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- Silver Journeys – Ariane 6 woodcut poster ESA · 4 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
- Expanded AI Model with Global Data Enhances Earth Science Applications NASA · 4 Dec 2024 NASA, IBM, and Forschungszentrum Jülich have released an expanded version of the open-source Prithvi Geospatial artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model to support a broader range of geographical applications. Now,...
- Lagniappe for December 2024 NASA · 4 Dec 2024 Explore Lagniappe for December 2024 featuring: Gator Speaks Do you have time for a quick story? Recently, your ol‘ friend Gator had the chance to help his family move. This move was not the same as going to the Moon or M...
- NASA Attorney Enjoys Serving Others and Contributing to the Team Mission NASA · 4 Dec 2024 NASA attorney Jeff Renshaw’s work has primarily revolved around two things: serving others and solving problems. The New Orleans native retired as an U.S. Air Force judge advocate following more than two decades of servi...
- Orbex Abandons Sutherland for SaxaVord and Introduces New Rocket European Spaceflight · 4 Dec 2024 Scotland-based rocket builder Orbex has announced that it will “pause” the construction of its Sutherland launch facility and shift its initial launch operations to SaxaVord. The company stated that this move will allow...
- Vega-C complete for return to flight ESA · 4 Dec 2024 From the ESA Blogs.
- White Sands Test Facility Encourages Locals to Leave Their Footprint on the Space Industry NASA · 4 Dec 2024 At the edge of Las Cruces, New Mexico, surrounded by miles of sunbaked earth, NASA’s White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) is quietly shaping the future. There is no flash, no fanfare — the self-contained facility operates as...
- How American entrepreneurs can help win the space race against China SpaceNews · 4 Dec 2024 Global power is increasingly determined in space. Before a single shot is fired, tomorrow’s battles will be won in space, not on Earth. Air forces, armies and navies will win […]
- Webb finds surprises in Spiderweb protocluster field ESA · 4 Dec 2024 Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers have found new galaxies in the Spiderweb protocluster. Their characteristics reveal that new galaxies are forming in these large cos...
- China debuts modified solid rocket with remote sensing satellite launch SpaceNews · 4 Dec 2024 HELSINKI — A Chinese commercial launch firm launched its first upgraded Kuaizhou-1A rocket late Tuesday, adding to the country’s growing light-lift launch options. The enhanced Kuaizhou-1A rocket lifted off at […]
- Trump’s unfinished business: An independent Space Force SpaceNews · 4 Dec 2024 In the complex world of military reorganization, few initiatives have generated as much debate in recent years as the U.S. Space Force, created during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term. When […]
- Sierra Space partners with companies for space-based semiconductor manufacturing SpaceNews · 4 Dec 2024 Sierra Space announced MOUs with two companies to study the use of its Dream Chaser and space station technology for microgravity manufacturing.
- Proba-3: Because it is hard ESA · 4 Dec 2024 Not because it is easy but because it is hard: this historic space phrase is pretty much the definition of ESA’s double-satellite Proba-3 mission, which will employ precise formation flying to produce artificial total so...
- Assembly of P120 Boosters for Next Ariane 6 Flight Completed European Spaceflight · 4 Dec 2024 ArianeGroup has revealed that a pair of P120 solid-fuel boosters for the second flight of the company’s Ariane 6 rocket have been completed and transferred to the Booster Storage Building. The inaugural flight of the Ari...
- Europe’s investment arm lends Sateliot a hand SpaceNews · 4 Dec 2024 The European Investment Bank is lending Sateliot 30 million euros ($32 million) to help the Spanish remote connectivity startup add 16 more nanosatellites to its low Earth orbit network before the end of 2025.
- With new funding, FibreCoat targets space and defense markets SpaceNews · 4 Dec 2024 SAN FRANCISCO – German materials technology startup FibreCoat raised nearly 20 million euros ($21 million) in a Series B funding round announced Dec. 4. NewSpace Capital and Goose Capital jointly […]
- European companies to offer microgravity payload missions SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2024 Two European companies are partnering to provide microgravity research and manufacturing missions to low Earth orbit independent of the ISS.
- India to launch Europe’s Proba-3 spacecraft pair to study the Sun, demonstrate tandem maneuvering in orbit Spaceflight Now · 3 Dec 2024 The Proba-3 mission is billed by the European Space Agency as “the world’s first precision formation flying machine.” Liftoff from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India is set for 4:08 p.m. IST (5:38 a.m. EST, 1038 UTC...
- U.S. Navy awards X-Bow $60 million to modernize solid rocket production facilities SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2024 The contracts will support facility improvements at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division in Maryland
- Astronaut Suni Williams and Astrobee NASA · 3 Dec 2024 In this picture from Nov. 15, 2024, Astronaut Suni Williams imitates the tentacle-like arms of the Astrobee robotic free-flyer in the foreground. Astrobee robots help astronauts reduce time they spend on routine duties,...
- ¿Por qué cultivamos plantas en el espacio? NASA · 3 Dec 2024 Hay muchas razones por las cuales cultivamos diversos tipos de plantas en el espacio. Las plantas proveen alimentación y bienestar psicológico a los astronautas y ayudan a reciclar el aire de la Estación Espacial Interna...
- Sols 4382-4383: Team Work, Dream Work NASA · 3 Dec 2024 Earth planning date: Monday, Dec. 2, 2024 Today, after a weeklong holiday break, the team was eager to take a look at Curiosity’s new workspace. After driving 51 meters (about 167 feet) alongside Texoli butte (pictured)...
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 3 Dec 2024 The Starlink 6-70 mission will mark the 86th orbital launch from Florida and the 120th SpaceX orbital launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is set for no earlier than 3:29 a.m. EST...
- NASA Builds Bridges at Bayou Classic NASA · 3 Dec 2024 NASA was on full display during the 51st Annual Bayou Classic Fan Fest activity on Nov. 30, hosting an informational booth and interacting with event participants. Kicking off the Fan Fest on stage were Ken Newton, direc...
- Towards Autonomous Surface Missions on Ocean Worlds NASA · 3 Dec 2024 Through advanced autonomy testbed programs, NASA is setting the groundwork for one of its top priorities—the search for signs of life and potentially habitable bodies in our solar system and beyond. The prime destination...
- NASA-Led Team Links Comet Water to Earth’s Oceans NASA · 3 Dec 2024 Scientists find that cometary dust affects interpretation of spacecraft measurements, reopening the case for comets as potential sources of water for early Earth.
- Coming Spring 2025: Planetary Defenders Documentary NASA · 3 Dec 2024 ow would humanity respond if we discovered an asteroid headed for Earth? NASA’s Planetary Defenders is a gripping documentary that follows the dedicated scientists involved in the high-stakes world of asteroid detection...
- Edward Gonzales Fosters a Culturally Safe Workplace for Current, Future Employees NASA · 3 Dec 2024 As the program manager for people, culture and equity, “people whisperer” Edward Victor Gonzales helps ensure people’s wellbeing, comfort, and safety. Name: Edward Victor Gonzales Title: Program Manager for People, Cultu...
- Creating artificial eclipses to study the Sun | Proba-3 explained ESA · 3 Dec 2024 Proba-3 is such an ambitious mission that it needs more than one single spacecraft to succeed. In order for Proba-3’s Coronagraph spacecraft to observe the Sun’s faint surrounding atmosphere, its disk-bearing Occulter sp...
- Commercial Space Federation (CSF) Launches Rebrand, Reorg and Integrate, Compete, and Unleash Plan SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2024 Washington, D.C, December 3, 2024. The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) has announced a rebrand of the organization (previously Commercial Spaceflight Federation) to better recognize the diversification of the Federatio...
- Lockheed Martin challenges narrative on GPS vulnerability SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2024 Company executives say the system is more resilient than many realize
- Peter Connito, Redwire – Commercial Space Transformers SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2024 In this episode of Commercial Space Transformers SpaceNews Senior Staff Writer Jason Rainbow speaks with Pawel Skonieczka, Director - TMT Investment Banking, Deutsche Bank.
- Name change reflects expanded focus for Commercial Space Federation SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2024 An industry group is changing its name, ever so slightly, to more accurately reflect its work across the broader commercial space industry.
- Connecting The Dots | IRIS² anchors SES and Eutelsat next steps SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2024 Europe’s proposed sovereign broadband constellation is slowly chugging along, carrying with it the non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite upgrades that SES and Eutelsat will need to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink. The...
- ESA Publishes Updated Call for Reusable Super Heavy-Lift Rocket Initiative European Spaceflight · 3 Dec 2024 The European Space Agency has published an updated call for a study to explore the development of a reusable super heavy-lift rocket capable of delivering 60 tonnes to low Earth orbit. On 20 November, ESA published a cal...
- A crypto firm apparently bought the Enron name to sell an “energy” coin Ars Technica · 3 Dec 2024 Enron was bigger than the Theranos scandal, before Theranos existed.
- China launches clandestine TJS-13 satellite, rocket reaches milestone SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2024 HELSINKI — China launched a new communication engineering test satellite early Tuesday, adding to a series of satellites potentially for undisclosed military purposes. A Long March 3B rocket lifted off […]
- PLD Space secures loan for Miura 5 launch facility SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2024 Spanish launch vehicle startup PLD Space has secured a loan to help fund development of the launch site of its Miura 5 rocket in French Guiana.
- Five space mysteries Proba-3 will help solve ESA · 3 Dec 2024 ESA’s Proba-3 will be the first mission to create an artificial total solar eclipse by flying a pair of satellites 150 metres apart. For six hours at a time, it will be able to see the Sun’s faint atmosphere, the corona,...
- Interview with Luke Sollitt NASA · 3 Dec 2024 Let’s begin by Inquiring into your early years, your childhood, where you were born, where you grew up, what your family was like? Do you have siblings? What did your parents do, and how young were you when you developed...