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- Sentinel-1C launches on Vega-C ESA · 5 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)...
- How did the CEO of an online payments firm become the nominee to lead NASA? Ars Technica · 5 Dec 2024 Expect significant changes for America's space agency.
- 2024 NESC Technical Update NASA · 5 Dec 2024 Annual Report of NESC Technical Activities On behalf of the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC), I am pleased to provide you with the 2024 NESC Technical Update. This annual report summarizes the technical work, en...
- NASA Flights Map Critical Minerals from Skies Above Western US NASA · 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.
- FAQ: NASA’s Artemis Campaign and Recent Updates NASA · 5 Dec 2024 The Artemis II test flight will be NASA’s first mission with crew under the Artemis campaign and will pave the way to land astronauts on the Moon on Artemis III and future missions. The crew of four aboard the agency’s O...
- NASA Shares Orion Heat Shield Findings, Updates Artemis Moon Missions NASA · 5 Dec 2024 Through the Artemis campaign, NASA will land the next American astronauts and first international astronaut on the South Pole region of the Moon. On Thursday, NASA announced the latest updates to its lunar exploration pl...
- NASA Identifies Cause of Artemis I Orion Heat Shield Char Loss NASA · 5 Dec 2024 After extensive analysis and testing, NASA has identified the technical cause of unexpected char loss across the Artemis I Orion spacecraft’s heat shield. Engineers determined as Orion was returning from its uncrewed mis...
- As it happened: NASA leadership announces delays to first Artemis crewed launch, Moon landing missions Spaceflight Now · 5 Dec 2024 NASA announced new delays for the Artemis Moon program at a news conference at the agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C. The Artemis 2 mission to circle the Moon is now scheduled for 2026 and the first lunar landing...
- NASA’s Hubble Takes the Closest-Ever Look at a Quasar NASA · 5 Dec 2024 Astronomers have used the unique capabilities of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to peer closer than ever into the throat of an energetic monster black hole powering a quasar. A quasar is a galactic center that glows brigh...
- Fresh Eyes on Ice Project Wins Award NASA · 5 Dec 2024 Congratulations to the Fresh Eyes on Ice project, which received a C. Peter Magrath exemplary project award from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities! The award recognizes programs that demonstrate how c...
- Moog to Exhibit Reliable Space Capabilities for the Ultimate High Ground at the Space Force Association’s Annual Spacepower Conference SpaceNews · 5 Dec 2024 Orlando, FL (December 5, 2024) – Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B), a worldwide designer, manufacturer, and systems integrator of high-performance precision motion and fluid control systems, announces it will […]
- Matt Dominick’s X Account: A Visual Journey from Space NASA · 5 Dec 2024 NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Matthew Dominick launched to the International Space Station on March 3, 2024 as the commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. As a flight engineer aboard the orbiting la...
- NASA Astronauts Compete in ISS “Olympics” NASA · 5 Dec 2024 See the Content Online: Olympics Instagram | Olympics X | Olympics Website | NASA HQ YouTube | NASA Facebook | FLOTUS Instagram “Over the past few days on the International Space Station, we’ve had an absolute blast pret...
- Avio Receives €150M Contract to Supply Rocket Motors for CAMM-ER Missiles European Spaceflight · 5 Dec 2024 Italian rocket builder Avio has secured a contract from MBDA Italia worth just under €150 million to supply rocket motors for the CAMM-ER missile system. In 2023, MBDA Italia awarded Avio an initial contract for the prod...
- Muon Space climate-monitoring satellites eyed for military applications SpaceNews · 5 Dec 2024 The company won a $2.9M Space Force contract to study the company’s capabilities to image clouds and theater weather
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch latest broadcast satellite for SiriusXM on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now · 5 Dec 2024 This will be the third satellite launched by SpaceX for the broadcast radio corporation. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for the opening of the 90-minute launch window at 11:10...
- Starships, Space Policy and Power Plays SpaceNews · 5 Dec 2024 On Nov. 19, SpaceX launched its Starship vehicle on its sixth test flight. While the flight showcased key technical advancements, such as a successful engine relight on the Starship upper […]
- Proba-3 launch campaign replay ESA · 5 Dec 2024 Proba-3 lifted off on its PSLV-XL rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, on Thursday, 5 December, at 11:34 CET (10:34 GMT, 16:04 local time). The mission was launched using this Indian launcher bec...
- The power of two: Proba-3 ESA · 5 Dec 2024 ESA’s eclipse-making Proba-3 double satellite mission has made it to space! Learn more about Proba-3 from the mission team as they bid farewell to their spacecraft, while ESA's Director General Josef Aschbacher wishes th...
- Orbex halts work on own spaceport, shifts launches to SaxaVord SpaceNews · 5 Dec 2024 Small launch vehicle developer Orbex will halt work on its own launch site in northern Scotland and instead use a rival facility in the Shetland Islands.
- PSLV rocket launches Europe’s Proba-3 mission to mimic solar eclipses SpaceNews · 5 Dec 2024 HELSINKI — India launched the Proba-3 European technology demonstration mission Wednesday which will use a pair of spacecraft to create artificial solar eclipses. A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifted […]
- Proba-3 lift-off replay ESA · 5 Dec 2024 ESA’s Proba-3 mission lifted off on its PSLV-XL rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, on Thursday, 5 December, at 11:34 CET (10:34 GMT, 16:04 local time).
- Eclipse-making double satellite Proba-3 enters orbit ESA · 5 Dec 2024 A pair of spacecraft were launched together today from India with the potential to change the nature of future space missions. ESA’s twin Proba-3 platforms will perform precise formation flying down to a single millimetr...
- Bezos not concerned about Musk’s influence on Trump administration SpaceNews · 5 Dec 2024 As Blue Origin nears the first launch of its New Glenn rocket, founder Jeff Bezos said he is not worried Elon Musk’s influence on the incoming Trump administration will adversely affect the company.
- SpaceX to launch 350th mission using a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket booster during Starlink mission from California Spaceflight Now · 4 Dec 2024 The Starlink 9-14 mission launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base is also set to feature the 300th successful SpaceX droneship booster landing. Liftoff from pad 4 East is set for 7:05 p.m. PST (10:05 p.m. EST, 0305 UT...
- NASA Flips Efficient Wing Concept for Testing NASA · 4 Dec 2024 Upside down can be right side up. That’s what NASA researchers determined for tests of an efficient wing concept that could be part of the agency’s answer to making future aircraft sustainable. Research from NASA’s Advan...
- Telesat Lightspeed clears early design review SpaceNews · 4 Dec 2024 Telesat said Dec. 4 its Lightspeed constellation has passed an early design review, marking a key milestone in the Canadian geostationary operator’s bid to challenge Starlink’s growing broadband dominance in low Earth or...
- Turn Supermoon Hype into Lunar Learning NASA · 4 Dec 2024 Supermoons get lots of publicity from the media, but is there anything to them beyond the hype? If the term “supermoon” bothers you because it’s not an official astronomical term, don’t throw up your hands. You can turn...
- Umbra Space secures extended contract with National Reconnaissance Office SpaceNews · 4 Dec 2024 Umbra sees larger procurements on the horizon as the NRO ramps up plans to integrate commercial SAR imaging into its operations
- Trump nominates Jared Isaacman to serve as next NASA administrator Spaceflight Now · 4 Dec 2024 If confirmed, Isaacman, 41, would be the fifth NASA administrator with spaceflight experience, replacing former Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, who flew into orbit aboard the space shuttle Columbia in early 1986.
- I am Artemis: Mike Lauer NASA · 4 Dec 2024 Mike Lauer, an engineer who works for the Aerojet Rocketdyne segment of L3Harris Technologies, found his career inspiration in science fiction, but for the perspective it takes to execute complex space programs, he draws...
- Jared Isaacman nominated as next NASA administrator NASASpaceflight · 4 Dec 2024 Jared Isaacman has been nominated by President-Elect Donald Trump of the United States of America…
- NASA Leadership to Provide Update on Artemis Campaign NASA · 4 Dec 2024 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and leadership will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EST, Thursday, Dec. 5, at the agency’s headquarters in Washington to provide a briefing about the agency’s Artemis campaign. Watch the m...
- Jared Isaacman Tapped to be Next NASA Administrator SpacePolicyOnline.com · 4 Dec 2024 President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Jared Isaacman as his nominee to be the next NASA Administrator. Isaacman is a tech industry billionaire who has flown two spaceflights on Elon Musk’s
- Europe’s Vega-C to return to flight with Sentinel-1C mission NASASpaceflight · 4 Dec 2024 Arianespace will make its third and final orbital launch of 2024 on Wednesday, as the…
- Trump selects Isaacman to be NASA administrator SpaceNews · 4 Dec 2024 President-elect Donald Trump has selected Jared Isaacman, a billionaire who has commanded two SpaceX commercial spaceflights, as his choice to be the next administrator of NASA.
- NASA’s C-20A Studies Extreme Weather Events NASA · 4 Dec 2024 On a changing planet, where phenomena like severe hurricanes, landslides, and wildfires are becoming more severe, scientists need data to assess and model disaster impacts and to potentially make predictions about hazard...
- 2024 AGU Fall Meeting Hyperwall Schedule NASA · 4 Dec 2024 NASA Science at AGU Fall Meeting Hyperwall Schedule, December 9-12, 2024 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #719) for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Hyperwall Agenda below. ***Copies of the 2025 NASA Scie...
- Silver Journeys – Space Rider woodcut poster ESA · 4 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
- Silver Journeys – Vega-C woodcut poster ESA · 4 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.