planetary science, and heliophysics at the upcoming American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2024 annual meeting in Washington, DC, beginning on Monday, Dec. 9. New NASA s...
- The 2024 SpaceNews Icon Awards: Celebrating excellence in space SpaceNews · 6 Dec 2024 The 2024 SpaceNews Icon Awards honor extraordinary achievements that are driving humanity’s exploration of space and shaping the future of the industry. Chosen by the SpaceNews editorial team following an […]
- NASA JPL Unveils the Dr. Edward Stone Exploration Trail Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 6 Dec 2024 A series of plaques stretching through the heart of the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory offers highlights of the space explorer’s career and the Voyager mission he led.
- Integrating Commercial Space into National Security: Opportunities and Challenges SpaceNews · 6 Dec 2024 Join us on Dec. 18 for an exclusive webinar that explores the critical intersection of commercial space innovation and defense sector transformation.
- NASA’s ASTRO CAMP – and its Impact – Continues to Grow in FY2024 NASA · 6 Dec 2024 When it comes to NASA’s ASTRO CAMP®, the numbers – and impact – of the initiative to help students across the nation and world learn about NASA and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) just continue t...
- It’s time to make space exploration a shared frontier for all SpaceNews · 6 Dec 2024 From Cape Canaveral’s packed beaches to virtual watch parties across the globe, humanity’s fascination with space has never been stronger. Yet for most around the world, space remains a dream […]
- Rocket Report: NASA delays Artemis again; SpinLaunch spins a little cash Ars Technica · 6 Dec 2024 A report in which we read some tea leaves.
- Hubble Spots a Spiral in the Celestial River NASA · 6 Dec 2024 The subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is NGC 1637, a spiral galaxy located 38 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Eridanus, the River. This image comes from an observing program dedica...
- Vega C successfully returns to flight SpaceNews · 6 Dec 2024 A Vega C successfully launched an Earth observation satellite Dec. 5 in the rocket’s first flight since a failure nearly two years ago.
- Earth from Space: First seasonal snow ESA · 6 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
- Sparking Ignis ESA · 6 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
- Vega-C and Sentinel-1C launch highlights ESA · 6 Dec 2024 The third Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite, Sentinel-1C, has launched aboard a Vega-C rocket, flight VV25, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on 5 December 2024 at 22:20 CET (18:20 local time)...
- Vega C Returns to Flight Deploying Sentinel-1C European Spaceflight · 6 Dec 2024 After nearly two years of being grounded following a December 2022 failure, Europe’s Vega C light-lift rocket has resumed operational service. The rocket carried the Sentinel-1C Earth observation satellite into orbit for...
- ESA’s Vega-C Returns to Flight SpacePolicyOnline.com · 6 Dec 2024 ESA’s Vega-C rocket returned to flight today almost two years after a failure that contributed to Europe’s loss of space launch autonomy. Coupled with delays in development of the large
- Double win for Europe: Sentinel-1C and Vega-C take to the skies ESA · 5 Dec 2024 The third Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite was launched on a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Sentinel-1C extends the legacy of its predecessors, delivering high-resolution radar imagery to monitor...
- NASA to Test Technology for X-59’s Unique Shock Wave Measurements NASA · 5 Dec 2024 NASA will soon test advancements made on a key tool for measuring the unique “sonic thumps” that its quiet supersonic X-59 research aircraft will make while flying. A shock-sensing probe is a cone-shaped air data probe d...
- NASA Invites Media to Administrator Flight in Electra Hybrid-Electric Aircraft NASA · 5 Dec 2024 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will fly in aircraft manufacturer Electra’s EL2 Goldfinch experimental prototype aircraft on Sunday, Dec. 8. Members of the media are invited to speak with Nelson and Electra leaders just p...
- 10 Years Ago: Orion Flies its First Mission NASA · 5 Dec 2024 A new American human-rated spacecraft made its first foray into space on Dec. 5, 2014. Under contract to NASA, Lockheed Martin builds Orion as the vehicle to take American astronauts back to the Moon and eventually beyon...
- Artemis II rescheduled for spring of 2026 as program decides on path forward NASASpaceflight · 5 Dec 2024 The Artemis II mission, humanity’s first crewed mission to the vicinity of the Moon since…
- More Delays: Artemis II Slips to April 2026, Artemis III to Mid-2027 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 5 Dec 2024 NASA’s program to return American astronauts to the Moon is encountering more delays. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced today that the second flight, Artemis II, is now planned for April
- NASA Flights Map Critical Minerals From Skies Above Western US Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 5 Dec 2024 Technology used to chart other worlds is revealing minerals in the American West that are critical to the country’s renewable energy future.
- NASA further delays next Artemis missions SpaceNews · 5 Dec 2024 WASHINGTON — NASA has further delayed the next two Artemis missions to the moon, pushing back the first crewed landing of the program to the middle of 2027. At a […]
- Space Station Trajectory Data NASA · 5 Dec 2024 International Space Station trajectory data is now available to the public! This data, called an ephemeris, is generated by the ISS Trajectory Operations and Planning Officer (TOPO) flight controllers in the Mission Cont...
- How do I Spot The Station? NASA · 5 Dec 2024 What does all this sighting information mean? Important: The International Space Station orbits with an inclination of 51.6 degrees. This means that, as it orbits, the farthest north and south of the Equator it will ever...
- Spot the Station Frequently Asked Questions NASA · 5 Dec 2024 Why is the space station up there? The space station is Earth’s only microgravity laboratory. This football field-sized platform hosts a plethora of science and technology experiments that are continuously being conducte...
- Long March 6A launches third batch of Thousand Sails constellation satellites SpaceNews · 5 Dec 2024 HELSINKI — China launched the third batch of 18 satellites for the Thousand Sails constellation late Tuesday as the firm behind the project aims for global services in 2025. A […]
- Vega-C takes Sentinel-1C into orbit ESA · 5 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
- Radar mission takes to the skies ESA · 5 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.